Which Genre do we need?

Your teacher has assigned you a report on Martin Luther King Jr. Which genres of books would you need and why?

• Information, Biography, Autobiography, & Memoir because we need factual information on MLK

• Historical Fiction because we need a story about when MLK was alive.

• Science Fiction because we need a story about technology.

• Information because we need only facts for this report.

It's almost Halloween, and you want to make a library display with books that would be good during this time of year. Which genre of books would you use?

• A biography because you want to know who invented Halloween.

• Realistic Fiction because you want a story that could really happen.

• Horror books because they are designed to create a scary mood for the reader.

• Information because you want to know the origin of Halloween.

You have been reading a lot of fiction books lately. Your teacher wants you to try reading more non-fiction. Which type of nonfiction would be best?

• A biography, because you need to know about a certain person.

• An autobiography because you want to learn about someone from their own point of view.

• Poetry, because you want to learn about style and figurative language.

• Narrative Nonfiction because it reads like a story and the information is true and factual.

Your teacher wants your class to add to their writing abilities by looking at mentor texts that are written in verse and have rhythm. Which genre would be helpful?

• Dystopian because you want to read a story about what it would be like if the world was ending.

• Science Fiction because you want to read a story about the future with technology.

• Poetry because these authors pay attention to style, rhythm, and emotions.

• Realistic Fiction because you want to read a story that could really happen.

Your friend is in a reading slump and needs some reading suggestions from you. He says he likes books that could actually happen. Which genre would you recommend and why?

• Non-fiction because your friend like facts and events.

• Biography because your friend wanted to learn about someone else.

• Poetry because your friend wanted to read poetry.

• Realistic fiction because the friend likes books that could happen.

You have a friend who is really into World War II history, but wants to read a fiction book. Which genre would you recommend your friend?

• Nonfiction because your friend likes history.

• Historical Fiction because it usually uses facts and details that are historic but weaves fiction into the story.

• Horror because your friend wants to be scared.

• Science Fiction because your friend wanted to learn about technology

Lately you have been interested in books like Hunger Games, The Giver, and The Maze Runner because they make you think of the world in the future. What genre should you look into and why?

• Memoir because you want to read a story that someone wrote about themselves.

• Realistic Fiction because you want to read a story that could really happen.

• Autobiography because you want to read about someone's life from them.

• Science Fiction or Dystopian because these genres' characteristics of having a setting in the future.

Your teacher would like you to write a paper on another person, but would like you to look at mentor texts where the author wrote about another person's life. Which genre would you use?

• Science Fiction because you want to read about technology.

• Biography and Narrative Nonfiction because authors of this genre are writing about another person's life.

• Poetry because you like this format of books.

• Autobiography because you want to read about someone who wrote about their own life.

Your teacher wants you to write a story about a memorable time or moment in your life. He/She wants you to view some mentor texts before you get started. Which genre would you use and why?

• Memoir because these are stories told from that person's perspective about a moment in their life.

• Autobiography because you want to learn how to write about your whole life.

• Historical Fiction because you want to know about history.

• Realistic Fiction because you want to read a story about something that could really happen.