Genre Studies Across the Year
Grade
Period
1st
2nd
Grade 3
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1st 20 days
Memoir
Narrative Nonfiction
Realistic Fiction
Expository*
Procedural
Testing Genre
(Incorporate Social Studies and
Science)
3rd
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Biography
Persuasive/Opinion
(Incorporate Social Studies and
Science)
4th
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Folktales
Fairy Tales
Fables
Myths
Grade 4
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1st 20 days
Memoir
Narrative Nonfiction
Realistic fiction
Expository*
Procedural
Testing Genre
Grade 5
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1st 20 days
Narrative Nonfiction
Realistic fiction
Hybrid
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1st 20 days
Memoir
Narrative Nonfiction
Realistic fiction
Hybrid
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Expository*
Procedural
Testing Genre
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Expository*
Procedural
Testing Genre
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(Incorporate Social Studies and (Incorporate Social Studies and
Science)
Science)
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Biography
Persuasive/Opinion
Historical Fiction
Autobiography
(Incorporate Social Studies and
Science)
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Folktales
Fairy Tales
Fables
Myths
Fantasy (low, high, animal)
* Expository Includes:
* Expository Includes: Informational
Informational texts, feature
articles, interviews, research
projects
texts, feature articles, interviews,
research projects
Grade 6
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Biography
Persuasive/Opinion
Historical Fiction
Autobiography
(Incorporate Social Studies and
Science)
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Folktales
Legends, Epics, Ballads
Myths
Fantasy (low, high,
animal)
* Expository Includes:
Informational texts, feature
articles, interviews, research
projects, literary essays
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(Incorporate Social Studies
and Science)
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Biography
Persuasive/Opinion
Historical Fiction
Autobiography
(Incorporate Social Studies
and Science)
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Myths
Legends, Epics,
Ballads
● Fantasy (low, high,
animal, science
fiction)
* Expository Includes:
Informational texts, feature
articles, interviews, research
projects, literary essays,
speeches
Grade 7
1st
2nd
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1st 20 days
Memoir
Narrative Nonfiction
Realistic fiction
Hybrid
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1st 20 days
Narrative Nonfiction
Realistic fiction
Hybrid
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Expository*
Procedural
Testing Genre
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Expository*
Procedural
Testing Genre
(Incorporate Social Studies and
Science)
3rd
4th
Grade 8
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Biography
Persuasive/Opinion
Historical Fiction
Autobiography
(Incorporate Social Studies and
Science)
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Folktales
Myths
Legends, Epics, Ballads
Fantasy (low, high,
animal, science fiction)
* Expository Includes:
Informational texts, feature
articles, interviews, research
projects, literary essays
(Incorporate Social Studies and
Science)
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Biography
Persuasive/Opinion
Historical Fiction
Autobiography
(Incorporate Social
Studies and Science)
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Myths
Legends, Epics, Ballads
Fantasy (low, high,
animal, science fiction)
* Expository Includes:
Informational texts, feature
articles, interviews, research
projects, literary essays,
speeches
These genres
will be used
for writing
assessments
district wide.
Bring your
science and
social studies
map to PD
second and
third grading
period