Genre Overview

What is a Genre?

by Melissa Wood-Glusac

​Some Genres We Will Explore

• map

• vignette

• ​short story

• ​novel

• ​poem

• ​how-to

• ​mini visual essay

• ​photo essay

• ​magazine article

• ​theme statements

• ​letter

Poll

What is your favorite genre so far?

• short story

• vignette

• how-to

• mini visual essay

​So What's the Point?

This is a chance to pursue WONDERS and DELIGHTS in your life, a chance to strive to answer questions involving topics of interest to you and to communicate your learning through multiple writing genres. You will get at the factual, the emotional, and the imaginative. This is a time for you to look into many things you wonder about and delight in to explore them in different, engaging ways.​

Open Ended

What are you writing about for your MINI VISUAL ESSAY?

Poll

Which of the following genres sound most interesting to you?

• poetry

• flash fiction

• magazine article

• photo essay