Literature
Story grammar:
characters,
setting,
plot ± problem,
important events,
solutionand theme
Fictional
Narratives
Poetry
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Fables
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Folk Tales
Historical Fiction
Myths and Legends
Realistic Fiction
Science Fiction
x Tall Tales
x
x
Nursery Rhymes
Poems
x
x
x
x
Comedy
Tragedy
Melodrama
Farce
x
x
x
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
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Drama
Text Genres
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(Shift 1 ± Balancing
Informational and Literary Texts)
Informational
Text
Narrative
Structures
with: print features
and captions, table
of contents, index,
diagrams, glossary,
and tables
Expository
Structures
P ± Grade 5:
50% Literature/Narrative
Predominantly
50% Informational /
expository structures
Expository
(may include
arguments/opinions
and informative /
explanatory texts)
x
x
x
x
Description
Sequence or Time / Order
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
x Problem / Solution
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Created by Denise Alterio, Judy Carr, and Lynn Miller for Sullivan County BOCES - scboces.org
Text Genres Brace Map: P - 5
June 2012