Section One: An Inquiry Approach to Genre Study
Chapter 1: An Inquiry Approach to Genre Study: Learning from Mentor Texts
Chapter 2: What is Genre Study?
Chapter 3: What Students Need to Know About the Genres of Texts
Chapter 4: A Readers’ and Writers’ Workshop Approach to Genre Study
Chapter 5: Learning to Process Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
Section Two: Understanding Genres
Chapter 6: Understanding Fiction Texts
Chapter 7: Realism in Fiction Texts: Contemporary Realistic and Historical Fiction
Chapter 8: Fantasy in Fiction Texts: Traditional Literature and Modern Fantasy
Chapter 9: Understanding Biography
Chapter 10: Nonfiction Texts: Understanding Purpose, Organization, and Audience
Chapter 11: Nonfiction Texts: Analysis of Design
Chapter 12: Reading Across Genres: A Close Study of Hybrid Texts, Graphica, and Multigenre Text Sets
Chapter 13: The Genres of Poetry
Section Three: Expanding Reading Power Through Understanding Genres
Chapter 14: Thinking and Talking about Genre: Interactive Read-Aloud and Literature Discussion
Chapter 15: Learning about Fiction Genres through Minilessons and Group Share
Chapter 16: Learning about Nonfiction Texts through Minilessons and Share
Chapter 17: Developing Understandings about Genre through Reading Conferences and Independent Reading
Chapter 18: Writing about Reading in a Reader’s Notebook
Chapter 19: Using Guided Reading to Develop Understandings about Genre
Chapter 20: The Reading/Writing Connection