Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Genre 4th Grade Unit: Strategies for Identifying Genres

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity in which students use books from the classroom library to learn strategies that can be utilized to determine the genre of a book and to understand how knowing the genre before...
Lesson Plan
Austin Independent School District

Austin Indep. School District: Using Book Floods to Take a Closer Look [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An inquiry-based lesson plan designed to introduce students to genre or to a specific author. Possible questions and graphic organizers help students refine thier thinking and discover connections. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]