The BASICS of Literary Genres" Poetry and Prose

by ELA in Middle School

Price: 300 points or $3 USD

Subjects: ela

Grades: 5,6,7,8,9

Description: Literary genres can be a very difficult area to teach, and yet, we are called upon to teach them all, often in isolation, and without explanation of how the different genres fit together, or what they mean. This Deck, which is the first in a series, was created to address this problem gap. In between the direct teaching cards that ask and answer the questions, we have a number of activity/task cards that allow our student-scholars the opportunity to practice identifying the characteristics of the genres or what examples go with what genre. In total, there are 10 direct teaching cards interspersed with 17 task cards. The final card is my works cited card – it’s never too early to model! Unlike most Decks of BOOM! CardsTM, this set does NOT randomize the cards. We want to maintain the logical flow of topics and questions.