Teacher Team
• Sixth grade (Gina Edick, Mike Richey, Tim Madden)
First Trimester
Genre Assessment: Poetry
Genre Definition
Literature expressed in various, metrical
forms, structures and arrangements that is
traditionally characterized by
rhythmical patterns of language.
Genre Attributes
• Many forms and lengths
• Open, unlimited subject matter (from
fantastic to stark realism)
• Does not usually follow conventions of
narrative structure or grammar
• Patterns are typically expressed in meter
(regular patterns of high and low stress),
syllabication (the number of syllables in
each line of text), rhyme
(the correspondence of sounds at the ends
of lines), alliteration (phrase or line
having two or more words with the same
Second Trimester
Genre Assessment: Personal
Narrative
Genre Definition
A personal narrative, written in first
person, documents a person’s experience.
It could tell of a single life shaping event,
or simply a mundane daily experience. A
personal narrative is often one of the
first types of writing. It includes
experiences encountered, read, observed
or heard.
Genre Attributes
Themes:
• Psychological impact
• Often reflects inner voice
Characters:
• Linked to life-changing events
Setting:
• Meaningful context in which the events
occurred
Third Trimester
Genre assessment: Research project
(some focus on cause/effect re:
social issues/science)
Genre Definition
A nonfiction inquiry project requiring an
inquiry process and final report. Includes
the selection of a topic, the development
(and narrowing) of research questions,
reading and recording selectively,
designing research strategies, organizing
information, synthesizing information, a
written report, and a presentation of the
report to a larger audience.
Genre Attributes
Project includes both process and report
o I-Search is an informal process/report
used to culminate inquiry activities in the
project and includes the
following parts: Why I Chose This Topic,
What I Knew, My Search, and What I
Learned.
o Formal/conventional project report
includes intent, process, sequence, and
content of research with provable
findings and conclusions
o Processes:
1. Find and narrow the topic