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Riddles have always captivated me! The excitement of an unsolved puzzle, the suspense that heightens with each clue, and the fascinating allure of the unknown have enchanted me throughout my life. So, when I finally took...
My 4th-grade students have just finished up a 6-week study of opinion writing, and we really learned a lot about the genre. Despite several stop-and-go weeks (thanks to the weather), we managed to complete six quality essays during our unit of study. If your day is anything like mine, then you consider yourself lucky to
I’m very good at coming up with story “sparks” – too good, in fact – but I always find it a trial to develop those ideas into fully-fledged stories. One technique I use is to create mind-maps. I thought I would share my genre mind maps in case they can help you in your hour…
Writing about vehicles may not seem like a travel writing genres. But consider the many ways travel intersects with vehicles & you'll find many opportunities.
Perfect mini anchor charts for student reading journals! Students easily reference these charts to independently identify genres. Includes key details for genre identification.
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A set of posters featuring checklists for the common non-fiction genres. Includes posters for recounts, non-chronological reports, instructions, explanations, persuasive texts and more.
Learn the different book genres with a list of the top writing genres. Then we'll examine subgenres, categories, and tropes.
Writing Genres: Helping your students write in different genres. I don't know the statistics, but I would guess that over 80% of your writing lessons focus on narrative writing. I know I did in my classroom. Once in a while I'd throw in a lesson on writing a letter, and once a year that animal research report, but not much else throughout the year. A few years ago I attended a conference and one of the ideas presented was teaching the genres of writing through one topic. I think the topic she used to demonstrate the idea was horses, an appealing topic for most kids. She had her students write a fantasy story about a flying horse, an informative piece about caring for a horse, a persuasive piece about the best breed of horse, a poem about a horse and a descriptive piece about how it feels to ride a horse. Using just one topic, horses, the students gained a much better understanding of the differences between the genres. Light bulbs went on all over the room! Every teacher began thinking about topics that would interest their students and would work easily with different genres. Since it was winter I came up with my first genre writing project with a snowman theme. The kids loved it! And I loved it too, because it was an easy way to introduce the different genres and get the kids exciting about writing. The next year I added the scarecrow project to my fall writing schedule and followed up in the winter with the snowman project again. I've polished these ideas and now have them available in my TPT store, along with a Spring Garden Writing project, added this past spring. In each packet you'll find 6 different genres (the genres vary slightly with each project), writing guides/checklists, graphic organizers and final writing papers for publishing into a book. (Click on the image for a free sample from my Scarecrow Genre Writing Project) For more great ideas for Fall, head over to Teaching Science with Lynda. And then check out Crockett's Classroom on TPT for all three genre writing projects:
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Elements of fantasy
Historical fiction is one of the most challenging in terms of identification. How to write characters that are so different from us?
Here are some of our favourite story starters for your class, whatever genre you’re looking to teach!
Nobody ever said writing historical fiction was easy. Five ladies, who have all succeeded in the historical fiction genre from middle grade to adult, attempt to shed some light on what it’s like to write these novels, how much research it takes, what to do with all the facts and figures when telling a story, and how to get a historical fiction book noticed among the vampires, werewolves, and spy thrillers. Interviews with Adrienne Sharp, Darci Hannah, Beverly Patt, Karen Kondazian, and Clara Gillow Clark.
What is mystery genre?, Learn about mystery fiction, subgenres in mystery writing along with the best examples of mystery fiction novels.
As adults, we often walk into a bookstore with a certain genre we are ready to peruse the aisles for in order to find our next read. Would your students be able to do the
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In this piece, G.R. Macallister shares her experience of transitioning from bestselling historical fiction author Greer Macallister to debut fantasy novelist, including the mental steps needed to switch the writing gears and aspects to consider from a publishing perspective.
