Genre Posters and Activities

Encourage your students to read across a variety of genres by exposing them to the features and characteristics of each type or category. Helping students understand genre will enrich their lives as readers and writers.

This resource contains everything you need to print and go, creating rich learning experiences for your students.

Included in this resource:

-Full size (whole page) and half size (perfect for composition books or spirals) posters of each of the following genres:

Fantasy, Folk Tale, Fable, Poetry, Informational/Non-Fiction, Mystery, Legend, Myth, Biography, Autobiography, Realistic Fiction, Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Traditional Literature

-Folder, packet, or spiral covers (two options)

-Four varieties of student note-taking pages (all in half size and full size)

-Answer keys for each of the genres (contains definitions, features, authors, picture book examples, chapter book examples)

-Genre tracker page (half size and full size, two varieties included)

-Full page student passage on genre

-Mini genre cards, perfect for bulletin boards, small group work, or placed on rings