Notes to LMS’s:
1. This ppt is not meant to be shown all at
once. Instead, use it as part of a booktalk.
Introduce a genre, then talk about
additional books found in your library.
2. This ppt is not completed; rather it is a
work in progress.
3. This is meant for grades 4-5. Feel free to
change this ppt in any way to make it
more appropriate for your students.
GENRES
Review
• What are nonfiction books?
• What’s your favorite
nonfiction book?
Nonfiction
• Who came up
with a plan on
how to divide
the books into
groups?
• Why did he do
this?
born in 1851
What do we call his plan?
•THE
DEWEY
DECIMAL
SYSTEM
DEWEY DECIMAL
SYSTEM
• How many main groups
did he divide the books
into?
• What are they?
Mr. Dewey used the
Dewey Decimal
System to help him
classify the books in
the nonfiction
section.
FICTION
• If nonfiction books are factual,
what are fiction books?
• What’s your favorite fiction
book?
There are 2
main types of
literature:
FICTION
NONFICTION
FICTION
Within the fiction
section there are
lots of books that
we can group
together because
they have
something in
common.
Within the
nonfiction section
there are also lots
of books we can
group together
because they
have something
in common.
NONFICTION
These groups have a
name.
GENRE
According to Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, genre
means…
• “1 a category of
artistic, musical, or
literary composition
characterized by a
particular style, form, or
content 2 kind. sort.”
What are some genres
in nonfiction?
FICTION
NONFICTION
What are some
genres in fiction?
FICTION
NONFICTION
biographies
Fairy tales
horror
Did we miss
any genres?
romance
fables
myths
This year we’ll find out
what makes some
genres special and
read some books from
various genres.
SCIENCE + FICTION =
WHAT GENRE?
SCIENCE + FICTION =
SCIENCE FICTION
What famous
science fiction
writer was born
in Syracuse, N.Y.?
Bruce
Coville
born in Syracuse, New York, on May 16, 1950
He writes lots of
different series such as:
• Sixth Grade Alien
Series
• Space Brat Series
• Rod Albright Alien
Adventures
• Bruce Coville's
Books of...
• My Teacher Is an
Alien Series
ALIENS STOLE MY
BODY
• Can you imagine
what you would
be like if your
brain was empty?!
That’s what
happens to Rod.
He has to figure
out a way to get
his mind and his
body back
together again!
Most science fiction books have
characters with strange names.
Try reading some of the names in
this book:
• Selima Khan
• Snout
• Elspeth
• Madam Pong
• Grakker
• Ah-Rit
What will you
do if you can’t
pronounce a
word?
What does the word SETTING
mean?
• The setting of science
fiction books can be • in the future
• in space
• in a different world
• in a different
universe.
• This book takes place
on the planet
Kryndamar.
Science fiction
books are based
on science
theories that
could be partly
true. Why?
K. A. Applegate:
Animorph series
• There are 54 books in the ANIMORPH series.
• The kids in these books can “morph” into an
animal!
• How? They touch something that’s alive and
aborb DNA into their own bodies. That
gives them the power to morph.
Animorph series
What makes
these books
science fiction?
Franny K. Stein
Mad Scientist
• Kissypie! What
kind of middle
name is that?!
• How can a
name like that
turn this book
into a science
fiction book?
THE FRAN THAT TIME FORGOT
Franny K. Stein
Mad Scientist
• Franny invents
a time-warp
machine.
• She goes back
in time to when
she’s a baby.
THE FRAN THAT TIME FORGOT
Tell us about these
books. Are they
science fiction?
If you like
science fiction,
you’ll probably
like
FANTASY
Some authors write both science
fiction AND fantasy books.
Who am I?
THE MONSTER’S RING
(fantasy)
• In the Monster’s
Ring, Russell goes
into a magic shop
and ends up buying
a “monster’s ring.”
• He doesn’t really
believe it’s magic,
but when he puts it
on his finger, twists
it once, then says
the magic words, he
turns into a
monster!
THE MONSTER’S RING
(fantasy)
• What’s going
to happen
when he twists
the ring two
times, or even
worse, three
times?!
• A fantasy book is not true;
therefore it is ___________.
• The plot will usually involve
a big struggle between good
and evil.
What kind of struggle
might happen in The
Monster’s Ring?
FANTASY
•Talking animals
•Magical powers
•Time travel
•Imaginary
beings from
other planets
This toad has an attitude!
Harry Potter books by
•Many
fantasy books
are very long.
Have you
ever read an
entire Harry
Potter book?
What’s the
advantage to
a book
having so
many
pages?
What do you see in
this picture?
• Can you
imagine being
shipwrecked
and waking up
in a land of
Lilliputians?
The country was ruled by
horses!!
• Lilliputians were
only about 6”
tall!
