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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do Males and Females Play the Same Types of Games?

For Students 3rd - 8th
There are many different types, or genres, of computer and video games. This includes racing, fighting, sports, adventure, and puzzle games. Survey your classmates in this science fair project to find out if certain genres of games...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Genre Study of Letter With the Jolly Postman

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this lesson plan outline based on The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, students learn about parts of a letter, the different genres of mail, and letter attributes by studying the letters included in the book.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Genre Worksheets

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation with identifying genre of books and various texts. Practice with capitalizing nouns is provided with through worksheets, an online site, and a video tutorial. .
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Genre

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on genre which cautions students to be sure there are writing the type of writing that was assigned. They need to know the different genres and what is expected of them.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Genre Who? Identifying Various Fiction Genres

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson students will be introduced to six different fiction genres. They will then practice their knowledge of these genres through a review game.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Types of Reading Material

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the types of reading material and their distinguishing features. It also included two videos including the key features from a newspaper story video and a video that defines scholarly articles.
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Other

Aberystwyth University: An Introduction to [Film] Genre Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholarly article by university-level media studies researcher on film genres.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Delve into the art of storytelling in this self-guided unit. Multiple topics are covered such as literary genres, the 7 elements of fiction, figurative language, theme, characterization, etc. At the end of the unit, write your own flash...
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Other

Federal Focus Jazz Band: Traditional Jazz Style Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
A stylistic breakdown and analysis of traditional jazz. Distinguishes between the different types of this unique genre.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to a unit on writing in various genre including Nonfiction, Narrative, Literary Writing, Short Stories, and Poetry. Analysis of "The Odyssey", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Romeo and Juliet". Click on the View links...
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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students how to tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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TES Global

Blendspace: rl.k.5 Recognize Common Types of Texts (e.g., Storybooks, Poems).

For Teachers K Standards
In this module, students will read two texts on the topic of pancakes and distinguish between the text that is a storybook and the text that is a poem.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Literary Terms to Know in Seventh Grade

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This site lists and briefly defines the literary terms 7th graders should know including types of writing, literary devices, sound devices, figurative language, and parts of a story,
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Historical Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson features the genre of historical fiction. It provides background information, common elements, literary examples, and practice. The practice consists of viewing pictures of Stonehenge and the Pyramids and thinking...
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TES Global

Tes: Commedia Dell'arte Character Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show introduces the major stock characters in Commedia Dell'Arte, a form of theatre characterized by masked "types," improvised dialogue, and a cast of colorful stock characters which began...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Am I? Learning With Biographies

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students often have difficulty differentiating between genres of books in the library media center. During this lesson, students learn to identify a biography and understand the types of information included in this genre. Students will...
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TES Global

Tes: Analyzing & Comparing Non Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Resource notes to aid learners as they analyze different types of nonfiction. The GAP (genre, audience, and purpose) acronym is provided to use when comparing nonfiction texts.
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Lyric Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief explanation of what a lyric poem is and the different types based on structure. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
The Feminist Theory Website at Virginia Tech University provides a list of all types of feminist literary criticism and theory.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: In Focus: Still Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter the J. Paul Getty Museum to visit the exhibition, Still Life. This exhibition takes a new look at still life by examining the genre as portrayed in photography. Many examples from the 19th, 20th, and even 21st centuries are shown,...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Students will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Emily Mary Osborn

For Students 9th - 10th
Nouveaunet and ArtMagic are the only two of the four links that provide information about Emily Mary Osborn at this "link site". Type "Emily Mary Osborn" and click on 2nd entry.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Write Talks: Students Discover Real Writers/audiences/purposes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
There's a world of writers out there, and in this lesson plan students discover them as they listen to presentations from local writers and learn about what, why, and how they write in their day-to-day lives.

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