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Use this resource to review important vocabulary terms in the genre of nonfiction.

Vocabulary Practice: Nonfiction Genre

Use this resource to review important vocabulary terms in the genre of fiction.

Vocabulary Practice: Fiction Genre

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

Fantasy Genre Discussion Cards

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

Reading Genre Challenge

What is a literary genre? In this book, thumb through interesting quotes and the most popular genres. Your child has a chance to flex writing skills in a fun way as he analyzes what makes each unique.

Genres

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

What is Mystery?

Fiction or nonfiction? Children are introduced to the concept of genre in this early literacy worksheet.

Which Is It?

This fun worksheet will help young students as they dive into the genre of biography.

Biography: Who Am I?

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

Realistic Fiction Writing Assessment

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

State Your Opinion! Let's Soar in Grade 4

This language arts assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the persuasive writing genre.

Persuasive Writing Assessment

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

What is Biography?

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

What is Drama?

In this lesson, your students will explore the library in search of various genres of nonfiction texts. Teach this lesson at the beginning of the year to familiarize your students with the structure and organization of the library. 

Nonfiction Genres

Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.

Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues

How familiar are your fourth graders with the fictional genres available in their class or school libraries? This lesson introduces them to many genres of fictional books so they can get off to a terrific start of fourth grade reading. 

Fiction Genres Library Exploration

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

Opinion Essay: Anchor Paper

Use this mid-year assessment to catch a glimpse of your young writers’ style and voice, while simultaneously assessing their skills within the informational writing genre.

Informational Writing Check-In

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

Discovering Nonfiction Genres

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Make a Match: Reading Genres

Students love comic books! Channel their excitement for this fun genre and get their creative writing juices flowing.  By writing their own comic strips, students will be practicing composing, sequencing, and using dialogue.


BAM! POW! Comic Strip Writing

Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map

Teach your students to entertain readers with narrative writing. This lesson will help your students understand the genre, the different parts of a story, and elements such as character, setting, and conflict.

Exploring the Narrative

Expose your students to the wonderful genre of drama, but be sure to teach them the important key terms so they understand the structure. Use this as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson for the *Putting a Play Together!* lesson.

Parts of a Drama

What do like to groove to? Bebop or hip-hop? In this Black History Month lesson plan, students will listen to and learn about two music genres heavily influenced by African-Americans. Then they will write about which genre they prefer.

Celebrating Black History Month with the Sounds of African-American Music: Jazz and Hip-Hop

Did you know that Reader&#39;s Theater promotes fluency and builds students&#39; reading confidence? Use this lesson to inspire your students to practice reading and understanding text in the drama genre.

Reader's Theater: Read the Script

Let’s put it all together! In this lesson, students will explore the different parts of a drama or play. By the end of the lesson they will be able to define terminology related to plays and give examples of the unique genre features!

Putting a Play Together!

Is it real or is it fantasy? This lesson introduces students to the literary concepts of realism and fantasy. Readers will practice this skill by using details in texts to distinguish the two genre elements. 

Making Sense of Realism and Fantasy

To deepen your students’ understanding of dramas, have them utilize their understanding of the key terms to compare and contrast dramas to other genres. They will use information found in a Venn diagram to complete a paragraph frame.

Comparing Drama to Other Genres

This lesson gives students a structure to help them summarize fiction texts. When they are skilled at summarizing, they will be more capable of exploring various fiction genres. Use it as a precursor to Fiction Genres Library Exploration. 

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