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Fountas & Pinnell Genre Prompting Guide for Fiction

By Irene Fountas, Lesley University, Gay Su Pinnell, The Ohio State University

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ISBN 978-0-325-13139-9 / 0-325-13139-2 / SKU E13139
2022 / 84pp / Spiral
Curricular Resource Grade Level: Kindergarten-8th

Topics: Guided Reading, Language Arts, Reading

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Save money when you buy both Genre Prompting Guides together, or the entire Genre Study Suite Bundle!

Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell's Genre Prompting Guide for Fiction and Genre Prompting Guide for Nonfiction, Poetry, and Test Taking are comprehensive tools that you can use to explore fiction and nonfiction genres with your students during interactive read-aloud, Reader's workshop, Writer's workshop, guided reading lessons, shared reading, and intervention lessons. The prompts in these ready-reference flip charts are designed to help teachers guide students' inquiry toward explicit understandings of the characteristics of genres. Each prompting guide contains precise language for teaching readers how to focus their thinking and understanding of genres through inquiry.

In the Genre Prompting Guide for Fiction, Fountas and Pinnell have organized fiction prompts by genre as well as by literary elements and structure. Help you and your students lay the groundwork for a lifetime of literacy exploration and an understanding of the following genres:

Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Traditional Literature
Folktales
Fairy Tales
Fables
Legends
Epics
Ballads
Myths
Modern Fantasy
Animal Fantasy
Low Fantasy
High Fantasy
Science Fiction

Other products in the Genre Study Suite:
Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books
Genre Quick Guide, A Companion to Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books
Genre Prompting Guide for Nonfiction, Poetry, and Test Taking

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SECTION I
Introduction
Organization of Prompts
Using Genre Prompting Guide

SECTION II
General Prompts to Support Comprehension of Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Traditional Literature
    Folktales
    Fairy Tales
    Fables
    Legends, Epics, Ballads
    Myths
Modern Fantasy
    Simple Animal Fiction
    Low Fantasy
    High Fantasy
    Science Fiction
Prompts for Special Types of Fiction Texts
    Mystery/Crime Stories
    Survival /Adventure Stories
    Horror
    Humor
    Short Stories
    Animal Stories
    Sports Stories
    Series Books
    Picture Books
    ABC Books
Prompts for Special Forms of Fiction Texts
    Graphic Texts
    Electronic Books
    Digital Texts
    Unusual Formats