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Grade 6, Reading and Language Arts Standard #: 11 Distinguish among the major genres and sub-genres. Major genres Poetry Short stories Novels Plays Biographies Autobiographies Sub-genres Folktales Myths Parables Fables Science Fiction

Lesson Plans: What? You Want Me to Read and Enjoy It? Promoting lifetime enjoyment of reading Cowboy Literature Students use cowboys to explain part of history 'Twasn't the Night Before Christmas Group and Individual work on the different writing styles of authors Writer! Writer! Selecting a moral and writing a fable Introduction to Poetry Using music to assist with poetry Poetry from Photos: A Great Depression Activity Using photos from the Great Depression to inspire poetry The ABCs of the Three Little Pigs Using varied sentence patterns by retelling the classic fairy tale Fairy Tale Autobiographies Write autobiographies about a character in a fairy tale. Elements of a Fable Creating an original fable Imagine That! Playing with Genre through Newspapers and Short Stories Using newspapers to create short stories Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting Recognizing the various Cinderella folk tales An Integrated Poetry Unit Integrating poetry with the ACCs March Madness Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans Poetry lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Courage in Chaos Using Number the Stars to identify courage in a historical fiction novel. "I Have to Read Poetry" Student will learn to read and write about poetry. Students will be exposed to rules, conventions and poetic terms to increase enjoyability and understanding of poetry Deeper Meaning The students will be able to analyze parts of the poem and identify deeper meanings they may have. Everyone Loves A Mystery: A Genre Study students examine story elements and vocabulary associated with mystery stories. Students complete Internet activities designed to increase exposure to and appreciation of the mystery genre. Students then create story frames, write their own original mystery stories, and publish them online. Imagine That! Playing with Genre through Newspapers and Short Stories Compare narrative writing (short stories) to expository writing (news articles) What Am I? Teaching Poetry through Riddles Students will explore, analyze, and discuss how metaphor, simile, metonymy are used in riddle poems. Students use metaphor, simile, and metonymy to write original riddle poems.

Resources: Online Books Free online books Patriotic Poetry Patriotic poetry examples Kids Click! Safe internet search engine created by librarians The Internet Public Library Reading Zone Acts like the public library children's section Limerick Factory Creating a limerick Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B) Students listen to short poems, fables, folk tales, and myths. For some students poems in their first language may be included with a synopsis in English. For non-literate students, oral tales may be transcribed in either English or in their first language. (B, I, T) Students bring stories to class from their own culture, identify the genre and then compile them into a yearly ESL creative writing publication. This publication can be made available to other students and to the school community. (I, T) Students listen to and read poetry, short stories, novels, plays, folktales, epics, nonfiction, science fiction, and myths, and then distinguish among the different forms according to their specific characteristics. See Aesop’s Fables for on-line resources (I, T) Students work with a partner to read poetry aloud. Use Joyful Noise, Poems for Two Voices or I Am Phoenix, Poems for Two Voices, both by Paul Fleischman, if possible.
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