Authors: Heather Lattimer
ISBN-13: 9781571103529, ISBN-10: 157110352X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Date Published: January 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Being able to read and write in a variety of genres is a common requirement for today's students. Thinking Through Genre supports English teachers who seek to engage their students in genre studies in the reading and writing workshop. The book profiles six different units of study: memoir, feature article, editorial, short story, fairy tale, and response to literature. Each study is set in an individual fifth- through tenth-grade classroom and is described from its theoretical foundations, through the planning for the specific needs of the students, to the teaching, and finally evaluation.
Each chapter features:
The classroom-focused nature of this book brings each study to life while simultaneously encouraging readers to borrow, adapt,and change the ideas for their own classrooms. Whether teaching one of the genres profiled here or applying principles to a different unit of study, this book offers clear, research-based, pedagogically sound models that will be appreciated by teachers incorporating genre studies into their reading and writing workshops.
List of Lessons | ||
Foreword | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
1 | Teaching Genre in the Classroom | 1 |
2 | Memoir | 22 |
3 | Feature Article | 67 |
4 | Editorial | 113 |
5 | Short Story | 156 |
6 | Fairy Tale | 199 |
7 | Response to Literature | 242 |
App | Evaluating Student Work | 271 |
References | 277 | |
Index | 281 |