| Description |
xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-280) and index. |
| Contents |
Teaching Genre in the Classroom -- Memoir -- Feature Article -- Editorial -- Short Story -- Fairy Tale -- Response to Literature -- Appendix: Evaluating Student Work |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Language arts (Elementary)
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Language arts (Secondary)
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Literary form.
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