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1. Genre Presentation by: Jennifer Parnell

2. SCS Objectives LA - 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.

3. Essential Question What are the characteristics of the different genre?

4. Genre means a kind of story. 2 Main Kinds: Fiction or Fake Nonfiction or Real Ananse’s Feast Tornadoes

5. Kinds of Fiction Fairy Tales Stories that have magic, kings, queens, castles Cinderella Snow White Sleeping Beauty

6. Tall Tales Stories that exaggerate (stretch the truth) about a character Pecos Bill Paul Bunyan

7. Fables Stories that have talking animals and teach a moral or lesson The Tortoise and the Hare

8. Real-Life Fiction Characters and events seem real but ARE NOT . Herbie and Annabelle

9. Folk Tales Stories told long ago and passed down The 3 Little Pigs

10. Myths Stories that people told long ago to explain things that occurred in nature How the Bear Got Its Short Tail

11. Kinds of Nonfiction Expository Nonfiction Planets Lizards

12. Biography The story of a real person’s life Helen Keller

13. Guess the Genre Fairy Tale / Myth / Folk Tale / Tall Tale Fable / Real-Life Fiction / Biography Expository Nonfiction John Henry Rumplestiltskin George Washington The 3 Bears tall tale fairy tale biography folk tale

14. 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 nonfiction Junie B. Jones real-life fiction

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