Genres

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Genres

• A category of literature. The main literary
  genres are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.

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PROJECT

• Part One (10 points)
• You will create a graphic organizer showing one
  genre. You will define the genre and give an
  example of it. (YOU NEED TO USE YOUR TEXTBOOK.)
• CHOICES Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Drama.
• NOTE for Fiction, you must include at least 4
  types.
• NOTE for Nonfiction, you must include at
  least 2 types.
• (You will be graded on creativity with your
  graphic organizer and neatness.) Possible
  graphic organizer ideas Part Two (40 points)
• Part Two (10 Points) Create a pneumonic device.
  (A pneumonic device is a learning technique that
  aids memory.) Possible pneumonic devices are
  acronyms or rap/song/poems. REMEMBER The
  pneumonic device must also explain/define the
  terms.outline, web, treebe creative.
• Part Three (10 points)
• You will present your entire project to the
  class. All group members must participate in the
  presentation. (You will be graded on use of
  speaking voice, eye contact with the audience,
  and organization.) You will share your graphic
  organizer and pneumonic device.

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What is a pneumonic device?

• Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
• Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication,
  Division, Addition, Subtraction.This mnemonic
  allows us to remember the Order of Operations in
  math.
• There Are Seven Days ( a song)
• Tune ClementineThere are seven days, There are
  seven days. There are seven days in a
  weekSunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday,
  Friday, Saturday.There are seven days There are
  seven days. There are seven days in a
  week.Sunday, Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday,
  Friday, Saturday.