genres powerpoint rentchler 2009

Ms. Rentchler, Teacher Librarian 2009

Genres in the Library

Ms. Rentchler

Teacher Librarian

2009


All Libraries Have Two Main Genres

• Fiction = Books that are not true, they are pretend.

• Non-fiction = Books that are real, true, factual, and full of information.


School and Public Libraries

• Fiction books are arranged in alphabetical order according to the Author’s last name

• A, B, C, D order

• Non-fiction books are arranged in numerical order according to the Dewey Decimal System named after the man that created the system, Mr.Melvil Dewey

• 0, 1, 2, 3 order


Genres within FictionFound by the Author’s last name

Science Fiction Fantasy Historical Fiction

Mystery Humor Classics

Adventure Realistic Fiction


Genres within Non-fictionFound in numerical order

with the Dewey Decimal System

Biography Autobiography Reference

Folklore, Fables, Fairy Tales

Science and Nature Poetry

History Music, Drawing, Painting

Sports, Hobbies


Finding Fiction Books

• You need to know the Author’s last name first letter.

• You go to the shelf and check in that alphabetized section.

• If the book is not on the shelf, check the fiction book return cart.

• If the book is not on the shelf or the fiction book return cart, it is checked out and you need to think of another book you want.


Finding Non-fiction Books

• You can “browse” the non-fiction section for books in the category you’ve selected by finding the Dewey Decimal System number first.

• Then you go to the numerically arranged shelves and check for the number.

• If the non-fiction shelf is empty, you should also check the non-fiction book return cart.

• If the non-fiction book return cart doesn’t have the book either, then the books have been checked out and you need to get something else.


Big Genre Fiction

Smaller Genre Historical Fiction

are pretend stories set in the past with characters who take part in actual historical events.

Sign of the Beaver Titanic Crossing The Butterfly

Ben and Me A Boy At War Charlie Skedaddle

Call Me FrancisTucket

Felicity SavesThe Day

American Girl Series


Big Genre Fiction

Smaller Genre Realistic Fiction

are pretend stories with imaginary characters and events.

Because of Winn Dixie

Ramona Books

Shiloh

Johnny Tremain Fudgemania Babysitter Club Series


Big Genre Fiction

Smaller Genre Fantasy

are pretend stories that include talking animals, magical powers, time travel, imaginary beings from imaginary settings.

Harry PotterWrinkle in Time

The Great InteractiveDream Machine

My Father’s Dragon The Wizardof Oz

Dragon Hatcher

The Giver Winnie the Pooh Bunnicula


Big Genre Fiction

Smaller Genre Tall Tales

are pretend stories that have human characters with superhuman characteristics

Pecos Bill Legends ofPaul Bunyan

Bowleg Bill


Big Genre Fiction

Smaller Genre Mysteries

are pretend stories with characters who try to solve a crime or unexplained event. There is a problem to be solved that includes clues, distractions, and an answer to the problem

Horrible Harry’s Secret Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds

Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Ivory Charm

The High-Rise Private Eyes and the Case of the Missing Monkey


Big Genre Fiction

Smaller Genre Science Fiction

are pretend stories that are based on science theories and could be partly true.

Wanna Buy an Alien? Lost in Cyberspace

Aliens for Breakfast Star Wars


Big Genre Non-fiction Smaller Genre

Folklore and Folktales

are pretend stories that have been told all over the world and have a lesson.. The Frog Prince Rumpelstiltskin Grimm’s Tales

Tell the Bone Scary Stories Beauty and the Beast


Big Genre Non-fiction

Smaller Genre Fairy Tales

are pretend stories with magic and have been told all over the world with different characters and settings but with the same plot.

Cinderella Big Foot Cinderella

Cinderfella The EgyptianCinderella



Smaller Genre Biography

is a true account of a real person’s life written by someone else.

Michael Jackson Michael Jordan

Anne Frank President Obama



Smaller GenrePoetry

is verse written to inspire thoughts and feelings in the reader. It often uses rhyme, rhythm (meter), and stanzas. It may also be written in free verse that does not rhyme.

New Kid on the Block Where the Sidewalk Ends

If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and Their Parents

Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems


Two Big Genresfilled with many smaller Genres

• Within Fiction Genre • Within Non-fiction Genre

HistoricalFiction

Fantasy

Mystery

ScienceFiction

RealisticFiction

Adventure

Biography

Folklore

Fairy Tales

Fables

ScienceAnd

Nature

Humor

Poetry

Reference

Drawing,Painting,

Arts

Tall Tales


Genre just means a type of book

• Two Big Genres• Many smaller Genres within the Two Big

Genres• Some smaller Genres overlap each other


What is your favorite Genre?

1.Why?2. What would you tell someone else to get them interested in it?3. What books have you read in the Genre?4. Have you learned anything reading this Genre that has affected your life?5. What new books would you like to read in this Genre?6. What other Genres would you like to read?

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