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Writing Genres

Writing Genres

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Classifying various writing genres provides an insight into that particular style of writing. Whether it be narrative, expository, or persuasive, learning about various writing genres helps children become better writers and more critical evaluators of information. Information on several writing genres and teaching writing genres is provided.

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The Write Stuff: Introducing Genre to Middle Schoolers

Kids must become familiar with different forms of writing before they can break free from their sets of rules. Here's a ...

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Stimulating the Senses: The Art of the Descriptive Essay

Writing a descriptive essay may be challenging, but children have the material, in their memory and imagination, to ...

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Undertaking the Long Paper

Sometimes students feel too intimidated by the enormity of a long research project to get started. Others think they ...

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Personal Narrative Building Blocks

If you've ever built a house or watched one being built in your neighborhood, you realize that in order for a house to ...

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What is Persuasive Writing?

Persuasive selections are part of Informational (Expository) genres. If you've been around young children, you know ...

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Research Paper Building Blocks

Research papers have specific building blocks that make it a unique genre. The building blocks for a research paper ...

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Poetry Building Blocks

Our students enter our classrooms daily with the most critical building block of poetry: their own imagination. It is ...

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Writing Genres

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