From text to Epitext : Expanding students' comprehension, engagement, and media literacy / Shelbie Witte, Melissa Gross, and Don Latham, editors ; foreword by Teri S. Lesesne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Teri S. Lesesne -- Introduction: The functions of epitext / Shelbie Witte, Don Latham, and Melissa Gross -- Part 1: Epitext and comprehension : Epitext and young adult fiction: a case study of Piecing Me Together / Melissa Gross and Zoe Leonarczyk -- Epitextual analysis of biographies: enhancing disciplinary literacy / Sharon Kane with Deborah Heiligman -- Incorporating epitext through a layered-literacies approach: revisiting the study of Maus / Luke Rodesiler and Eric Federspiel -- Learning through fan fiction: remix and extension with narrative writing / Tyler C. Sisco -- Part 2: Epitext and critical thinking : Laura Halse Anderson's Wintergirls epitexts: a hard book to read but worth every tear / James Blasingame -- Critically analyzing Black female YA speculative fiction alongside author-produced epitext / S.R. Toliver -- Fostering diverse learners' comprehension and critical thinking through epitext / Loren Jones, Sharon L. Smith, and Luciana C. de Oliveira -- Part 3: Epitext and media : Creating epitext and intertext perspectives with Marry Poppins Returns / Margaret Mackey -- Applying media literacy to promotional epitexts: are they selling molasses, falafels, or books? / Shanedra D. Nowell -- Epitext in the CTE classroom: embracing audiovisual technology and film classrooms as spaces for developing literacy skills / W. Kyle Jones -- Part 4: Epitext and digital spaces : Critically exploring video games and their epitexts: "I Never Thought Like This Before" / Brady Nash -- Role-playing as epitextual analysis: evidence-based guidelines and considerations for facilitating online game-based role-playing for librarians and teachers / Jonathan M. Hollister -- Binary texts challenge epitext: robot poems, or poem robots? / Katie Henry and Bud Hunt.

"This volume explains how analyzing textual elements that aren't part of the text but connected to it can be used with K-16 students to improve comprehension, engagement, critical thinking, and media literacy"--

Beginning with an introduction that briefly explains Genette's theory of paratext and discusses the functions of epitext theory, this book comprises theory-to-practice chapters that showcase ways in which teachers and librarians can use elements independent of a text to discuss texts and media with students. Chapters include a practitioner's section specifying practical approaches and explanations for how to use epitext. Scaffolding an application of theory to practice, this title provides educators with an original approach to increasing literacy engagement and integration as well as for increasing media literacy and critical thinking. It includes practical ideas for using epitext in the classroom to promote critical thinking and for collaboration between teachers and librarians. It also includes editorial sidebars that provide additional "how-to" ideas, support deep thinking, make connections to relevant content in other chapters, and provide examples for students in K-16 classrooms. -- Provided by publisher