Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books is the foundational text of the Genre Study Suite. In exploring Genre Study, Fountas & Pinnell advocate teaching and learning in which students are actively engaged in developing genre understandings and applying their thinking to any genre. It is through using genre understandings that your students think, talk, and read texts with deeper understanding, and write effectively. Genre Study is a professional resource that teachers can use with students to embark on an exciting exploration into the study of genre.

The Genre Study Suite Bundle is a comprehensive suite of resources that focuses on genre study through inquiry-based learning with an emphasis on reading comprehension and the craft of writing. An inquiry approach engages students in exploring texts so that they can notice and name the characteristics of each genre and construct a working definition that guides their thinking of reading and writing. This suite provides the tools needed to help you and your students lay the groundwork for a lifetime of literacy exploration. The bundle includes:

• What is Genre?
• Purpose, Genre, and Audience
• The Role of Genre in Understanding Reading and Writing
• A Workshop Approach to Genre Study
• An Inquiry Approach to Learning About Genre
• Understanding Mentor Texts
• Goals and Purposes of This Book
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Genre Study and Comprehension
• The Genre Study Process in Action
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Genres and Forms of Literature
• Prose
• Fiction Texts
• Nonfiction Texts
• Hybrid Texts
• Text Structures
• Forms of Prose and Poetry
• Plays
• Literacy and New Media
• The Expanding World of Literature
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Interactive Read-Aloud
• Books in Relation to Readers
• Assessment
• Curriculum for Teaching and Learning
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Ways of Thinking About Texts
• Systems of Strategic Actions for Comprehending Texts
• Strategies as an Integrated System
• Learning to Read by Reading Texts
• Suggestions for Professional Development

Section Two: Understanding Genres

• A Comparison of Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
• Fiction Genres
• Elements of Fiction
• Classic Fiction
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• The Value of Realistic Fiction
• Contemporary Realistic Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Types of Realistic Fiction
• Realism: Learning About Ourselves and Others
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Motifs in Traditional Literature and Modern Fantasy
• Traditional Literature
• Modern Fantasy
• Traditional Literature and Modern Fantasy in the Classroom
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Full Biographies
• Partial Biographies
• Distinguishing Between Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
• Biography
• Autobiography
• Memoir
• Elements of Biographies
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Value of Nonfiction Texts
• Narrative Nonfiction
• Categories of Nonfiction Texts
• Underlying Structural Patterns in Nonfiction Texts
• The Importance of Text Structure
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Design Features of Nonfiction Texts
• Analysis of a Text
• Special Groups of Nonfiction Texts
• Demands of Nonfiction Texts on Readers
• Evaluating Nonfiction Texts
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• The Benefits of Reading and Thinking Across Genres
• Hybrid Texts
• Graphica
• Using Multigenre Text Sets
• Exploring New Genres and Forms
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Poetry Workshop
• Learning About Poetry from Poetry
• The Elements of Poetry
• Variety in Poetry
• An Environment to Foster Poetry
• Collecting Poems
• Poetry Books to Look For
• Finding Joy in the Teaching of Poetry
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Selecting Texts
• Developing a Shared Language for Talking about Texts
• Using Interactive Read-Aloud to Study Literary Genres
• Using Book Clubs (Literature Discussion) to Study Literary Genres
• Learning Over Time
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• The Structure of Genre Study
• The Structure of Readers’ Workshop
• Genre Study in the Readers’ Workshop
• Using Minilessons and Group Share to Support Genre Study
• Mapping a Sequence of Minilessons
• Using Inquiry and Readers’ Workshop to Study Historical Fiction
• Using Inquiry and Readers’ Workshop to Study Traditional Literature
• Moving From Fiction to Nonfiction
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Interactive Read-Aloud and Readers’ Workshop
• Genre Study for Nonfiction Texts
• Minilessons to Learn about Expository Nonfiction Texts
• Learning About Narrative Nonfiction
• Differentiating the Types of Nonfiction Texts
• Using Minilessons and Group Share to Learn about Biography
• Constructing the Curriculum
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Independent Reading
• An Environment for Reading
• Readers’ Workshop as a Setting for Individual Conferring
• Intentional Teaching in the Reading Conference
• The Role of Facilitative Talk in Helping Students Learn about Genre
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• Use of the Reader’s Notebook
• Parts and Tools of the Reader’s Notebook
• Studying Genre through Writing about Reading
• Functional Writing About Reading
• Narrative Writing About Reading
• Nonfiction Writing About Reading
• Poetic Writing About Reading
• Supporting Writing in Response to Reading
• Teacher Reflection on Writing about Reading
• Self As Reader and Writer
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• A Gradient of Text
• Begin with Assessment
• Using the Structure of Guided Reading to Support Genre Study
• Teaching for Strategic Actions
• Connecting Guided Reading to Genre Study
• Using Specific Language to Support Strategic Actions
• Suggestions for Professional Development

• A Seamless Approach to Reading and Writing Genres
• The Writing Process
• The Structure of Writers’ Workshop
• Purpose and Genres of Writing
• Narrative Genres
• Non-Narrative Genres
• Poetic Genres
• Functional Genres
• Writing and Its Connection to Reading
• Suggestions for Professional Development