VaSOL ELA 6.5 g Genre

What is Poetry?

• Written explanation of FEELING

• Expressed by the use of STYLE or RHYTHM

• dumb

• events that could happen, real situations

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is Informational?

• Text provide REAL FACTS
• About Subjects: Think of textbooks and books on specific animals
• Rythme
• stories about wizards, monsters, and teaches a lesson.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

What is Biography?

• A true story about a person’s life
• about fairies and talking animals
• Written by SOMEONE ELSE
• an internal problem the main characters needs to solve

What is a memoir?

• True story about a PART of a person’s life
• The long lost story about gods and godesses
• Robots against character
• Written by THEMSELVES

autobiography is?

• A true story about a person’s life
• written by someone else
• only part of the person's life
• Written by THEMSELVES

Science Fiction is?

• Type of Fantasy
• Technology, Computers, Robots
• Written by THEMSELVES
• fairies and trolls

Traditional Literature

• Stories passed down from one group to another
• Folk Tales, Tall Tales, Legends, Fairy Tales, Myths
• uses robots and technology to teach a lesson
• Yer a Wizard, Harry!

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

Historical Fiction

• Takes place in a period in the past
• Written by someone else about your life
• talking animals
• Setting is real, Most of the characters are made up

Fantasy

• Elements that are impossible, Talking Animals

• only written about part of their life

• the problem is solved by the end of the book

• May include wizards, vampires, magic, time travel

Mystery is characterized by:

• Suspenseful Story, conflict usually solved at the end.
• Sherlock Holmes
• Fairy Queens and magic battles
• Told generation to generation

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3