Gulliver in Lilliput / retold by Margaret
Hodges from Gulliver's Travels by
Jonathan Swift
•While there, Gulliver got caught up
in a war between 2 nations.
•The war started because the 2
nations couldn’t agree over which
end of a boiled egg one should open.
What would you
do if you were
Gulliver?
JON SCIESZKA
• You might know
Jon Scieszka as
the author of The
True Story of the
Three Little Pigs.
• But have you
read the fantasy…
The Not-So-Jolly Roger
• Through
magic, 3 boys
end up in a
coconut tree in
a desert.
The Not-So-Jolly Roger
• The pirate
Blackbeard comes
to the desert to
bury his treasure.
He sees the boys
and captures
them! He takes
them to his pirate
ship.
The Not-So-Jolly Roger
• This is just one of
the Time Warp Trio
series.
More Fantasy
Books!
•
•
•
•
•
Winnie the Pooh
Alice in Wonderland
Bunnicula
The Giver
Wrinkle in Time
FANTASY: Time travel - talking
animals - imaginary beings magical powers
Genre:
MYSTERY
What is a
mystery book?
• Let’s see if you’re right.
Mysteries
• CHARACTERS SEEM SO
REAL
• MAIN CHARACTER COULD
BE A DETECTIVE OR A SPY
• MAIN CHARACTER LOOKS
FOR CLUES TO SOLVE A
PROBLEM OR A CRIME
DAVID ADLER writes
mysteries.
DON’T
THINK,
JUST
WRITE!
These words are on
a sign in David
Adler’s office. What
does this sign
mean?
After just writing, he would edit his work several
times. Over time, he wrote many, many books.
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of Flight 54
Cam Jansen and the Ghostly Mystery
Cam Jansen and the Scary Snake Mystery
Cam Jansen and the Barking Treasure Mystery
Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery
Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Television
Dog
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen
Diamonds
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Corn
Popper
Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted
House
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Chocolate
Fudge Sale
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Carnival
Prize
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Monster
Movie
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Circus Clown
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth
Baseball
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Gold Coins
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur
Bones
Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach
Mystery
Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery
Cam Jansen #8 Mystery of the Monster Movie
Cam Jansen & the Tennis Trophy Mystery
Cam Jansen & Mystery of Stolen Diamonds
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the U.F.O.
Cam Jansen Double Mystery #1
Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game
Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie
Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game
Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Monkey
House
Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery
Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery
Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth
Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery
Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted
House
Cam Jansen Triceratops Pops Mystery
Young Cam Jansen & the Substitute Mystery
Cam Jansen #12 Mystery of Flight 54
Cam Jansen #11 Mystery of the Stolen Corn
Popper
Young Cam Jansen & the Spotted Cat Mystery
Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery
Young Cam Jansen and the Substitute
Mystery
Cam Jansen 14 Chocolate Fudge Mystery
Cam Jansen & the Ghostly Mystery
Cam Jansen & the Birthday Mystery
Cam Jansen & the Catnapping Mystery
Cam Jansen & the School Play Mystery
Cam Jansen & First Day of School Mystery
Cam Jansen & the Barking Treasure Mystery
Cam Jansen & the Scary Snake Mystery
Cam Jansen & the Mystery of the UFO
Cam Jansen & Mystery of the Dinosaur Bon
CAM JANSEN AND THE BARKING
TREASURE MYSTERY by David Adler
• Little Treasure is
stolen! (Little
Treasure is a
poodle.)
• Cam will act like a
detective. She will
use her memory to
find clues to solve
the mystery.
CLUE
“Clue: Something that serves to
guide or direct in the solution of
a problem or mystery.”
www.dictionary.com
HOUSE OF DIES DREAR
by Virginia Hamilton
A family is excited to move into
this big old house because the
house used to be part of the
underground railroad.
HOUSE OF DIES DREAR
by Virginia Hamilton
But what’s happening? Is
someone trying to scare them
away? What motive would the
person have?
MOTIVE
“Motive: an idea, need,
desire, or impulse that
causes a person to act in a
particular way or do a
particular thing; reason.
His motive for robbing the
bank was not clear.”
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
SUSPECTS
“Suspect: one who is suspected of
doing something wrong or of a
crime.
She is a suspect in the robbery.”
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ff
l-dictionary.asp
THE CASE OF THE BARFY BIRTHDAY
by Michele Torrey
• There are 4
mysteries in this
book.
• In each one,
Drake and Nell
use deductive
reasoning to
solve the cases.
THE CASE OF THE BARFY BIRTHDAY
by Michele Torrey
• In one story, so
many people at the
birthday party
seem to be getting
sick!
• Drake and Nell
make a deduction
using what they
know about
bacteria.
DEDUCTION
“Deduction: the process of finding
an answer by using what is
already known to be true.
