Discovering Genre

What does genre mean?

• A type, or kind, of book

• Something to read

• The characters in a book

• A French word

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

How does knowing a book's genre make reading easier?

• Books are shorter

• You can skip parts of the book

• You can predict what might happen in the book

• You know how it ends

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Realistic means:

• Seems real, but is not

• Real

• Fake

• Fictional

How are Science Fiction and Fantasy the same?

• They are both long stories.

• Both can be scary.

• They are on the same shelf.

• They're both impossible... at least for now.

The story has features not seen in this world, such as magic, time travel, strange settings and fantastic characters

• mystery
• myth
• fantasy
• folktale 

True story of a real person’s life from the past or present written by that person.

• autobiography
• realistic fiction
• biography
• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

This is a story about how the world was created and why certain things happen from cultures all over the world. These stories often feature gods and goddesses.

• Folklore

• Myth

• Fairy Tale

• Tall Tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material.

• Fable
• Legend
• Historical Fiction
• Fantasy

Any narrative ( made-up story) that did NOT occur in real life

• nonfiction
• genre
• narrator
• fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A fictional narrative / story involving suspense in which characters use clues to solve a problem or crime

• biography
• realistic fiction
• fantasy
• mystery