Genre PBL Project
By: Anjali Gautam
Mystery
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/library/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/exploring-mystery-genre
Thriller/ Horrer
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http://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/genre/thriller#https://www.google.com/?gwsrd=ssl#safe=active&q=definition+of+thriller+genre
Historical Fiction
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/historical+fiction
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson404/HistoricalFictionDefn.pdf
Adventure
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Humor
Humor is a comedy or to laugh at something. A good book to read was
“The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian” by Sherman Alexie. Humor makes books fun to read. Books that tell jokes or make you laugh are good examples. Humor books may appeal to one person, but not another. It just depends what type of humor makes you laugh.
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http://denverlibrary.org/review/genre-search?tid=2556&tid_1=All&tid_2=All
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/20-types-and-forms-of-humor/
Romance
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Science Fiction
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http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson927/SciFiDefinition.pdf
Fantasy
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http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson270/genre_sheet.pdf
Realistic Fiction
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/documents/english/biblio46/genre_definitions.pdf
Memoir
A memoir is a record of events based on a persons life experiences. It could also be a biography written from personal knowledge. Essays written by students on a learned subject is also considered as a memoir. The genre memoir got its name from the word “memory” because it is written based on a persons memory or knowledge.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/memoir
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/memoir
Autobiography
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/autobiography http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfder/GenreCharacteristicsChart.pdf
Biography
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