Genres
Realistic
Fiction
Drama
Historical
Fiction
Poetry
Fantasy
and
Science
Fiction
Nonfiction
Multicultural
(Diversity)
Global
Useful
Reading
Strategies
• Power
point
Presentations:
Used
to
present
various
genres.
• Book
talks:
Students
pick
a
favorite
fiction
or
nonfiction
young
adult
book
and
that
relates
to
material
being
studied.
They
include
background
information
on
the
author
and
the
book
and
then
tell
enough
of
the
story
to
obtain
class
interest.
• Literature
circles:
The
purpose
of
literature
or
inquiry
circles,
according
to
&
Harvey,
S.
&
Daniels,
H.,
(2009),
is
to
create
a
special
activity
where
teachers
reallocate
large
amounts
of
class
time
to
genuine
student-‐led,
small-‐group
book
discussions.
The
teacher
serves
as
a
facilitator.
Literature
or
inquiry
circles
can
be
used
in
all
content
areas
with
a
variety
of
trade
books
specific
to
the
content
area.
Allow
four
to
five
students
to
choose
one
of
several
trade
books
for
the
class
and
organize
a
book
club
format
for
sharing.
Each
student
in
the
literature
circle
has
a
specific
task
in
addition
to
an
introduction,
where
the
group
describes
the
author
and
the
book.
The
different
roles
used
could
include:
Discussion
Director:
Responsible
for
asking
questions
(strategy)
Connector:
Responsible
for
making
connections
(strategy)
that
include
personal
connections,
text
to
text
connections,
and
global
connections
Illustrator:
Responsible
for
drawing
or
bringing
pictures
of
different
parts
of
the
story,
or
showing
visuals
if
in
a
smart
classroom
setting
(visualizing
strategy)
Vocabulary
Finder
(or
Enricher):
Responsible
for
finding
different
words
in
the
book
that
are
unknown,
unusual,
interesting,
funny,
or
different
(strategy
of
noticing
the
author’s
craft)
Literary
Laminator:
Selects
different
paragraphs
from
the
text
to
share
with
the
class
and
explain
why
they
are
meaningful
(strategy
of
determining
importance)
All
of
these
reading
strategies
can
be
used
within
every
content
area
to
not
only
help
students
comprehend
material,
but
to
become
active
readers
who
are
able
to
make
meaning
from
a
variety
of
literacies.
Each
class
session
one
of
the
books
will
be
chosen
and
students
assigned
to
the
book
will
sit
at
different
tables.
The
rest
of
the
class
will
move
from
table
to
table
to
participate
with
the
leader
of
each
particular
role
(i.e.
Discussion
Director,
Illustrator,
etc.).
In
addition,
teachers
can
work
together
in
content
areas
based
on
similar
themes
for
students
to
be
able
to
see
the
relationships
of
looking
at
a
common
piece
of
material
based
on
understanding
(English),
history
(Social
Studies),
an
artist
(Art),
a
musician
(Music),
changes
in
environments
(Social
Studies)
and
various
ways
of
solving
environmental
problems
(Math