Transforming Literacy Curriculum Genres Book

Contents: Preface. C.C. Pappas, L.B. Zecker, Urban Teachers Researchers' Struggles in Sharing Power With Their Students: Exploring Changes in Literacy Curriculum Genres. Part I: Writing Curriculum Genres. J. Liao, D. Ruben, P. Wolfer, Creating a Writing Workshop in First Grade: How to Teach Literacy "Skills" and Help Children "Come to Voice." L.B. Zecker, C. Nichols, L. Montes, S. Cohen, "Pero, Nosotros No Somos Autores!": Using Explanations to Scaffold Authorship in Latino Second Graders. D. Ruben, J. Liao, M. Rassel, "Does That Sound Like You?": Exploring Ways to Foster Eighth-Grade Students' Voice in Their Written Research Reports. Part II: Reading-Aloud Curriculum Genres. C.C. Pappas, S. Hart, D. Escobar, A. Barry, Fostering First-Graders' Phonemic Awareness and Much More: Using ABC Books in the Reading-Aloud Curriculum Genre. C.C. Pappas, S. Hart, D. Escobar, H. Jones, D.A. O'Malley, Two Teachers' Efforts to Transform the Reading-Aloud Curriculum Genre for Collaboration: Examining Shifts of Process and Content Dimensions of Sharing Authority. L.B. Zecker, C. Nichols, L. Montes, S.T. Pasewark, Bridging Into English Through Reading-Alouds: More Than a Curricular Routine in a Bilingual Third Grade. Part III: Drama Curriculum Genres. H. Tabak, Jr., P. Fowler, Trying Out Roles for Learning: Finding the "Right" Drama Approach for Sixth Graders. D. Ruben, J. Liao, B. Braun, Finding the Right Balance: Using Drama to Promote Special Education Students' Engagement in Literacy Learning. Part IV: Other Language and Literacy Curriculum Genres. L.B. Zecker, C. Nichols, L. Montes, S.W. Soltero, Exploring "Language Richness" in a Bilingual Kindergarten Classroom: The Possible Forms and Power of Collaborative Talk. D. Ruben, J. Liao, D. Collier, Fostering Young Readers: Creating Contexts for Kindergartners' Reenactments of Books in the Classroom. J. Liao, D. Ruben, R.L. Mehra, Creating Ways to Individualize Teacher Response in Various Group Reading Experiences for Second Graders. S. Hart, D. Escobar, S.C. Jacobson, The Rocky Road to Grand Conversations: Learning How to Facilitate Literature-Discussion Groups in Fourth Grade. C.C. Pappas, L.B. Zecker, Transforming Curriculum Genres in Urban Schools: The Political Significance of Collaborative Classroom Discourse.