1. The 5 Major Genres
TAG Language Arts

2. Contents Non-fiction A New Era of Responsibility Fiction
Little Men (by Louisa may Alcott )
Folktale
John Henry

3. Contents
Drama
A Thirty minute dream
Poetry
Believe
Credits

4. Non-Fiction True Story of actual events . Biography Auto-Biography
Periodicals
Reference
Informational

5. A New Era of Responsibility
Barack Obama took the oath of the nation to be are 44th President of the
United State of America under a sunny sky and the cold day in Washington.
He pledged to lead the United States in the worst economic times since the Great Depression “Today I say the challenges you face are real” said president Barack Obama.
The war in Iraq to globe warming they are all serious thing we need to face
they will not be fixed easily or quickly, but Americans can face it.
A crowd of more the 1 million people packed in the National Mall listening to his words of optimism as he calls for “A New Era of Responsibility”
Informational

6. Fiction Invented stories with imaginary Characters and events. Mystery
Adventure
Historical fiction
Science fiction
Realistic fiction

7. Little Men (by Louisa may Alcott
Nat Blake thinks the boys at plumfield seem more like a big
family then a group of school children. Nat is recently orphaned when he first at plumfield . He soon improves with
good meals and kindness from everyone in the house he joins
the boys in their lessons, chores, fun, and mischief !
Adventure

8. FolkTale
An anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was originally told rather then written.
Myths
Fables
Tall Tale/Legend

9. John Henry
John Henry, a freed slave, happens across a railroad building project. An entire crew of freed slaves has been promised land if they can finish by deadline, but they're exhausted and unable to continue. John, though, has the strength of ten men, and revitalizes all of them. But despair sets in again when the railroad sends a steam hammer to replace the crew and burns the contract. John proposes a challenge: man against machine. After a heroic effort, including a tunnel through solid rock by swinging two hammers at once, John wins, but he also collapses in his wife Polly's arms.
Tall Tale

10. Drama A story for stage performance by actors Characters
Line or Dialogue
Props

11. The Thirty Minute Dream
Fairies make mischief in the Athenian woods, mixing up two couples and pairing the fairy queen with one of the 'Rude Mechanicals' who are in the woods rehearsing a play. When all is straight, we finally get to see the Mechanicals' play mocked By the Athenian nobility.

12. Poetry Lines Stanza/Verses Figurative language Sound
Words arranged in metrical pattern often using rhymes, verses, and rhythm in a imaginative style to convey it’s message. Poets use many techniques to create just the right mood feeling thought or sound.
Lines
Stanza/Verses
Figurative language
Sound

13. I Believe I Believe dreams come true I Believe that I can succeed
I Believe that we can do anything
I Believe that hard work pays off
I Believe the sun shines after the rain
I Believe that nothing should get in our way
I believe everyone has a dream and my
Dream is to achieve and I believe I will
achieve and nothing going to get in my way

14. Definitions
Genre – A group or collection of books with a similar theme or style

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