Genres
Text Features
Big Words
Poetry
Potpourri
100

The genre with clues and suspects

What is a MYSTERY?

100

Written in BOLD to show a word in the glossary. 

What is BOLD PRINT?

100

SCHEMA

What is all the things your brain and experience brings to a book?

100

This kind of poem is built using SYLLABLES that go in this pattern: 5-7-5

What is a HAIKU?

100

Tomie DePaola was an author who wrote about his life. Name one thing he brought to school he should not have. 

What is CHICKEN FEET or CRAYONS?

200

The genre with facts only, thanks. 

What is NON-FICTION or INFORMATIONAL

200

The words used to explain a picture

What is a CAPTION?

200

RHYME

What is something authors use in their poems to create a pattern?

200

The poet Judith Viorst, who also wrote Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day, wrote the poem, If I Were...

What is IN CHARGE OF THE WORLD?

200

To be able to read for longer and longer periods of time is to grow your...

What is STAMINA?

300

The genre about a famous person and his/her life. 

What is a BIOGRAPHY?

300

The words at the top of a section of an informational text. 

What is a HEADING or SECTION HEADING?

300
INFORMATIONAL TEXT

What is a NON FICTION book?

300
True or false: Poems ALWAYS have to RHYME

What is FALSE?

300

When something in a book connects to something you have also experienced, it's called: 

What is a PERSONAL CONNECTION,  or a TEXT to SELF CONNECTION?

400

The genre that COULD be real, but isn't. 

What is REALISTIC FICTION?

400

Usually at the beginning of a non-fiction text, it lists the chapters and their pages. 

What is a TABLE OF CONTENTS?

400

BIOGRAPHY

What is a book written about someone's life?

400

The Hill We Climb was read by Amanda Gorman at this year's Inauguration Ceremony. We read it and talked about it alongside this other famous speaker's speech, I have a Dream...

Who is MLK Jr? 

400

In mystery books, the main characters usually follow CLUES to find out who the _____________ are: 

Who are the SUSPECTS?

500

The GENRE that takes place at a certain time in history, with some historical facts, but is STILL FICTION.

What is HISTORICAL FICTION? 

500

A picture or photograph in a non-fiction text that has labels explaining parts or pieces of something important. 

What is a DIAGRAM?

500

PERSEVERANCE

What is never giving up on something?

500

This is a collection of found and written poetry. You all have one and shared from it. 

What is a Poetry ANTHOLOGY?

500

The most popular TYPE of book in 3rd grade.

What is a GRAPHIC NOVEL?

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