Genre

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Genre
Presentation by Jennifer Parnell
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SCS Objectives
LA - 3.01 Respond to fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
and drama using interpretive, critical, and
evaluative processes.
LA 2.04 Identify and interpret elements of
fiction and nonfiction, and support by
referencing the text.
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Essential Question
What are the characteristics of the different
genre?
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Genre means a kind of story.
2 Main Kinds
Fiction or Fake
Nonfiction or Real
Ananses Feast
Tornadoes
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Kinds of Fiction
Fairy Tales
Stories that have magic, kings, queens, castles
Cinderella Snow White Sleeping Beauty
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Tall Tales
Stories that exaggerate (stretch the truth) about
a character
Pecos Bill
Paul Bunyan
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Fables
Stories that have talking animals and teach a
moral or lesson
The Tortoise and the Hare
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Real-Life Fiction
Characters and events seem real but ARE NOT.
Herbie and Annabelle
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Folk Tales
Stories told long ago and passed down
The 3 Little Pigs
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Myths
Stories that people told long ago to explain
things that occurred in nature
How the Bear Got Its Short Tail
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Kinds of Nonfiction
Expository Nonfiction
Planets
Lizards
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Biography
The story of a real persons life
Helen Keller
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Guess the Genre
Fairy Tale / Myth / Folk Tale / Tall Tale
Fable / Real-Life Fiction / Biography
Expository Nonfiction
tall tale
John Henry
fairy tale
Rumplestiltskin
George Washington
biography
The 3 Bears
folk tale
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Guess the Genre
Fairy Tale / Myth / Tall Tale / Folk Tale / Fable
/ Real-Life Fiction / Biography / Expository
Nonfiction
How the Lion Got Its Roar
myth
The Tortoise and the Hare
fable
The Solar System
expository nonfiction
Junie B. Jones
real-life fiction
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Now work with a buddy to find some examples of
the different genre in our classroom collection.

• Fairy tale 6. Biography
• 2. Tall tale 7. Expository Nonfiction
  
• 3. Fable
• 4. Folk tale
• 5. Myth

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GREAT JOB!