Presentation by: Jennifer Parnell

SCS ObjectivesLA - 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.

Essential QuestionWhat are the

characteristics of the different genre?

Genre means a kind of story.2 Main Kinds:

Fiction or Fake

Nonfiction or Real

Ananse’s Feast

Tornadoes

Kinds of FictionFairy Tales

Stories that have magic, kings, queens, castles

Cinderella Snow White Sleeping Beauty

Tall Tales

Stories that exaggerate (stretch the truth) about

a character

Pecos Bill

Paul Bunyan

FablesStories that have talking

animals and teach a moral or lesson

The Tortoise and the Hare

Real-Life FictionCharacters and events

seem real but ARE NOT.

Herbie and Annabelle

Folk Tales

Stories told long ago and passed down

The 3 Little Pigs

Myths

Stories that people told long ago to explain things that

occurred in nature

How the Bear Got Its Short Tail

Kinds of Nonfiction

Expository Nonfiction

Planets Lizards

Biography The story of a real

person’s life

Helen Keller

Guess the GenreFairy Tale / Myth / Folk Tale / Tall

Tale Fable / Real-Life Fiction / Biography Expository Nonfiction

John HenryRumplestiltskin

George WashingtonThe 3 Bears

tall tale

fairy tale

biography

folk tale

How the Lion Got Its Roar

Fairy Tale / Myth / Tall Tale / Folk Tale / Fable / Real-Life Fiction /

Biography / Expository Nonfiction

Guess the Genre

myth

The Tortoise and the Hare

fable

The Solar System expository nonfictionJunie B.

Jonesreal-life fiction

Now work with a buddy to find some examples of the different genre in our classroom collection.

1. Fairy tale 6. Biography

2. Tall tale 7. Expository Nonfiction

3. Fable

4. Folk tale

5. Myth

GREAT JOB!