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Multi-Genre Text Set: Character

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Title: Ant and Grasshopper

Author: Luli Gray
Illustrator: Giuliano Ferri
Grade Level: 2.4
Summary: An hardworking ant spends all the summer days getting prepare for winter, while the
grasshopper enjoys the sun by dancing and playing his violin. When winter came the ant had
plenty food and a warm place to stay; while the grasshopper did not and end up in the cold. The
ant realized the grasshopper was in trouble, so he offered him food and shelter. There a
friendship was built with the combination of responsibility and fun.
Genre: Traditional Literature
Justification: This story has a lot of character building traits built into its story. There is
friendship between two unlikely pairs. Kindness and caring of others is seen when the ant offered
his home to another. There is responsibility and balance of life when the ant is working hard to
survive the winter, but in the end he misses out on fun in the sun. The grasshopper has too much
fun making him unprepared for the winter and almost dying.

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Title: The Glorious Flight: Across the channel with Louis Bleriot
Author: Alice and Martin Provensen
Grade Level: 3.5
Summary: Mr. Louis Bleriot was a French man who one-day witnessed the first airship to be
seen flying over the city of Cambrai, France. From that day on he was determine to build and fly
a flying machine. He built many machines with no success, but he never gave up. He had finally
had success with Bleriot VII after six long years. With strong motivation he became the first man
to fly the English Channel.
Genre: Biography
Justification: This biography not only gives you factual information it also shows great character
traits from Bleriot. It shows you courage of a man having to go through injures and
complications to achieve his dream. He maintains the courage to continue on and perseverance to
continue his work, even after he went through a lot of planes. Its a great way to teach students
history and character traits to accomplish their dreams in life.

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Title: When Sophie Gets Angry Really, Really Angry

Author: Molly Bang
Grade Level: 1.9
Summary: Sophie is a little girl who gets really angry. One day, she has to share her toy with her
sister and she gets really, really angry about sharing. She ends up running away. When she alone
she gathers her thoughts and calmed down. After she calms down she goes back home, where
everyone is happy to see her.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Justification: This story shows students the need for self-discipline. Sophie didnt know how to
control her emotions and ended up running away. It also, show the students the need to forgive
others. Sophie parents forgave her for running away and Sophie forgave her sister. You can even
show the students the rights and wrong ways to share toys. There are a lot of character building
traits in this book.

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Title: Enemy Pie

Author: Derek Munson
Illustrated: Tara Calahan King
Grade Level: 3.1
Summary: A boy gains his first enemy name Jeremy Ross. One day the boys father gave him the
idea to cook an enemy pie for Jeremy. The father told him it is supposed to be the perfect way to
get rid of an enemy. The only way it will work is if the boy was nice to Jeremy and they hung
out. So, the whole day the boy played with Jeremy. At the end of the day they become friends.
When the father gave them the pie, the boy realized he didnt have Jeremy as enemy anymore.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Justification: I really liked this story, because there are many character building lessons you can
learn from this story. Forgiveness is one, because the boy had to forgive his enemy to become
friends with him. Kindness is another shown when the boy and Jeremy were not friends he was
still nice to him. Cooperation was also shown when the father told the boy he had to be nice to
Jeremy in order for the pie to work. This is a great story to read to students, because if they have
an enemy there might be a chance they can get along.

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Activity: Make your favorite enemy pie.

Material: Construction paper, Scissors, Glue, Pencil
Instructions: Pick your favorite Pie. Cut out a circle and a handful of strips with construction
paper. Build your pie. On the back, write down what activities you would do with your enemy if
you had to be nice to them. Afterwards, write down the moral of the story Enemy Pie.

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Title: Horton Hears a Who!

Author: Dr. Seuss
Grade Level: 3.8
Summary: Horton the elephant hears a small voice living on a small flower. No one believes him,
but he promises to protect the small speck of Who-ville from danger. All the animal friends
around him believes he has gone crazy and they try to get rid of the speck. Horton tells them a
person a person no matter how small. They dont believe him, until Who-ville people work
together to makes them believe. Horton, in the end, protected the speck and now the other
animals work together to protect them too.
Genre: Poetry
Justification: Horton Hears a Who teaches students important life lessons. It teaches them caring,
friendship, kindness, loyalty, helpfulness, forgiveness, and courage. Horton displays all these
characteristics to save Who-ville and protect them. He also forgives the other animals for not
believing him and trying to harm his speck. This book impacts a lot of characteristic traits that
students need to learn.

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ity: Build your own Horton flower.

