LITERATURE FILE

DECEMBER 6, 2018
SUSAN SKIME
 Table of Contents

 Diversity……….2
 Realistic Fiction…….3
 Historical Fiction……4
 Science Fiction…….5
 Fairy Tale…….6
 Mystery…….7
 Graphic Novel….8
 Adventure…….9
 Biography…….10
 Autobiography….11
 Informational….12
 Narrative…….13
 Poetry….14,15,16,17,18
 Literary Terms….19,20,21,22

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Diversity
Diversity in literature goes beyond ethnicity. Diversity may
include the various facets of sexuality and gender, cultural, and
societal groups.

The Name Jar

By. Yangsook Choi
Grade 2-3
New classmates are fascinated by this no-name girl and
decide to help by filling a glass jar with names for her to
pick from. One of her classmates comes to her
neighborhood and discovers her real name and its special
meaning.
R: This was a good read, would be helpful with new
students.
Q: How would you help a new student?

Hidden Figures
By. Margot Shetterly
Grade 3 and up
This is the amazing true story of four African-American
female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve
some of the greatest moments in our space program.
R: I loved this story, movie didn’t due justice. One I
recommend for appropriate age levels. It is not only a
good book for diversity but is also historic in the
material.
Q: What is something you would like to do when you get
older?

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Realistic Fiction
A genre consisting of stories that could have occurred to people
or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life,
and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to
real people.

I’m gonna like me

By. Jamie Lee Curtis

Grade 2-3
Two narrators, a boy and a girl, do the talking, so the
upbeat, funny messages about self-esteem are squarely
aimed at both sexes. The kids alternate by explaining
many different "I'm gonna like me when . . ." situations,
some fun but many universally distressing or scary for
kids.

R: Was a very cute book. Enjoyed listening to Kristen

do a read aloud on this book.
Q: When do you like you? How do you pick yourself up
when you are down on yourself when things go wrong?

Because of Winn Dixie (Series)

By. Kate DiCamillio
Grade 3-4
The summer Opal and her father, the preacher,
move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-
Dixie supermarket and comes out with a dog. A
big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of
humor. A dog she names Winn-Dixie.
R: I remember some of this book; however, it has
been a very long time since this has been read.
Q: What is or what would you name your dog?
What do, or would you do with your dog?

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Historical Fiction
A literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located
in the past. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym
for the historical novel, it can also be applied to other types of
narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema and television, as well
as video games and graphic novels

Me…. Jane
By. Patrick McDonnell
Grade 1-2
Young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy
chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane
observes the natural world around her with
wonder, she dreams of "a life living with and
helping all animals," until one day she finds that
her dream has come true.
R: I did not read this story, found it on
scholastic.com. was cute and what I was looking
for.
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Outsiders
By. S.E. Hinton
Grades 5-7
Classic story of a boy who finds himself on the
outskirts of regular society remains as powerful
today as it was the day it was first published.
R: I read this book in school, both my girls have read it.
My youngest is like me and loves the book and movie.
Q: How can you relate with Ponyboy? Johnny? Dallas?

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Science Fiction
Based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and
major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying
space or time travel and life on other planets.

Go Otto Go!
By. David Milgrim
Grade Prek-1
Otto the robot builds a spaceship in this funny and
poignant Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. The
Adventures of Otto series! See Otto work. Work, work,
work on a spaceship to take him home.
R: Not a story I read, I am not a big fan of Science
Fiction.
Q:

Four
By. Veronica Roth
Grade 7-up
A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that
includes four pre-Divergent stories told from
Tobias Eaton's point of view. When Veronica Roth
went back to the manuscript some time later, she
realized that in order for the Divergent story to
be exceptionally compelling, it needed to be told
from Tris's perspective.
R: Again, not a fan of Science fiction.
Q:

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Fairy Tale
Is distinguished from other subgenres of fantasy by the works'
heavy use of motifs, and often plots, from folklore.

Dragons Love Tacos

By. Adam Rueben
Grade 1-3
Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos,
great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So, if you want to lure
a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely
serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately,
where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon
accidentally eats spicy salsa . . . oh, boy. You're in red-hot
trouble.
R: Cute and ready story, fun to read aloud. Good
interaction for students.
Q: Who would you invite? What would you serve?

Miss Peregrines home for Peculiar Children

By Ransom Riggs
Grade 6-up
As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a
powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history
to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded
fortress.
R: I found the book was a lot better than the movie, the
movie cut out a lot. This would be a good story to read a
chapter at a time to a younger group.
Q: If you had a special gift, what would it be and how
would you use it?

