Genre Tree by MrisC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd Connecting all the Genres en-us 2024-01-24 18:21:05 UTC 2024-01-26 19:28:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png Fiction - imagined or made up stories carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860582872 2024-01-24 18:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860582872 Traditional Literature - folktales, cumulative tales, fairytales, tall tales, myths, fables and legends. Many of these are creation type stories carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860595244 2024-01-24 18:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860595244 Fantasy/Modern Fantasy- There is high and low fantasy. High fantasy has highly developed worlds for the stories to take place in where lower fantasy takes place in our world but with fantastical event. Includes science fiction carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860605439 2024-01-24 18:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860605439 Books for very young readers/ Picture Books carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860620822 2024-01-24 18:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860620822 alphabet books - teach about the alphabet carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860621101 2024-01-24 18:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860621101 counting books-practice counting in different ways carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860621567 2024-01-24 18:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860621567 engineered books-interactive books (pop-up, lift the flap, etc) carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860621750 2024-01-24 18:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860621750 Wordless books-show the story through illustration carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860621916 2024-01-24 18:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860621916 Poetry - narratives, lyric poems, limericks, haiku, free verse, reversos, concrete poems, etc. carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860630568 2024-01-24 18:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860630568 Historical Fiction - can include picture books and novels, fictional stories, similar to contemporary realistic fiction in that it can be realistic fiction but is set in the past with historical accuracy in many respects carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860633081 2024-01-24 19:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860633081 multicultural fiction - coming from a variety of backgrounds. *Must be wary of stereotyping and bias. Show awareness and understanding of other cultures. This also can tie in to international books carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860635509 2024-01-24 19:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860635509 International Literature-literature written by authors residing outside the US. Give different POV carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860635743 2024-01-24 19:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860635743 Nonfiction- true to life books carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860637784 2024-01-24 19:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860637784 Contemporary realistic fiction - made up stories that could actually take place in real life. realistic characters. carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860638496 2024-01-24 19:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860638496 Biographies - Stories of a person's life. Can be written by that person (Autobiography) or another person (biography) carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860643951 2024-01-24 19:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860643951 Memoirs - stories based off of the authors memories carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860645674 2024-01-24 19:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860645674 How-to Books - instructional guides on "how-to" do certain tasks or activities such as crafts, building, cooking, etc. carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860646626 2024-01-24 19:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860646626 Instructional Books- books with the purpose of providing information or reference carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860649485 2024-01-24 19:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860649485 Encyclopedias - provide information on a various number of topics. Convenient for research. Usually comes in volumes with each volume representing a letter. Each volume is not specific to one topic, but to many carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860651630 2024-01-24 19:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860651630 All About - Books on a specific topic. Each book is focused on one particular topic. I.E. All about Dinosaurs carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860653676 2024-01-24 19:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860653676 Photo Essays - Books that use photos of real things to support the text and explain the topics encompassed in the books. carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860656415 2024-01-24 19:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860656415 Life-Cycle Books - Explain the life cycle of living things. Great connection to science curriculum in the classroom carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860657132 2024-01-24 19:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860657132 Postmodern Picture Books - blur many different categories (combine real events with fictional ones, etc.) carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860658518 2024-01-24 19:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860658518 Graphic literature - sometimes seen as comics. Stories told in panels. Could also fall under the category of picture books carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860659428 2024-01-24 19:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860659428 School Based Literature carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860659895 2024-01-24 19:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860659895 Leveled Readers - Based on reading levels for students carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860660428 2024-01-24 19:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860660428 Decodable readers - great for early readers and struggling readers carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860661090 2024-01-24 19:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860661090 predictable books - follow a pattern, easy to predict what the next event in the story will be. Can also be included under Picture books carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860662024 2024-01-24 19:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860662024 Content Specific - Science, Social Studies, Math, Art and Music carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860663557 2024-01-24 19:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860663557 Multi-genre - similar to postmodern picture books. Blur genres together carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860664881 2024-01-24 19:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860664881 Concept/Information books - introduce focused concepts and information (shapes, colors, etc.) carusom86 https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860674384 2024-01-24 19:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carusom86/6j2e32xlrxdplxhd/wish/2860674384