Genres
Genres
Genres
Introduce a genre, then talk about additional books found in your library. 2. This ppt is not completed; rather it is a work in progress. 3. This is meant for grades 4-5. Feel free to change this ppt in any way to make it more appropriate for your students.
GENRES
Review
What are nonfiction books? Whats your favorite nonfiction book?
Nonfiction
Who came up with a plan on how to divide the books into groups? Why did he do this?
born in 1851
Mr. Dewey used the Dewey Decimal System to help him classify the books in the nonfiction section.
FICTION
If nonfiction books are factual, what are fiction books? Whats your favorite fiction book?
FICTION
NONFICTION
FICTION
Within the fiction section there are lots of books that we can group together because they have something in common.
Within the nonfiction section there are also lots of books we can group together because they have something in common.
NONFICTION
GENRE
1 a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content 2 kind. sort.
FICTION NONFICTION
FICTION NONFICTION
biographies
Fairy tales horror Did we miss any genres? romance fables myths
This year well find out what makes some genres special and read some books from various genres.
SCIENCE + FICTION =
SCIENCE FICTION
Bruce Coville
Most science fiction books have characters with strange names. Try reading some of the names in this book:
Science fiction books are based on science theories that could be partly true. Why?
There are 54 books in the ANIMORPH series. The kids in these books can morph into an animal! How? They touch something thats alive and aborb DNA into their own bodies. That gives them the power to morph.
Animorph series
FANTASY
Who am I?
A fantasy book is not true; therefore it is ___________. The plot will usually involve a big struggle between good and evil.
FANTASY
Talking animals Magical powers Time travel Imaginary beings from other planets
This toad has an attitude!
Gulliver in Lilliput / retold by Margaret Hodges from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
While there, Gulliver got caught up in a war between 2 nations. The war started because the 2 nations couldnt agree over which end of a boiled egg one should open.
JON SCIESZKA
You might know Jon Scieszka as the author of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. But have you read the fantasy
Genre: MYSTERY
Mysteries
CHARACTERS SEEM SO REAL MAIN CHARACTER COULD BE A DETECTIVE OR A SPY MAIN CHARACTER LOOKS FOR CLUES TO SOLVE A PROBLEM OR A CRIME
After just writing, he would edit his work several times. Over time, he wrote many, many books.
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of Flight 54 Cam Jansen and the Ghostly Mystery Cam Jansen and the Scary Snake Mystery Cam Jansen and the Barking Treasure Mystery Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Television Dog Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Chocolate Fudge Sale Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Carnival Prize Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Monster Movie Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Circus Clown Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Gold Coins Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach Mystery Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery Cam Jansen #8 Mystery of the Monster Movie Cam Jansen & the Tennis Trophy Mystery Cam Jansen & Mystery of Stolen Diamonds Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the U.F.O. Cam Jansen Double Mystery #1 Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Monkey House Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House Cam Jansen Triceratops Pops Mystery Young Cam Jansen & the Substitute Mystery Cam Jansen #12 Mystery of Flight 54 Cam Jansen #11 Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper Young Cam Jansen & the Spotted Cat Mystery Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery Young Cam Jansen and the Substitute Mystery Cam Jansen 14 Chocolate Fudge Mystery Cam Jansen & the Ghostly Mystery Cam Jansen & the Birthday Mystery Cam Jansen & the Catnapping Mystery Cam Jansen & the School Play Mystery Cam Jansen & First Day of School Mystery Cam Jansen & the Barking Treasure Mystery Cam Jansen & the Scary Snake Mystery Cam Jansen & the Mystery of the UFO Cam Jansen & Mystery of the Dinosaur Bon
CLUE
Clue: Something that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem or mystery.
www.dictionary.com
A family is excited to move into this big old house because the house used to be part of the underground railroad.
But whats happening? Is someone trying to scare them away? What motive would the person have?
MOTIVE
Motive: an idea, need, desire, or impulse that causes a person to act in a particular way or do a particular thing; reason. His motive for robbing the bank was not clear.
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
SUSPECTS
Suspect: one who is suspected of doing something wrong or of a crime. She is a suspect in the robbery.
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ff l-dictionary.asp
DEDUCTION
Deduction: the process of finding an answer by using what is already known to be true. If you see footprints in the snow, and you know that the snow started falling after dark, deduction will tell you that somebody was here last night.
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
EVIDENCE
Evidence: something that gives proof or a reason to believe. Scientists have not yet found evidence of life on Mars.
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
WITNESS
Witness: to watch or be present at. He witnessed the accident.
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffldictionary.asp
398.2
www.dictionary.com
2 entries found for folktale. Folktale or folk tale n. A story or legend forming part of an oral tradition. Folktale n : a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
In folktales,
animals that talk monsters tricks # 3 or 7
The Bearskinner : a story by the brothers Grimm; with pictures by Felix Hoffmann
Today were taught not to talk to strangers. But this story took place a long time ago so the soldier in this story not only met, but also made a deal with a stranger.
The Bearskinner : a story by the brothers Grimm; with pictures by Felix Hoffmann
The 2 agreed that if the soldier could go 7 years without shaving, washing, combing his hair, cutting his nails, or praying, then he would become very rich.
The Bearskinner
He didnt look too bad at first, so a woman he met fell in love with him. She agreed to wait for him for 7 years. What do you think happens when she sees him after 7 years?
Virginia Haviland
Virginia Haviland was like the Grimm Brothers. In that she collected stories from all over the world. Favorite Fairy Tales is a series of stories told in 16 countries.
Did you notice that series said Favorite FAIRY TALES, not FOLK TALES?
FOLK TALES
tales of talking animals tales that tell why (Pourquoi tales) tales of magic (fairy tales) cumulative tales tales of exaggeration (legends,
tall tales)
CINDERELLA is a fairy tale. It is told in different ways all over the world.
Compare parts of the story, THE SIX SWANS, to other fairy tales.
Rafe Martin
Rafe Martin read The Six Swans. When he finished, he had a lot of questions that he wanted answered. He wondered what happened to the boy who still had one wing.
Rafe Martin
What happens to that boy? What kind of young man will he become? How will he find his place on this earth and be happy, when all who see him think him a cripple or worse, a freak?
http://www.embracingthechild.org/authors2005.html
BIRDWING
So Rafe Martin wrote BIRDWING. This story begins 6 years later and is mostly about the youngest boy, Prince Ardwin.
BIRDWING
Prince Ardwin cant figure out whether he wants to stay with his family or return to the sky.
BIRDWING
If he stays, he might have to get a mechanical arm. Plus his father might make him marry another kings daughter. So he leaves.
BIRDWING
While hes gone, he experiences violence, danger, struggles and love. He even sees his stepmother, the one who turned him into a swan to begin with!
FABLES 398.2
FABLE: 1 a short tale that teaches a lesson. The characters in fables are often animals who speak and act like people. "The Fox and the Grapes" is a wellknown fable by Aesop. 2 a false story; lie. He told us a fable about his father being a jet pilot.
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ ffl-dictionary.asp
CHARACTERS
Characters dont usually have names like we do. They go by the type of animal. They talk and act like people.
ANT GRASSHOPPER
MORAL: 1 the lesson about right and wrong learned from a story or event.
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
AESOP
The man who wrote most of the fables we know is named Aesop. He lived as a slave in Greece in the 6th century. We dont know a lot about him, but we do know that his master eventually gave him freedom.
The fable in this book that you might like the best has this moral: He who smelt it, dealt it!
REALISTIC FICTION
to be continued
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