Redesigning Author Study: Fanfiction and Early Elementary Literacy
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| Title: | Redesigning Author Study: Fanfiction and Early Elementary Literacy |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Alecia Marie Magnifico (ORCID |
| Source: | Reading Teacher. 2025 78(6):361-365. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education Elementary Education Kindergarten Primary Education |
| Descriptors: | Fiction, Literary Genres, Preschool Teachers, Literacy, Writing (Composition), Childrens Writing, Emergent Literacy, Popular Culture, Kindergarten, Young Children |
| DOI: | 10.1002/trtr.2374 |
| ISSN: | 0034-0561 1936-2714 |
| Abstract: | Fans often express their love of authors or books by creating and sharing "fanfiction," a genre wherein fans write new narratives that add to beloved works or take place in existing story worlds. In this article, we describe a kindergarten teacher's efforts to enhance students' foundational literacy skills by combining author studies with composing fanfiction. Pairing these practices throughout the school year can encourage kindergarteners to recognize textual patterns, playfully adapt these patterns, and compose their own stories and art. By playing with literacy, kindergarten fanfiction writers can begin to see themselves not just as readers, but authors. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1466840 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Fans often express their love of authors or books by creating and sharing "fanfiction," a genre wherein fans write new narratives that add to beloved works or take place in existing story worlds. In this article, we describe a kindergarten teacher's efforts to enhance students' foundational literacy skills by combining author studies with composing fanfiction. Pairing these practices throughout the school year can encourage kindergarteners to recognize textual patterns, playfully adapt these patterns, and compose their own stories and art. By playing with literacy, kindergarten fanfiction writers can begin to see themselves not just as readers, but authors. |
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| ISSN: | 0034-0561 1936-2714 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/trtr.2374 |
