Teaching Genre

Teaching Genre

Author: Tara McCarthy

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780590603454

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An in-depth exploration of Realistic Fiction, Mystery, Folk Literature, Autobiography, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and more! Includes descriptions and samples of each genre, cross-curricular activities and literature links.


Genre Study

Genre Study

Author: Irene C. Fountas

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780325028743

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This title is a comprehensive volume that focuses on genre study through inquiry-based learning with an emphasis on reading comprehension and the craft of writing. In exploring genre study, Fountas and Pinnell advocate a way of thinking and learning where students are actively engaged in the thinking process.


Reading and Writing Genre with Purpose in K-8 Classrooms

Reading and Writing Genre with Purpose in K-8 Classrooms

Author: Nell K. Duke

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780325037349

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Drawing from theory and research that suggests students learn better and more deeply when learning is contextualized and genuinely motivated, the book presents five guiding principles for teaching genre. Emphasizing purposeful communication, it will guide you through teaching students to read, write, speak, and listen to different real-world genres that inspire and engage them."--Pub. desc.


Learning and Teaching Genre

Learning and Teaching Genre

Author: Aviva Freedman

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13:

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This collection examines academic genres - types of writing produced by students in secondary school and college - from the perspective of genre as social action. Such a perspective expands the understanding of what students do when they learn new school genres, of what teachers and institutions do to enhance and constrain such learning, and of what all this signifies for conceptions of writing pedagogy. The book begins with an overview of the reconception of genre study. The essays that follow have an interest in genre, particularly those that appear in educational settings as instances of either student reading or writing. Common motifs recur throughout: questions are raised concerning learning and teaching new genres, the ideological power of genres read and written, and the power of the teacher, curriculum planner, or student to invent new genres or to resist and subvert those that exist. Throughout, the contributors give detailed accounts of successful classroom practices. Learning and Teaching Genre brings recent developments in research and thinking about written genres to the attention of high school and college teachers, and illustrates how that work can effectively inform classroom practice.


Genre Theory

Genre Theory

Author: Deborah Dean

Publisher: Theory and Research Into Practice (TRIP) series

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Contemporary genre theory is probably not what you learned in college. Its dynamic focus on writing as a social activity in response to a particular situation makes it a powerful tool for teaching practical skills and preparing students to write beyond the classroom. Although genre is often viewed as simply a method for labeling different types of writing, Deborah Dean argues that exploring genre theory can help teachers energize their classroom practices. Genre Theory synthesizes theory and research about genres and provides applications that help teachers artfully address the challenges of teaching high school writing. Knowledge of genre theory helps teachers challenge assumptions that good writing is always the same; make important connections between reading and writing; eliminate the writing product/process dichotomy; outline ways to write appropriately for any situation; supply keys to understanding the unique requirements of testing situations; and offer a sound foundation for multimedia instruction.


Genre Across The Curriculum

Genre Across The Curriculum

Author: Anne Herrington

Publisher:

Published: 2005-02-24

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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Genre across the Curriculum will function as a "good" textbook, one not for the student, but for the teacher, and one with an eye on the context of writing. Here you will find models of practice, descriptions written by teachers who have integrated the teaching of genre into their pedagogy in ways that both support and empower the student writer. While authors here look at courses across disciplines and across a range of genres, they are similar in presenting genre as situated within specific classrooms, disciplines, and institutions. Their assignments embody the pedagogy of a particular teacher, and student responses here embody students' prior experiences with writing. In each chapter, the authors define a particular genre, define the learning goals implicit in assigning that genre, explain how they help their students work through the assignment, and, finally, discuss how they evaluate the writing their students do in response to their teaching.


Genre in the Classroom

Genre in the Classroom

Author: Ann M. Johns

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2001-11-01

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1135675376

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For the first time, the major theoretical and pedagogical approaches to genre and related issues of social construction are presented in a single volume, providing an overview of the state of the art for practitioners in applied linguistics, ESL/EFL pedagogies, rhetoric, and composition studies around the world. Unlike volumes that present one theoretical stance, this book attempts to give equal time to all theoretical and pedagogical camps. Included are chapters by authors from the Sydney School, the New Rhetoric, and English for Specific Purposes, as well as contributions from other practitioners who pose questions that cross theoretical lines. Genre in the Classroom: *includes all of the major theoretical views of genre that influence pedagogical practice; *takes an international approach, drawing from all parts of the world in which genre theory has been applied in the classroom--Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, the Middle East, the United States; *features contributors who are all both theorists and classroom practitioners, lending credibility and authenticity to the arguments; *combines theory and practice in every chapter, showing how particular theoretical views influence classroom practice; *grounds pedagogical practices in their own regional and theoretical histories; *openly discusses problems and questions that genre theory raises and presents some of the solutions suggested; and *offers a concluding chapter that argues for two macro-genres, and with responses to this argument by noted genre theorists from three theoretical camps.


Writing Genres

Writing Genres

Author: Amy J Devitt

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2008-07-23

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0809328690

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In Writing Genres, Amy J. Devitt examines genre from rhetorical, social, linguistic, professional, and historical perspectives and explores genre's educational uses, making this volume the most comprehensive view of genre theory today. Writing Genres does not limit itself to literary genres or to ideas of genres as formal conventions but additionally provides a theoretical definition of genre as rhetorical, dynamic, and flexible, which allows scholars to examine the role of genres in academic, professional, and social communities. Writing Genres demonstrates how genres function within their communities rhetorically and socially, how they develop out of their contexts historically, how genres relate to other types of norms and standards in language, and how genres nonetheless enable creativity. Devitt also advocates a critical genre pedagogy based on these ideas and provides a rationale for first-year writing classes grounded in teaching antecedent genres.


The Write Genre

The Write Genre

Author: Lori Jamison Rog

Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1551388162

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Discover a balanced approach to writing workshop that is organized around writing genres and uses specific writing skills to help students write creative, effective fiction and nonfiction.


Genre Studies Around the Globe

Genre Studies Around the Globe

Author: Natasha Artemeva

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2016-03-13

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1490766324

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Genre Studies around the Globe: Beyond the Three Traditions exemplifies rich and vibrant international scholarship in the area of non-literary genre studies in the early 21st century. Based on the Genre 2012 conference held in Ottawa, Canada, the volume brings under one cover the three Anglophone traditions (English for Specific Purposes, the Sydney School, Rhetorical Genre Studies) and the approaches to genre studies developed in other national, linguistic, and cultural contexts (Brazilian, Chilean, and European). The volume contributors investigate a variety of genres, ranging from written to spoken to multimodal, and discuss issues, central to the field of genre studies: genre conceptualization in different traditions, its theoretical underpinnings, the goals of genre research, and pedagogical implications of genre studies. This collection is addressed to researchers, teachers, and students of genre who wish to familiarize themselves with current international developments in genre studies.