Genre

A story that takes place in the future; it often includes science and technology

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Historical Nonfiction

• Mystery

A story that is written to make readers laugh

• Humor

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Informational

A story that takes place in the present time; it includes event that could happen

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction

• Play

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

Writing that is true and factual; it often contains charts, diagrams, and photographs

• Informational

• Historical Nonfiction

• Play

• Science Fiction

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2A

CCSS.W.5.2B

A fictional story that takes place in the past; often the setting is real but the characters are made up

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Mystery

A suspenseful story centered around a puzzling event; it includes clues

• Mystery

• Historical Nonfiction

• Fantasy

• Humor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

A story that contains events that could never happen in real life

• Fantasy

• Humor

• Realistic Fiction

• Mystery

An informative writing about events that happened in the past

• Historical Nonfiction

• Informational

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.W.5.2B

CCSS.W.5.2D

A short story, often with talking animals; used to teach a moral lesson

• Fable

• Legend

• Folk Tale

• Tall Tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

A story written by a person in which he tells about his own life

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Legend

• Myth