Preface

Urban Teacher Researchers' Struggles in Sharing Power With Their Students: Exploring Changes in Literacy Curriculum Genres

Christine C. Pappas

Liliana Barro Zecker

Part I: Writing Curriculum Genres

Creating A Writing Workshop in First Grade: How to Teach Literacy ``Skills'' and Help Children ``Come to Voice''

Jane Liao

Dian Ruben

Pamela Wolfer

``Pero, Nosotros No Somos Autores!'': Using Explanations to Scaffold Authorship in Latino Second Graders

Liliana Barro Zecker

Caitlyn Nichols

Linda Montes

Sarah Cohen

``Does That Sound Like You?'': Exploring Ways to Foster Eighth-Grade Students' Voice in Their Written Research Reports

Dian Ruben

Jane Liao

Michael Rassel

Part II: Reading-Aloud Curriculum Genres

Fostering First-Graders' Phonemic Awareness and Much More: Using ABC Books in the Reading-Aloud Curriculum Genre

Christine C. Pappas

Shannon Hart

Diane Escobar

Anne Barry

Two Teachers' Efforts to Transform The Reading-Aloud Curriculum Genre for Collaboration: Examining Shifts of Process and Content Dimensions of Sharing Authority

Christine C. Pappas

Shannon Hart

Diane Escobar

Hawa Jones

Dorothy A. O'Malley

Bridging Into English Through Reading-Alouds: More Than a Curricular Routine in a Bilingual Third Grade

Liliana Barro Zecker

Caitlyn Nichols

Linda Montes

Sonia Torres Pasewark

Part III: Drama Curriculum Genres

Trying Out Roles for Learning: Finding the ``Right'' Drama Approach for Sixth Graders

Henry Tabak, Jr.

Paul Fowler

Finding the Right Balance: Using Drama to Promote Special Education Students' Engagement in Literacy Learning

Dian Ruben

Jane Liao

Bernadine Braun

Part IV: Other Language and Literacy Curriculum Genres

Exploring ``Language Richness'' in a Bilingual Kindergarten Classroom: The Possible Forms and Power of Collaborative Talk

Liliana Barro Zecker

Caitlyn Nichols

Linda Montes

Sonia White Soltero

Fostering Young Readers: Creating Contexts for Kindergartners' Reenactments of Books in the Classroom

Dian Ruben

Jane Liao

Demetrya Collier

Creating Ways to Individualize Teacher Response in Various Group Reading Experiences for Second Graders

Jane Liao

Dian Ruben

Renuka L. Mehra

The Rocky Road to Grand Conversations: Learning How to Facilitate Literature-Discussion Groups in Fourth Grade

Shannon Hart

Diane Escobar

Susan C. Jacobson

Transforming Curriculum Genres in Urban Schools: The Political Significance of Collaborative Classroom Discourse

Christine C. Pappas

Liliana Barro Zecker

About the Authors

Author Index

Subject Index