1. GENRES
Categories or
types of literature

2. Problem situation Clues Detectives Wrong Doers Solution MYSTERY
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

3. Authentic recreation of another time and place in the past.
HISTORICAL
Authentic recreation of another time and place in the past.
Here Today
by Ann M. Martin

4. Authentic recreation of another time and place usually in the future.
SCIENCE FICTION
Authentic recreation of another time and place usually in the future.
The Time Hackers
By Gary Paulsen

5. ADVENTURE
Fast Action
Suspense
Risk
Children of the Lamp
By P.B. Kerr

6. Realistic setting Evil characters Sinister plots HORROR
Cirque Du Freak
By Darrne Shan

7. Usually realistic setting
HUMOROUS
Usually realistic setting
Funny characters or plot
Miss Daisy is Crazy!
By Dan Gutman

8. Combination of realistic and magical Usually good wins in the end
FANTASY
Combination of realistic and magical
Usually good wins in the end
The Lost Years of Merlin
By T.A. Barron

9. Present day or recent past People or animals
REALISTIC
Highly believable
Present day or recent past
People or animals
The Holiday Concert
By Andrew Clements

10. Often all good or all evil
FOLK LORE
Simple characters
Often all good or all evil
Bound
By Donna Jo Napoli

11. Conveys an idea through carefully selected words or phrases
POETRY
Conveys an idea through carefully selected words or phrases
Locomotion
By Jacqueline Woodson

12. A story of a person’s life written by another person
BIOGRAPHY
A story of a person’s life written by another person
Biography Today

13. A story of a person’s life written by the person.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
A story of a person’s life written by the person.
GUTS
By Gary Paulsen

14. Up-to-date knowledge about the real world
INFORMATIONAL
Facts
Up-to-date knowledge about the real world
Dallas Morning News

15. Expectations…. The expectation is that you read 25 books this year.
Not only that, but you are expected to read a variety of genres.

16. READING BLOGS
When writing your blogs, please identify the genre of the book.
This will help at the end of the quarter/year, when you account for your 25 books!