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. | 0-87207-257-6

And also on this topic:

Setting the Stage for Creative Writing

What a Character!

Connecting Reading and Writing in the Intermediate Grades

Learning to Write, Writing to Learn

Also from these authors:

Reading and Writing Nonfiction Genres

Related ReadWriteThink.org lesson plans:

“What’s In a Mystery? Exploring and Identifying Mystery Elements ”

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