What is a Genre? by Jen Van Ness

Genre Bingo

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Create a Bingo card with different genres. As students read or learn about each genre, they check off the corresponding square. The first to complete a row wins.

Genre Poster Creation

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Students pick a genre and create a poster that includes characteristics, examples, and famous authors of that genre. Display these around the classroom.

Write Your Own Story

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Students choose a genre and write a short story or scene that fits within that genre's conventions. Encourage creativity and genre exploration.

Genre Quiz

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An interactive quiz about genres for Grade 5 on Quizziz!

What is a Genre?

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A genre is a category of

literature identified by form,

content, and style. Genre

(pronounced ˈzhän-rə) is

derived from the French

phrase genre meaning

“kind” or “type.”

The 3 main genre types

are:

Poetry

Drama

Prose (fiction/nonfiction)

Prose can then be divided

into more sub-categories.

Classics

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A work with artistic value and literary merit.

A book accepted as being exemplary or noteworthy.

Realistic Fiction

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Realistic fiction is real life set to fiction. It's about anything that can happen in real life:

bullying, cliques, fitting in, divorce, friend/family issues.

Adventure

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A Remarkable or unexpected journey, experience, or event that a person participates in as a result of chance--adventures usually include dangerous situations, narrow escapes, problems to be solved through intelligence and skill, exotic people and places, and brave deeds.

Suspense

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Suspense is the element in a

story that creates a mental uncertainty

about what will happen.

Mystery

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Generally features a detective solving

a case with a suspenseful plot.

Slowly reveals information for the

reader to piece together.

Scary/Horror

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Intended to scare and shock the reader while eliciting a sense of terror or dread;

may feature scary entities such as

ghosts, zombies, evil spirits, etc.

Sports

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Sports are the focus and drives the plot line of the book.

Top Sports Authors are:

Tim Green

John Feinstein

Matt Christopher

Mike Lupica

Dan Gutman

Humor

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This category is for light-hearted and funny

books or sometimes even dark humor (ex. The Series of Unfortunate Events)

Romance

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Features a love story or romantic relationship; generally lighthearted &

optimistic.

Historical Fiction

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The plot takes place in the past with

balanced realism and creativity; can feature

actual historical figures, events,

and settings.

Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)

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Speculative stories derived and/or inspired by science; generally features futuristic civilizations, time travel, or space

exploration.

Fantasy

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Speculative stories with imaginary

characters in imaginary settings.

Biography

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An account of someone's life written by

someone else.

Non Fiction

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