Material: construction paper, scissors, glue, pipe straw, a gem, and markers.
Instruction: Cut out 2 circles and cut fringes on them. Glue your pipe straw on a whole piece of
construction paper and then glue your 2 circles on the top. Add your gem to the flower. On the
front, write down your favorite part of the book. On the back, write down Hortons good deed
and then write down your good deed.

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Title: Will Sheila Share?

Author: Elivia Savadier
Grade Level: 1.3
Summary: Sheila doesnt like to share. She will not share her toys or food with her siblings or
friends. Sheila does like to share with her Nana. She shares hugs, kisses, juice, and strawberries
with her Nana. She does not share the strawberries with others, until Nana helps her learn about
sharing. Now she likes to share the strawberries and everything with everyone.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Justification: Sheila shows the right ways to share and why its important to share. Sharing
makes people happy and in the end makes Sheila happy. This is a great book to show students the
right and wrongs of sharing and how it can affect everyone.

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Title: Courage
Author: Bernard Waber
Grade level: 3.3
Summary: This story lists many ways courage can be shown with children. Courage can be
shown every day in small ways and even in very big ways. It can be as small as keeping a secret
you promise not to tell or saying sorry first. It also can be as big as tight rope swinging or even
jumping off the diving board. Courage is everything big and everything small that youre able to
overcome.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Justification: Its important for students to know that courage is possible to have. You dont have
to be Evil Coneval to display courage. Having the ability to overcome fear no matter how small
is courage. It also can be seen every day and anywhere. You dont have to be a superhero to have
courage. This book shows that to students.

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Title: The Giving Tree

Author: Shel Silverstein
Grade Level: 2.6
Summary: A bond is formed between a tree and a boy. The tree cares deeply for the boy and his
happiness. When the boy gets older he does not visit the tree, unless he needs something. She
gives the boy her apples to help him earn money and gives away her branches so he could build a
house. After time passes, she gives him her trunk so he could build a boat. There only thing left
of the tree is her stump and love for the boy. When the boy grew old he went back to the tree
stump to sit and the tree was happy.
Genre: Fantasy
Justification: The Giving Tree shows loyalty, friendship, caring, respect, forgiveness, and
generosity. The tree does not have to give the boy anything, but because she cares for him she is
willing to sacrifice herself. She shows loyalty to him by giving up everything and he shows
loyalty to her when he came back at the end. The tree ends up forgiving the boy because they are
friends and he makes her happy.

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Title: Cookies: Bite-size Life Lessons

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Illustrated: Jane Dyer
Grade level: 3.1
Summary: Cookies are not only something good to eat, they can also teach good lessons.
Character building lessons are taught with a batch of cookies. They teach and demonstrate
sharing, loyalty, regret, patient, and many more admired traits.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Justification: This is a yummy way to connect with students about character traits and what it
means to have good character. It shows that great character can be present during every day
activities, like baking cookies. This gives great examples and even defines the words for the
students.

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Activity: Build your favorite Cookie

Material: construction paper, scissors, glue, markers
Instructions: Cut out a big circle to create your big cookie and cut out your favorite topping.
Write important vocabulary words from the book that has meaning to you on the topping. Glue
together. On the back tell why the words are important to you and how you define them.

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Title: The Legend of the Bluebonnet

Author: Tomie DePaola
Grade Level: 3.7
Summary: Faced with a deadly draught, the Comanche tribe asked the Great Spirts for help. The
Great Spirts tells the tribe they have been selfish and need to sacrifice their prize passion. None
are willing to give up their prize possession. A girl named She-Who-Is-Alone is the only one
willing to give up her prize possession, a doll. The doll is the last link to her parents and
relatives, but she cares for her tribe and will to make a sacrifice. For her sacrifice, the Great
Spirts saved the land and covered it with bluebonnets to honor the girl now called One-WhoDearly-Loved-Her-People.
Genre: Traditional Literature
Justification: She-Who-Is-Alone shows great generosity giving up her doll for her tribe. This also
shows good citizenship, because she puts the needs of her tribe in front of her own. She has hope
that her act would save others. The story also shows responsibility by the Great Spirts telling the
tribe that they are selfish. Some would not take responsibility for being selfish, but the girl
understood and took responsibility for her tribes action. This legend shows many character
building traits that all students need to learn in order to have great character.

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Title: Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf

Author: Judy Sierra
Illustrated: J.Otto Seibold
Grade Level: 2.8
Summary: The Big Bad Wolf was invited by the librarian to a tea party. He has never attended a
tea party, so had to learn some manners from the etiquette book. After he practiced his manner he
attended the tea party. The librarian and everyone was really impressed with his manners and she
gave him extra cookies to take home. Even the Big Bad Wolf can learn to be polite.
Genre: Fantasy
Justification: Students can see that even the worst people can have manners. You can learn
manner any time. They can see how important it is to everyone else if you are polite and use
good manners. Manners demonstrate good character because it respects other people and this is a
good lesson to share with students no matter what age.

