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Introduction
Thank you for downloading this product. You may use these genre cards
to practice identifying genres in a number of ways including:
Response Cards - The picture cards may be used as response cards.
The teacher reads the definition or names a book title and the
students hold up the correct card.
Matching Games Games such as Slap Jack or Memory may be
played by small groups.
Flash Cards Students work in pairs or small groups holding up a
genre card while the other student(s) tells the definition.
Learning Center Activity Students match definitions to genres
then record their answers on the chart provided on page 9.
Organization Place picture cards on the front of binds to help
organize your class library.
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fairy tale
tall tale
folktale
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fable
myth
science fiction
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historical fiction
drama
poetry
stage directions
dialogue
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skits
plays
written in stanzas
has rhythm
sometimes has a rhyme scheme
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proverbs
riddles
limericks
simple poems
nursery rhymes
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fiction
nonfiction
biography
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autobiography
reference sources
essay
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dictionaries
encyclopedias
thesauri
directories
almanacs
handbooks
atlases
statistical sources
factual
account
of
happening
in
the
can include headlines
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events
world;
realistic fiction
fantasy
Information
Includes
manuals
how-to books
books which give facts
resource materials
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mystery
western
Includes
life of frontier families
often contains conflict between
natives and settlers
conflicts may also be between cattle
ranchers, farmers, or U.S. Cavalry
and natives
action/adventure
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Answer Key
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fairy tale
8.
western
15.
2.
mystery
9.
fantasy
16.
essay
3.
action/adventure
10.
information
17.
fiction
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fable
11.
autobiography
18.
nonfiction
5.
tall tale
12.
historical fiction
19.
science fiction
6.
folk tale
13.
drama
20.
poetry
7.
realistic fiction
14.
reference sources
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myth
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