With time at a premium, teachers need concise books that offer research-based overviews of the skills that they need to know and how to implement them in the classroom. Brief Instructional Guides (BIGs) are written by practicing teachers and scholars to provide resources for professional development. Genre-Based Writing, In Genre-Based Writing, author Christine Tardy defines genre and genre-based writing instruction and the five principles of a genre-based pedagogy. She then explains how to design genre-based writing activities. By discussing the genre-related practices and social and rhetorical aspects of genre, she is able to outline strategies for exploring rhetorical moves and playing with genre form in the classroom. In addition, the book provides general tips for bringing a genre approach into the writing classroom as well as several application activities and specific suggestions for classroom tasks.