If you see footprints in the snow,
and you know that the snow
started falling after dark,
deduction will tell you that
somebody was here last night.”
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
DEAD LETTER
by Betsy Byars
• Herculeah Jones buys
a coat at a 2nd hand
store. Inside the lining,
she finds a letter
written by a woman
who is dead. In the
letter, the woman says
that she thinks
someone is trying to kill
her! She even says
she’s being held
prisoner!
DEAD LETTER
by Betsy Byars
• What kind of
evidence will
Herculeah find to
prove that the woman
really was murdered?
• Worse yet, will
Herculeah herself be
murdered?
EVIDENCE
“Evidence: something
that gives proof or a
reason to believe.
Scientists have not yet found
evidence of life on Mars.”
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
RUDE ROWDY RUMORS
• Brian feels awful!
Someone on his
soccer team is
spreading awful
rumors about him!
• He needs a witness
to help him solve
the mystery.
by Elizabeth Levy
WITNESS
“Witness: to watch or be
present at.
He witnessed the
accident.”
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffldictionary.asp
Let’s check your memory!
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Clue
Motive
Suspects
Deduction
Evidence
Witness
398.2
www.dictionary.com
2 entries found for folktale.
“Folktale or folk tale
n. A story or legend forming part
of an oral tradition.
Folktale
n : a tale circulated by word of
mouth among the common folk”
In folktales,
• animals
that talk
• monsters
• tricks
• # 3 or 7
Folktales were told all
over the world.
• Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm
were born in the late 1700’s
in Germany. When they
grew up, they traveled a lot.
Wherever they traveled,
they listened to people tell
stories. They published
many of these stories.
Today they are very famous
and are known as the
Brothers Grimm.
They published these
stories.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Little Red Riding
Hood
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltskin
Hansel and Gretel
The Frog King
The Bearskinner : a story by
the brothers Grimm; with
pictures by Felix Hoffmann
• Today we’re taught
not to talk to
strangers. But this
story took place a
long time ago so
the soldier in this
story not only met,
but also made a
deal with a
stranger.
The Bearskinner : a story by
the brothers Grimm; with
pictures by Felix Hoffmann
• The 2 agreed that if
the soldier could go
7 years without
shaving, washing,
combing his hair,
cutting his nails, or
praying, then he
would become very
rich.
The Bearskinner
• He didn’t look too
bad at first, so a
woman he met fell
in love with him.
She agreed to wait
for him for 7 years.
• What do you think
happens when she
sees him after 7
years?
another Grimm story
• Know where the
devil lives?
• The hero in this
story has to go
there to get 3
hairs from the
devil’s head!
Remember, folktales were told
all over the world.
• Many of the Grimm tales we
know are also found in
other parts of the world.
The characters and setting
might be different, but the
plot is basically the same.
Remember, folktales were told
all over the world.
• In this book, Judy
Sierra collected 15
stories from all
around the world.
You have to read
each one and
match them with a
familiar story such
as The Frog Prince
or Rumpelstiltskin.
Virginia Haviland
• Virginia Haviland
was like the Grimm
Brothers. In that
she collected
stories from all
over the world.
Favorite Fairy
Tales is a series of
stories told in 16
countries.
FAVORITE FAIRY TALES
TOLD IN INDIA
• “Slip Slop Gobble” is
a story in this book.
• Parrot is greedy and
mean while Cat is
really nice. Nice
doesn’t cut it though
when Parrot is
hungry enough to
eat everyone he
meets!
Did you notice
that series said
“Favorite FAIRY
TALES,” not
FOLK TALES?
FOLK TALES
•tales of talking animals
•tales that tell why (Pourquoi tales)
•tales of magic (fairy tales)
•cumulative tales
•tales of exaggeration (legends,
tall tales)
Fairy tales are tales of magic.
They are folk tales.
• CINDERELLA is a fairy
tale. It is told in different
ways all over the world.
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
• ONE day a king solved a problem by
making a deal with an old woman. As a
result, he had to marry the woman’s
daughter who was very wicked indeed.
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
• Because the king had bad vibes about
his new wife, he worried that his 6
sons and a daughter from a previous
marriage might not be safe. He didn’t
even want his new wife to know they
existed. So he hid them in a castle
deep in the woods. His new wife was
smart though. She paid the king’s
servants to tell her where he went
everyday.
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
• She came up with a plan. She sewed
some white shirts and then sewed a
spell in each one. Then she set off for
the castle. The boys thought their
father was coming so they ran outside.
She threw a shirt over each one of
them and watched as they turned into
swans.
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
• It’s a good thing the daughter
didn’t run outside. She’s the only
one who didn’t turn into a swan.
She ran into the forest to find her
brothers.
