“…Jason Ranker T he teaching and learning of various genres has become an important topic in literacy education, and several aspects of genre studies in literacy classrooms have recently been explored (Dean, 2008;Duke & Purcell-Gates, 2003;Palmer & Stewart, 2005;Read, 2005). Researchers have examined young students' learning of fictional genres (e.g., poetry, short story, novel), nonfiction (e.g., informational, memoir, essay), and media genres (e.g., webpages, television formats, advertisements, video games), among others.…”