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Title: The Babe & I

Author: David A. Adler
Illustrated: Terry Widener
Grade level: 2.8
Summary: During the time of The Great Depression the narrator father was out of work.
Secretly the narrator sold newspaper around the baseball park where Babe Ruth played. Babe
Ruth stats helped him sell newspaper and make money for his family. One day the narrator even
got to meet Babe Ruth and go see him play baseball. When his father found out, they became a
team by helping to support the family.
Genre: Historical fiction
Justification: In hard times the boy showed courage, respect, citizenship, and responsibility. He
wanted to help his father, without hurting his feelings. He respected his father by not
embarrassing him because he was out of work. He also showed responsibility by working for
money and citizenship by supporting his family. Babe Ruth also showed citizenship and
generosity by buying a newspaper to help the boy raise money. This book showed a lot of
character traits and also linking them to a great part of history.

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Title: The Grudge Keeper

Author: Mara Rockliff
Illustrated: Eliza Wheeler
Grade Level: 4.2
Summary: A town didnt like to hold a grudge, so whenever there was a problem they sent their
grudge to the Grudge Keeper. He kept all the grudges in his house, but soon there was not room
for all the grudges in the town. One day a storm blew in and all the grudges got loose. The town
finally saw all the grudges and overcame them. They took responsibility and apologized to each
other. There were finally no grudges in town and need for a Grudge Keeper for the town people
worked it out themselves.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Justification: Grudges are not good to hold on to, because sooner or later they can get out of
hand. This story will teach students that holding a grudge is not good. People need to take
responsibility for their action and apologize. Forgiveness is an important part of letting go of a
grudge. It showed great citizenship, because the people in town learned to work together and
forgive each other.

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Title: Ugly Fish

Author: Kara LaReau and Scott Magoon
Grade Level: 2.2
Summary: There was a ugly fish that was mean. Everyone tried to be nice to him and share the
fish tank. Ugly Fish didnt want to share, so he ate all the fish. He later was sorry he was mean
and wanted to share. One day another fish joined the fish tank and he was big. Ugly Fish wanted
to share the fish tank and be friends, but the big fish didnt want to. He ended up eating Ugly
Fish.
Genre: Fantasy
Justification: This story is perfect to show bullying. Its not nice to bully and be mean to other
people. Ugly Fish learned the hard way that friendship is important and you cant make friends if
you are mean to them. This will build kindness, caring, fairness, respect, and self-discipline to
your students. They can learn from Ugly Fish mistakes and even learn to control their anger if
they are mad.

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Activity: Give Ugly Fish a makeover.

Materials: Picture of Ugly Fish, gems, markers, different crafts, construction paper, glue,
scissors.
Instruction: Fold a piece of construction paper and glue Ugly Fish to one side. Give Ugly Fish a
makeover with gems and other crafts. On the inside of the folded paper, write about what Ugly
Fish should do instead of being mean and prevent the ending outcome. Afterwards, write down
the moral of the story.

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Title: The Lions Share: A Tale of Halving Cake and Eating It, Too
Author: Matthew Mcelligott
Grade Level: 3.4
Summary: The ant was excited to attend the Lions party. When she arrived she was shocked of
all the animals horrible manners toward the Lion. When it was time for desert the animals didnt
leave any cake left for him, so the Ant told him she would make him a cake. All the animals were
jealous and started to compete for the Lions attention by trying to out bake the each other. The
Ant made the Lion one cake and he even shared it with her, while all the other animals were busy
competing.
Genre: Fantasy
Justification: This book shows sharing, self-discipline, fairness, kindness, and respect. The Ant
shows the Lion respect by using her manners and apologizing for the other animals behavior.
She also showed fairness by offering to make him a cake, because he didnt get to have any at his
party. The ants actions show there are a lot of great ways to connect this story with character
building.

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Title: Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldnt Tell a Lie

Author: Joe Hayes
Illustrated: Joseph Daniel Fiedler
Grade Level: 3.9
Summary: Juan Verdades was a man who couldnt lie. The man he worked for trusted him, but
some didnt believe that he couldnt tell a lie. Don Arturo made a bet that he could get Juan
Verdades to lie to his boss. Don Arturo used his daughter to trick Juan Verdades into stealing his
owners apples. Juan Verdades ended up taking his owners apples, but he did not lie about it. He
was honest and his ability to not lie earned him land and the love of the girl.
Genre: Traditional Literature
Justification: Juan Verdades is a person with great character. He shows honesty, loyalty, kindness,
courage, and trustworthiness. This is a great book to show that honesty and trustworthiness can
bring you better fortune than lies. He shows courage, because he knew he did something bad and
he was willing to tell his boss the truth. Juan Verdades is a great book to read to students about
benefits of goods character.