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
• Eventually she found them and
discovered that if she wanted to break
the spell, she had to sew 6 shirts made
out of star flowers and couldn’t laugh
or speak for 6 years. She was
determined to do this. It was a little
hard though when a king decided to
marry her. For 6 years of marriage she
never laughed or talked. She had 3
kids, but her mother-in-law took them
away from her and hid them. She had
a very difficult life.
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
The king finally decided that she must
be killing her babies and decided she
should die. On the final day of the 6
years, she was about to be burned to
death. Just as someone was lighting the
fire, she looked up and saw 6 swans.
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
• She quickly threw the six shirts
over them. The magic spell was
off! There was only one problem –
the youngest brother still had 1
swan wing.
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
• The king found out his mother
had lied. I don’t know what
happened to his mother, but
everyone else lived happily ever
after.
Compare parts of the
story, THE SIX
SWANS, to other
fairy tales.
Rafe Martin
• Rafe Martin read
The Six Swans.
When he finished,
he had a lot of
questions that he
wanted answered.
He wondered what
happened to the
boy who still had
one wing.
Rafe Martin
• “What happens to
that boy?”
• “What kind of
young man will he
become?”
• “How will he find
his place on this
earth and be
happy, when all
who see him think
him a cripple or
worse, a freak?”
http://www.embracingthechild.org/authors2005.html
BIRDWING
• So Rafe Martin
wrote BIRDWING.
This story begins 6
years later and is
mostly about the
youngest boy,
Prince Ardwin.
BIRDWING
• Prince Ardwin can’t
figure out whether
he wants to stay
with his family or
return to the sky.
BIRDWING
• If he stays, he
might have to get a
mechanical arm.
Plus his father
might make him
marry another
king’s daughter. So
he leaves.
BIRDWING
• While he’s gone, he
experiences
violence, danger,
struggles and love.
He even sees his
stepmother, the
one who turned him
into a swan to
begin with!
Folktales by Rafe Martin
A man tells his 2 sons
it is time to prove
themselves. One
leaves and spends lots
of money. The other
leaves and saves a
baby bird. He ends up
understanding the
language of birds.
Then - danger comes!
(Russian folktale)
Folktales by Rafe Martin
In THE SHARK
GOD, 2 children are
condemned to
death. Their
parents hope the
ferocious shark god
will help save them.
(Hawaiian folktale)
FABLES
398.2
FABLE:
“1 a short tale that teaches a lesson.
The characters in fables are often
animals who speak and act like
people.
"The Fox and the Grapes" is a wellknown fable by Aesop.
2 a false story; lie.
He told us a fable about his father
being a jet pilot.”
http://www.factsforlearning.com/
ffl-dictionary.asp
CHARACTERS
• Characters don’t
usually have names
like we do. They go
by the type of
animal.
• They talk and act like
people.
ANT
GRASSHOPPER
The characters don’t
change much.
• Foxes are always
clever.
• Mice are always
small and weak.
• But the main
character always
learns a lesson.
WHAT IS THE
MORAL OF A
FABLE?
MORAL:
“1 the lesson about right
and wrong learned from
a story or event.”
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
What do these morals
mean?
• Never trust a flatterer.
• It is easy to scorn what you cannot
get.
• One cannot get through life without a
little work.
• Let your actions speak for themselves.
• Too much greed will not bring success.
Aesop
AESOP
• The man who wrote
most of the fables we
know is named Aesop.
• He lived as a slave in
Greece in the 6th
century.
• We don’t know a lot
about him, but we do
know that his master
eventually gave him
freedom.
HAVE YOU READ THESE?
• The fable in this
book that you
might like the
best has this
moral:
• He who smelt
it, dealt it!
REALISTIC
FICTION
to be continued
Information from:
Infotrac Jr. Edition. Dictionary: Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate Dictionary.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_ce_syrcl?db
=K12J
http://www.kidsreads.com/features/010613applegate.asp
http://www.brucecoville.com/
http://www.davidaadler.com/bio.htm
http://www.websterschools.org/classrooms/state_libra
ry/mystery_elements.html
http://us.penguingroup.com
www.dictionary.com
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/article.htm
l
http://havilands.org/HavilandsCom/Biographies/Virgini
aHaviland/biblio.html
http://www.embracingthechild.org/authors2005
.html
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/EvalTraditional.
htm
Pictures from:
http://www.altavista.com
http://www.metacrawler.com
Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac clipart
http://www.youseemore.com/SCSD
www.btsb.com
www.google.com
http://www.stfx.ca/people/edemont/Courses/301
/Laboratories/scaling.html
http://www.brucecoville.com/
www.elizabethlevy.com
Additional website to
use with students
For fairy tale genre:
http://www.classicfairytal
es.com/en/main
Bonnie French
Tina Laramie
Michele Romeo
Library Media Specialists
Syracuse City School District
Syracuse, New York