Name That Genre
Authors Who Once Were Teachers
And the Subject Is...
Rhyme Time
100

A short tale that teaches a lesson or moral (examples: The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and the Grapes)

What is a .......  fable?

100

She wrote the the Harry Potter series.

Who is .... J. K. Rowling?

100

2+2=4

22-3=19

6X4=24

What is ... math?

100

a library burglar

What is a ... Book Crook?

200

an imaginary tale containing magic and fantasy creatures (examples: Hansel and Gretel and Beauty and the Beast)

What is a ..... fairy tale?

200

He is know for his Alice in Wonderland books.

Who is Lewis Carroll?

200

basketball 

jump rope

running

What is ... PE?


200

a law in a place where students are taught

What is a ... School Rule?

300

A story that explains the customs and beliefs of a people (examples: Jason and the Argonauts and Demeter and Persephone)

What is a .... myth?

300

She is the author of the Little House on the Prairie series?

Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?

300

atlases

capitals

regions

What is ... geography?

300

Atlas ambush

What is a ... map trap?

400

A humorous story that uses outrageous exaggeration (examples: Paul Bunyan stories and Pecos Bill stories)

What is a ... tall tale (or folk tale) ?
400

He wrote the Chronicles of Narnia?

Who is C.S. Lewis?

400

painting 

sculpting

drawing

What is ... Art?

400

broad piece of playground equipment

What is a ... wide slide?

500

A brief work of fiction that focuses on a single event (examples: "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Monkey's Paw")

What is a ... short story?

500

His school stories include Frindle, The Janitor's Boy, Lunch Money, and the Landry News.

Who is ... Andrew Clemens?

500

singing

instruments

scales

What is ... Music?

500

arithmetic trail

What is a ... math path?