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Mystery
Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or
explain. A novel, play, or movie dealing with a puzzling crime,
especially a murder.

Encyclopedia Brown (Series)

By. Donald J Sobol
Grade 3-4
The 10-year-old detective solves "The Case of the
Missing Garlic Bread" and other food-related
mysteries.
R: This story is familiar; this series has been out for a
very long time. I believe even when I was a child.
Q: What type of mysteries would you like to solve?

Stolen Children
By. Peg Kehret
Grade 7-up
Amy learned a lot in her baby-sitting course - but not
what to do if kidnappers show up! After several failed
escape attempts, Amy is forced to make one last,
desperate move.
R: I tried reading this then sent it on to my teenager,
she is currently reading it. I just couldn’t get into it.
Q: What would you do in this situation.?

By.

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Graphic Novel
A graphic novel is a book made up of comics content. Although
the word "novel" normally refers to long fictional works, the
term "graphic novel" is applied broadly and includes fiction, non-
fiction, and anthologized work. It is distinguished from the term
"comic book", which is generally used for comics periodicals
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
By. Jeff Kinney
Grade 4-6
It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds
himself thrust into middle school, where undersized
weaklings share the hallways with kids who are
taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of
growing up before you're ready are uniquely
revealed through words and drawings as Greg
records them in his diary.
R: I love this story, I am always waiting for a new
one to come out. Fun to read and watch with the
family.
Q: How do you deal with bully’s? Big brothers or
sisters?

Lightning Thief
By. Rick Riordan
Grade 6-8
Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount
Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of
twelve-year-old Percy Jackson's textbooks and into
his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them.
Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and
Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends
have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen
property and bring peace to a warring Mount
Olympus.
Q: What would you do being accused of stealing?

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Adventure
Adventure is a genre of literature that features stories
of adventure, such as world travel, difficult quests, voyages of
discovery, and other journeys.

The Littlest Dinosaur’s Big Adventure

By. Michael Foreman
Grade k-1
When the littlest dinosaur goes out exploring one day,
he only wants to play leapfrog with the frogs and chase
the butterflies through the meadows. But when he gets
lost in the dark woods, all he can think about is getting
home again.
R: Listened to a student in the field read aloud to me.
This was the book she chose. It was cute and easy to
read.
Q: what would you do if you got lost?

Hunger Games

By. Suzanne Collins

Grade 7-up

Only the winner survives. In the ruins of a place once known

as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol
surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the
districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl
between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the
Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death.

R: A long series of books that my own child owns. In order to

get the movie, she had to read the book first. WIN WIN.

Q: How would you handle being thrown into a situation like

this or something similar?

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Biography
A literary genre that portrays the experiences of all these events
occurring in the life of a person, mostly in a chronological order.
... A person who writes biographies, is called as a “biographer.”

Rosa Parks
By. Kitson Jazynk/National Geographic
Grade 1-3
She spent her whole life standing up for fair treatment.
Find out how this ordinary woman became a civil
rights hero!
R: A very important figure that students will get to
learn about throughout school.
Q: Do you know what segregation is? Do you feel it still
happens?

Malcom X
By. Walter Dean Myers
Grade 7-up
From streetwise teenager to the militant leader of
hundreds of thousands in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm
X was one of the most respected, and most feared, men
in American history. Even today, years after his
assassination, young people still listen to his speeches
and read his autobiography.
R: Another important figure, students will learn about.
Q: Do you know what segregation is? Do you feel it still
happens?

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Autobiography
An autobiography is the story of a person's life as told by that
person. The subject of the story is also the author.

I Jane Goodall
By. Brad Meltzer
Grade 1-2
Learn all about Jane Goodall, the chimpanzee scientist.
R: This was a simple easy book to read through, perfect
for early readers.
Q: What would you like to do when you grow up?

I am Malala
By. Malala Yousafzia, Patricia McCormik
Grade 8-12
Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest
and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. In this
Young Readers Edition of her bestselling memoir,
which includes exclusive photos and material, we hear
firsthand the remarkable story of a girl who knew
from a young age that she wanted to change the world -
and did.
R: I have not read this story, only thing I know of this
young lady is she had a very hard time growing up. She
overcame all that and is now an important figure.
Q: How do you think she overcame all this? Would you
be able to overcome hardships this young lady went
through?

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Informational
Text is nonfiction writing, written with the intention of
informing the reader about a specific topic. It is typically found
in magazines, science or history books, autobiographies and
instruction manuals.

