Genres

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“Dogs and Cats” by Bob Brady

A five paragraph essay where the student Bob Brady compares and contrasts dogs and cats. He provides a lot of information about both.

• Nonfiction: Informational Writing

• Fiction: Science Fiction

• Fiction: Realistic Fiction

• Nonfiction: Autobiography

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Science Textbook

This science textbook contains much of the human knowledge of Earth and the universe.

• Folktale: Fable

• Nonfiction: Autobiography

• Nonfiction: Biography

• Nonfiction: Informational Writing

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As I Was Saying by Augustus Gluten

Mr. Gluten writes the story of his humble origins as a child in Germany to his meteoric rise to power in the candy industry.

• Fiction: Science Fiction

• Folktale: Tall Tale

• Nonfiction: Autobiography

• Fiction: Fantasy

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They Came from the Sun by Tom Mitchell

The story of a race of aliens that come to enslave the residents of Earth with their advanced weaponry. Only one teacher can stop them, but is it too late?

• Fiction: Realistic Fiction

• Fiction: Science Fiction

• Folktale: Fable

• Drama: Tragedy

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• Nonfiction: Autobiography

• Nonfiction: Biography

• Fiction: Fantasy

• Fiction: Science Fiction

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“The Ant & The Grasshopper” Adapted by Chad Peplum

The really short story of an Ant who works hard all summer to prepare for winter and a Grasshopper who just plays. Winter comes and the Grasshopper freezes to death. The moral is “prepare today for tomorrow’s needs.”

• Fiction: Historical Fiction

• Fiction: Realistic Fiction

• Folktale: Fable

• Folktale: Legend

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Bag Lunch by Dillard Perkins

It is the fictional story of two young African American girls living in Greensboro, N.C. in 1960. One day while waiting to buy food at a Woolworth's lunch counter, the girls find themselves at a significant crossroads in American history.

• Nonfiction: Informational Text

• Fiction: Historical Fiction

• Drama: Tragedy

• Fiction: Realistic Fiction

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“Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind” retold by Mitch Colwell

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind was the toughest girl in the Wild West. She flosses with rattlesnakes and dries her clothes in a tornado. She’s tougher than a ten-year-old steak. Read about her extraordinary adventures in this humorous text.

• Folktale: Legend

• Folktale: Fable

• Folktale: Tall Tale

• Fiction: Historical Fiction

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• Fiction: Realistic Fiction

• Fiction: Historical Fiction

• Nonfiction: Autobiography

• Nonfiction: Informational Text

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Eric Vaser and the Educator’s Rock by J.P. Tumblin

This is the first book in the Eric Vaser series. Eric goes to mage school and becomes a star student. He learns to play pencetrench, a football like game played on flying platforms, and he fights to stop a growing evil within the school that will test his newfound magic powers.

• Nonfiction: Informational Text

• Nonfiction: Biography

• Fiction: Fantasy

• Fiction Science Fiction