Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

In what literary genre does Alice in Wonderland lie? Read this passage and see if you can use the clues in it to decide for yourself.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

Deepen your students’ literary comprehension by comparing texts within a genre.

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing!

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing. Standards-based rubric included.

If you're looking for an exciting genre, then mystery might just be the one for you!

Assess your students’ grasp on writing norms and style within the opinion writing genre.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing.

Familiarize with the nonfiction genre by thinking about all the nonfiction you read or see each day.

Learn all about the biography genre, including autobiography and journalism, and read some classic excerpts from its famous authors.

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

Children practice parts of speech as they learn about this special poetry genre.

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.

Poetry is a vibrant genre, especially as infused with visual and multimedia elements. Use this graphic organizer with your class to analyze such features in poetry.

This assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the realistic fiction writing genre.

Introduce students to nonfiction genres in their school or local library!

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.

The Analyzing a Poem graphic organizer supports students with specific questions to help them understand a poem.

Learn about famous nonfiction writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Jack London in this fun worksheet, then try writing some nonfiction yourself.

Encourage students to develop an informational paragraph using a personal anecdote!