How Rude!
By. Heather Montgomery
Grade 1-8
Full of scientific facts, humor and just the right
amount of yuck, How Rude! will make you scream
"gross!" Featuring a countdown of the top 10 bad bugs
who just won't mind their manners.
R: Cute book, you may find in your schools’ library.
Informational on a few gross bugs.
Q: Do you like bugs?

Vietnam
By. Russell Freedman
Grade 6-9
Describes how a superpower caught up in Cold War
politics became increasingly enmeshed in a conflict
over 8,000 miles away, he then explains why 20 years
later an exit was so difficult. After assessing the
catastrophic damage, Freedman concludes the book
with a hopeful epilogue on Vietnam.
R: Very informative book, the story’s Freedman put
into this book are very touching and informative,
almost like you are there.
Q: Do you know of anyone that has gone to war?

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Narrative
A sequence of connected events, whether real or fictional.
The definition of narrative is the same as that of a story. There
are many types of narratives, such as non-fiction (journalism,
memoir, biography, etc.)

Junie B Jones
By. Barbra Park
Grade 2
A sassy, irrepressible kindergartner and her
hilarious way with words!
R: I have read this whole series once or twice with
both of my daughters. I love Junie B and bet a lot of
students can relate.
Q: What is your favorite thing about Junie B?

Dragonwings
By. Laurence Yep
Grade 5-7
Moon Shadow is eight when he sails from China to join
his father, Windrider, in America. With Moon
Shadow's help, Windrider is willing to endure the
mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, and longing
for his own country to make his dream come true.
R: This book speaks of a lot of racism and segregation.
It is told in the first person and is interesting. I feel it
would not be hard for any student to relate.
Q: How do you relate to this story?

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 Poetry
Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression
of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm;
poems collectively or as a genre of literature.

Silly Street Poems

By Jeff Foxworthy
Grade 1-2
Visit a place called Silly Street, where you'll see things
you've never seen before. There's the flying squirrel
circus and pink elephant races. At the candy booth you
can buy gummy yum noodles and rainbow jaw busters.
You'll meet interesting people like Aunt Tilly and her
pet goat. This is another hilarious collection of
whimsical poems.
R: I have not read this book, am having a hard time to
Bio Poem get it. But what can be bad, a famous comic and a bunch
of children’s poems?

Susan
Mother, Student, Daughter, Girlfriend
Sister of Richard and Malarie
Lover of Freddie, Taylor, and Cheyenne
Who feels strongly for friendships, health, and happiness
Who needs more time, more money, much easier math
Who gives freely
Who fears failing, snakes, and ladders
Who would love to see Scotland
From Galesville, Wisconsin
Skime

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Cinquain

Diamante

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Haiku

Limerick

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Tanka

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Literary Terms
 Genre: A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature,
characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
 Basil Reading series: Basal readers are textbooks used to
teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren. Commonly called
"reading books" or "readers" they are usually published as anthologies that
combine previously published short stories, excerpts of longer narratives,
and original works.
 Trade book: A book published by a commercial publisher and
intended for general readership.
 Chapter book: A chapter book or chapter book is a
story book intended for intermediate readers, generally age 7-10. Unlike
picture books for beginning readers, a chapter book tells the story primarily
through prose, rather than pictures. Unlike books for advanced
readers, chapter books contain plentiful illustrations.
 Young Adult Literature: Young adult fiction (YA) is a
category of fiction published for readers in their youth. YA books are
catered towards readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is
targeted to teenagers, approximately half of YA readers are adults. ... In
recent years, diversity has become a defining feature of young adult novel.
 Children’s Literature: “Children's literature is good quality
trade books for children from birth to adolescence, covering topics of
relevance and interests to children of those ages, through prose and poetry,
fiction and nonfiction.”

Fiction/definition: Literature in the form of prose,

especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and
people. invention or fabrication as opposed to fact. a belief or statement that
is false, but that is often held to be true because it is expedient to do so.
 Realistic fiction: REALISTIC FICTION is a genre consisting of
stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable
setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these
stories react similarly to real people.
 Historical fiction: Historical fiction is defined as movies
and novels in which a story is made up but is set in the past and sometimes

