Literary Genres: The BASICS of Literary Genres: Poetry and Prose BOOM! CardsTM

This Deck of BOOM! Cards^TM are designed to allow student-scholars to learn about basic literary genres and to practice identifying the characteristics and some examples of poetry, prose, fiction, and non-fiction. They are specifically designed for in-class enrichment or self-paced remote or distance learning and practice, as well as for interactive review.

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Literary genres can be a very difficult area to teach, and yet, we are called upon to teach them all, often in isolation, and without explanation of how the different genres fit together, or what they mean. This Deck, which is the first in a series, was created to address this problem gap.

In between the direct teaching cards that ask and answer the questions, we have a number of activity/task cards that allow our student-scholars the opportunity to practice identifying the characteristics of the genres or what examples go with what genre. There are 9 direct teaching cards interspersed with 11 task cards that do NOT randomize. The final card (51) is my works cited card, and it will randomly appear – it’s never too early to model! Like most Decks of BOOM! CardsTM, this set does randomize the cards AFTER the 20th card. We want to maintain the logical flow of topics and questions.

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ELA in Middle School proudly uses Ron Lieshman’s Digital Toonage “Teachers” and “School Kids” sets in this Deck of Boom Cards!

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COPYRIGHT TERMS: ©ELA in Middle School. Please note – all material included in this resource belongs to ELA in Middle School. By purchasing, you have a license to use the material, but you do not own the material. This resource, or any portion of this resource, may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students—no other teachers or anyone else on the internet.