Includes bibliographical references and index.

Teaching the genres. Transforming traditional tales to improve comprehension and composition / Terrell A. Young, Laura Tuiaea, Barbara A. Ward -- Every story has a problem: how to improve student narrative writing in grades 4-6 / Sue Dymock, Tom Nicholson -- Teaching poetry / Claudia Dybdahl, Tammy Black -- Using readers' theater to engage students with drama / Regina M. Rees -- Teaching journalistic style: a newspaper genre study / Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher -- Using procedural texts and documents to develop functional literacy in students: the key to their future in a world of words / Martha D. Collins, Amy B. Horton -- Going beyond opinion: teaching elementary students to write persuasively / Dana L. Grisham, Cheryl Wozniak, Thomas DeVere Wolsey -- Reading biography: evaluating information across texts / Barbara Moss, Diane Lapp -- Teaching other genres. Using comic literature with oder students / Chris Wilson -- Using primary-source documents and digital storytelling as a catalyst for writing historical fiction in the fourth grade / Carol J. Fuhler -- No stripping allowed: reading and writing political cartoons / James Bucky Carter, Kelly Lynn Carter -- Hip-hop photo song: self-expressing through hip-hop as culturally responsive pedagogy / Nadjwa E. l. Norton --

Exploring high-stakes tests as a genre / Charles Fuhrken, Nancy Roser -- Reading a science experiment: deciphering the language of scientists / Maria C. Grant -- Reading + mathematics = success: using literacy strategies to enhance problem-solving skills / Mary Lou DePillo -- Promoting literacy through visual aids: teaching students to read graphs, maps, charts, and tables / Paola Pilonieta, Karen Wood, D. Bruce Taylor -- Critically reading advertisements: examining visual images and persuasive language / Lori Czop Assaf, Alina Adonyi -- Reading web-based electronic texts: using think-alouds to help students begin to understand the process / Christine A. McKeon -- Developing critical literacy: comparatively reading multiple text sources in a sixth-grade classroom / Jesse Gainer -- Crafting the genre. Using written response for reading comprehension of literary text / Evangeline Newton, Ruth Oswald, Todd Oswald -- Reading persuasive texts / Thomas DeVere Wolsey, Cheryl Pham, Dana L. Grisham -- Writing a biography: creating powerful insights into history and personal lives / Dorothy Leal -- Monumental ideas for teaching report writing through a visit to Washington, DC / Susan K. Leone -- Writing summaries of expository text using the magnet summary strategy / Laurie Elish-Piper, Susan R. Hinrichs -- Conclusion: Looking back, looking forward / Diane Lapp, Barbara Moss.