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 borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set. A novel
that makes up a story about a Civil War battle that really happened is an
example of historical fiction.
 Fairy Tale: A children's story about magical and imaginary beings and
lands. denoting something regarded as resembling a fairy story in being
magical, idealized, or extremely happy. a fabricated story, especially one
intended to deceive.
 Fable: Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or
verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects,
or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized (given human qualities, such
as the ability to speak human language) and that illustrates or leads to a
particular moral lesson.
 Mystery: Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction usually involving
a mysterious death or a crime to be solved. Often with a closed circle of
suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a
reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. ...
Sometimes mystery books are nonfictional.
 Poetry: Poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative
awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language
chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
 Graphic novel: A graphic novel is a book made up of comics
content. Although the word "novel" normally refers to long fictional works,
the term "graphic novel" is applied broadly and includes fiction, non-fiction,
and anthologized work. It is distinguished from the term "comic book",
which is generally used for comics periodicals.
 Adventure: In the Introduction to the Encyclopedia
of Adventure Fiction, Critic Don D'Ammassa defines the genre as follows:
An adventure is an event or series of events that happens outside the course
of the protagonist's ordinary life, usually accompanied by danger, often by
physical action.
 Diversity: Diversity in literature goes beyond ethnicity. Diversity may
include the various facets of sexuality and gender, cultural, and societal
groups. Whether characters in the books we read reflect others or ourselves,
what is most important is connecting with them in ways that help us
understand who we are today.
 Romance: Romance literature may refer to: Medieval romance
literature, a style of heroic prose and verse narrative current in Europe from
the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Romance novels, a literary genre

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 developed in Western culture which focuses on the romantic relationship
between two or more people.
 Science fiction: Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is
a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts
such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and
extraterrestrial life.
 Folktale: A tale or legend originating and traditional among a people
or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common
people. any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered
to be false or based on superstition.
 Fantasy: Fantasy is a form of literary genre in which a plot cannot
occur in the real world. Its plot usually involves witchcraft or magic, taking
place on an undiscovered planet of an unknown world.
 Utopia: The literary term utopia denotes an illusionary place that
projects the notion of a perfect society to the reader. Here, the “perfect
society” refers to ideal conditions achieved within the material world, as
opposed to the expected idealism of afterlife in Christianity or other
religions.
 Dystopia: A genre of fictional writing used to explore social and
political structures in 'a dark, nightmare world.' The term dystopia is
defined as a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression and the
theme is most commonly used in science fiction and speculative fiction
genres.
 Myth: In present use, mythology usually refers to the collected myths of
a group of people but may also mean the study of such myths. For example,
Greek mythology, Roman mythology and Hittite mythology all describe the
body of myths retold among those cultures.
 Legend: Originated from Latin legends, legend means “something which
ought to be read.” According to J. A. Cuddon, a legend is “a story or
narrative that lies somewhere between myth and historical fact and which,
as a rule, is about a particular figure or person.”
 Fable: Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or
verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects,
or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized (given human qualities, such
as the ability to speak human language) and that illustrates or leads to a
particular moral lesson.
 Tall tale: A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if
it were true and factual. Some stories such as these are exaggerations of

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 actual events, for example fish stories ("the fish that got away") such as,
"That fish was so big, why I tell ya', it nearly sank the boat when I pulled it
in!"

Non-Fiction/definition: The branch

of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering
opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history,
and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
 Autobiography: One example of literary nonfiction is
the autobiography. An autobiography is the story of a person's life as told by
that person. The subject of the story is also the author.
 Biography: It entails basic facts, such as childhood, education, career,
relationships, family, and death. Biography is a literary genre that portrays
the experiences of all these events occurring in the life of a person, mostly in
a chronological order. ... A person who writes biographies, is called as a
“biographer.”
 Informational: Informational text is nonfiction writing, written
with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic. It is
typically found in magazines, science or history books, autobiographies and
instruction manuals.
 Narrative fiction: A narrative is a sequence of connected events,
whether real or fictional. The definition of narrative is the same as that of a
story. There are many types of narratives, such as non-fiction (journalism,
memoir, biography, etc.), prose, drama, and some forms of poetry, songs, and
video games.
 Essay: Definition of Essay. ... An essay is a short form
of literary composition based on a single subject matter, and often gives the
personal opinion of the author. A famous English essayist, Aldous Huxley
defines essays as, “a literary device for saying almost everything about
almost anything.”

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Reflection
This project was something that I enjoyed, it had some frustrating moments;
However, I was able to overcome them with patience and a little help from
friends and you tube. I am a person that enjoys reading, so a lot of these
books where easy to read, and others where hard to get started and into. I
choose a lot of books that I have read through out the years with my girls,
and some where some that I found at the library, or online. I feel this
assignment will give me a better perspective into literature and will help me
in the future as I help young students learn the joy of reading.

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