This is something I have been working on.  I have about a dozen lesson plans exploring grammatical topics in conversation, drama, newspapers, and adolescent literature.  I found writings by Gee, J.R. Martin, and James Moffatt helpful.  I could try to track down those references if you want them.

Barbara Stanford

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From: "Crow, John T" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:11 pm
Subject: Genres

> Does anybody out there have a good source that relates genres to
> grammatical structures and techniques?  For example, movie reviews
> are an excellent place to work with appositives (The main
> character, a 15-year-old boy from Mississippi, . . .).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> John
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