Teaching Children Literature through Genres Mission: to target educational goals through inquiry-based strategies

The Genres

Realistic fiction Fantasy Mystery Biographical sketch and Interviews Historical Fiction key questions Abolitionism and Fugitive Slaves - Student-created Slave Narratives Nonfiction Newspaper format applied from a Harry Potter challenge Picture Books - Looney Letters Alphabet Books - Colonial Alphabet Book | Alphabet Books prepare for the Phantom Tollbooth Student Poetry - Sharing | "War Is . . . " | Ballad of Looney | Rainforest Acrostics Thematic poetry United States History and Geography (Poetry about U.S. History and Geography 1) ( Poetry about U.S. History and Geography 2) Holes by Louis Sachar (Desert Environment) Phantom Tollbooth (Phantom Tollbooth-related poetry 1) (Phantom Tollbooth-related poetry 2) Harry Potter-related poems Space and astronomy-related poems Childhood and Family poems Tall tales Songs of the USA Short Stories - Waltham, MA - Senior Center October 1, 2013 - Damon Runyon - "Madame La Gimp" and as PDF November 5, 2013 - F. Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or as PDF December 3, 2013 - Duel by Richard Matheson January 7, 2014 - Ernest Haycox - Stage to Lordsburg