genre fiction

I'm doing my student teaching in a master's program in Oregon. I'm in a school district that doesn't have set 'guidelines' for what you teach and when you teach it so when my supervisor said I was going to teach 'literary genre', I was lost. I researched the topic and quickly realized that it was a dry and boring topic that would need a lot of help. I found this book online and thought it could work (even though it's geared toward 4-8 grade students, my 3rd and 4th graders did wonderfully). I was amazed at how much information was stuffed into that book and how many reproducible-quality worksheets were available. Nothing in the book was just 'so-so'- it was all fantastic and the kids LOVED the topic and the interesting and creative writing assignments. Boy, just when I was at my wits end creatively speaking, in stepped this book (by scholastic, OF COURSE) and saved me. Teachers and parents, this is a fabulous resource.

This is a great, inexpensive resource for teachers! It offers concrete examples of books representing the various genres, and exercises as well! This is a blessing for the teacher of Literature for Children courses!