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Monthly Genre Assignments

Monthly Genre Assignments

gen·re /ˈZHänrə/: a category in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.                               
synonyms:  category, class, classification, categorization, grouping.
Students are assigned a monthly genre to encourage students to read books, finish books, try different genres, present orally to a small group, and celebrate completing a book with a creative project.  The project will be assigned at the beginning of the month, and due at the end of the same month (with the exception of November/December).

A summary will also be required each month, typed into Google Classroom.

Projects are assigned allowing time for students to do quality work.   Project assignments will be different with each genre. *Graphic Novels can only be chosen during November/December.
Below is our list of genres by month:

Project: Book Jacket

  • OCTOBER = (Auto)Biography:  a written account of another person's life, either written BY them or NOT written by them.
Project: Tea Party on October 31 - IN COSTUME!

  • NOV / DECEMBER = GRAPHIC NOVEL: This is the one opportunity for your student to have a graphic novel as their genre choice.  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.
Project: Make your own mini-graphic novel poster
  • JANUARY = Award Winner for a most distinguished book in that category.
Project:  Scrapbook Page
  • FEBRUARY = Musician Report:  a person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession, or is musically talented. This information can be from a book, magazine, and/or internet.
Project: Concert poster with a music clip
  • MARCH = Historical Fiction:  these are narratives that take place in the past and use imagination with real historical events and people.
Project: Penny Wax Museum - IN COSTUME!


  • APRIL = Poetry:  the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.  
Project: Poet Tree and other various assignments
  • MAY = your choice of genre.  Can be the same or different from above. Project: Your choice (choose from a list)

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