| Students who understand that what they are reading has a purpose, and that the form and structure chosen by the writer assists them to fully comprehend that purpose, are more likely to be effective readers - and more likely to be effective writers, too. This book looks closely at a variety of text types and provides teachers with the resources to plan and teach genre studies in their classrooms. This book unpacks six key genres: - Recount
- Narrative
- Procedure
- Explanation
- Persuasive Text
- Report
Plus bonus genre studies: Article, Essay, and Biography/Autobiography. Each of the genre studies feature: - Sample texts
- Sources for sample texts
- Useful websites
- Reproducible genre frames
- Suggestions for genre-specific mini-lessons
- Reproducible teacher assessment rubrics
- Reproducible student-friendly rubrics
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