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Before the end of this school year, students will be expected to read at least one book in each of the nine reading genre categories listed below: Fantasy Informational Science Fiction Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction Folklore √ myths, legends, fairy tales, tall tales Mystery/ Horror Poetry Biography/ Autobiography Genre Focus by Quarters 1st Quarter √ Fantasy (2 books) 2nd Quarter √ Mystery (3 books) 3rd Quarter √ Biography (2 books) 4th Quarter √ Informational (2 books)
Genre Definitions Short Story - a short work of fiction usually under 10,000 words. Generally, few characters with the conflict concentrating on one character. Novel - a narrative of considerable length usually a much more complex plot, conflict, setting, and characters than a short story. Traditional Literature - (includes fables, legends, folktales, and myths) a short story that depicts a moral lesson, religious principle, or general truth. Realistic Fiction - a story that could have happened. Plot, characters, and setting are consistent with lives of real people. Settings and issues can be either contemporary or historical. Fantasy - A story based on imaginative characters and premise that relates to universal values and struggles. Mystery - A story or novel whose plot involves the solving of a puzzle, especially a crime. Romance - A novel or narrative depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, and so on. NONFICTION - a narrative based on real events and people Biography - an account of a person's life written by another person. POETRY - a concentrated form of literature using allusion, imagery, irony, and metaphor. Lyrical Poetry - expresses the poet's feelings using rhyme, repeated sounds such as alliteration and assonance, rhythms, and beats. Narrative Poetry - a poem that tells a story. Ballads - a rhythmic narrative usually to express adventure and deep emotion. Limerick - a humorous, nonsensical verse of five anapestic (a metrical foot composed of two short syllables followed by one long one) lines. Haiku - an unrhymed, lyrical Japanese poem consisting of three fixed lines of 5, 7 & 5 syllables respectively.
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