All books published for preschoolers, children and young adults that are not part of a basal reading series or as textbooks for the use in schools
What is a trade book?
100
A set of materials specifically designed for teaching reading and language arts that frequently form the basis for an instructional program of reading
What is a reading series?
100
Tempo, volume, rhythm, pitch, juncture.
What are the elements of poetry?
200
The story begins in the present, and then, through some artifact from the past, the protagonist is transported into a specific period in history.
What is time-slip fantasy?
200
Rhyme, comparison, onomatopoeia and imagery.
What are poetic devices
200
These brief fictional narratives with a formal structure with unity of time, place and action.
What are short stories?
300
A general category of books having the same basic format and way or communicating a message involving a partnership between text and pictures with the pictures and text together telling the story.
What are picture books?
300
Newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and material on the internet or in software programs.
What are nonbook resources?
300
Books in which textual and visual information merge and "meaning" is constructed through a holistic and simultaneous reading of both the visual and textual elements.
What are graphic novels?
400
Fictional characters are presented in historically accurate context.
What is historical fiction?
400
A form of poetry performed in front of an audience, often in a competitive environment, in which audiences feedback and response are part of the event
What is poetry slam?
400
"Folk literature" that includes fairytales, folk tales, Mother Goose rhymes, legends, myths, proverbs, epics, fables etc.
What is traditional literature?
500
Texts that incorporate details and explanations into a story.
What is narrative nonfiction?
500
Beginning novels for children who are usually in grade 2 and 3.
What are chapter books?
500
The genre that provides much of the resource material for teaching across the curriculum.
What is information books or nonfiction literature?