Reading and Writing Literary Genres

Kathleen Buss and Lee Karnowski

Help children in grades 3–6 connect reading and writing while exploring new worlds of literature. The authors present a classroom-tested interactive model for teaching a variety of literary forms:

• Realistic fiction
• Mysteries
• Folk tales
• Fables
• Fantasy
• Biographies

You’ll find useful background information about each genre, plus innovative teaching strategies and activities to help students write their own genre stories and expand their writing into other areas.

An IRA Book Club selection, February 2000

© 2000 | 208 pp.
ISBN 10: 0-87207-257-6 | ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-257-2

Also from these authors:

• Reading and Writing Nonfiction Genres

Get special savings when you buy both books together in the Reading and Writing Genres package!

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• Learning to Write, Writing to Learn

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• What’s In a Mystery? Exploring and Identifying Mystery Elements