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Title: Snowflake Bentley

Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated: Mary Azarian
Grade Level: 4.1
Summary: Willie Bentley loved the snow. He wanted to capture the beauty of snowflakes to
share with others. He kept working on finding the perfect way to capture a picture of snowflakes
without breaking them or having them melt. His hard work paid off when he finally succeeded.
After many years, he became a farmer and scientist. He wrote a book and was able to share his
love of snow everywhere.
Genre: Biography
Justification: Bentley was a motivated farmer with a passion. He showed loyalty to his work and
perseverance in succeeding his dream. He never gave up, even if it took a few snow storms to
finally capture the perfect snowflake. He did not let anyone discourage his love of snow and
desire to share it. He is an example of a good person full of great character.

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Title: The Little Engine That Could

Author: Watty Piper
Illustrator: George & Doris Hauman
Grade Level: 3.9
Summary: A little train that was carrying many toy animals, dolls, and treats could not continue
her trip. The toy animals and dolls asked for help but no one could, expect for a little blue train.
The Little Blue Engine push and tugged along saying, I think I can. I think I can. With great
effort the Little Blue Engine made it up the hill and successfully delivered the toys and treats to
the all the children.
Genre: Fantasy
Justification: This books shows courage, helpfulness, and perseverance. The Little Blue Engine
had courage to take on a very hard task and succeed. He never gave up and helped all the toys
get to their destination. He went from I think I can to I thought I could by the end of the
story. This is the perfect book to show students to never give up on anything.

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Activity: Create a Think I Can Train

Materials: Paint, toilet paper rolls, lids, hot glue stick, popsicle sticks, markers, paper, string
Instructions: Cut one toilet paper roll in half and then paint your toilet paper rolls. Hole punch
the sides and connect them with string. Then glue the lids to the side for wheels. Poke popsicle
sticks on the top of the train. You will tape your goals (drawn or written) that you want to
achieve to the popsicle sticks.

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Title: Cinderella
Author: Abbeville Classic Fairy Tales
Illustrator: Edith Baudrand
Grade Level: 3.0
Summary: Cinderella had an evil stepmother and two step-sisters. They were mean to her all the
time, but in return she was kind. One day they were invited to the kings ball, Cinderella really
wanted to go. Her wish was granted by her godmother. She danced and fell in love with the
prince, but had to go at midnight. In a hurry she dropped her slipper and the prince claimed to
marry who ever fit the slipper. When she had the chance to try on the slipper it fit and the prince
married her.
Genre: Tradtional Literature
Justification: This story is a classic example of kindness. Cinderella shows kindness, hope,
generosity, and forgiveness. There are a lot of character building traits that you can teach
students in this story. Bullying is not right, but Cinderella showed great courage to forgive her
sisters. She was generous to marry them to good fortune and kind to be nice to people that were
mean to her.

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Title: Stick and Stone

Author: Beth Ferry
Illustrator: Tom Lichtenheld
Grade Level: 1.0
Summary: A stick and a stone become friends after stone was being bullied. They did everything
together. Than one day the stick was blown away and the stone was lonely. The stone found stick
and saved him from a mud puddle. They became best friends forever.
Genre: Poetry
Justification: This is a short poem for students to learn about character. This shows students that
bullying someone is not nice. It also displays courage, kindness, helpfulness, loyalty, and
forgiveness. The stick stood up for the stone when he was getting bullied and the stone never
gave up on finding the stick after he was blown away. In the end they forgave the acorn that was
being mean.

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5 Websites:
Title: Character Education and Leadership
Author: Vocabulary University
URL: https://myvocabulary.com/word-game-puzzles/character-education-and-leadershipvocabulary/
Summary: This site will allow students to learn vocabulary words associated with character.
While they are learning they can test their knowledge with games and quizzes. It focuses on
building the students vocabulary library and learning about the topic at hand.
Reading Level: 3rd grade
Justification: This is a good site because it is built for students to learn and if focus on the key
points of my multi-genre text set. Its recently updated and has a good organized system to
follow. The creators of the website tell you about their work, who they are, and what they hope to
accomplish.

Title: Character Education

Author: Walt Henley (Executive Director of Watch Know Learn)
URL: http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=7362
Summary: Young students love watching videos. This website allows students to enjoy watching
video about a certain subject. They have subcategorized to make learning better and searches
easier. Its a good website to allow students to use, because it was made for them.

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Reading Level: 1st grade- up
Justification: This is a good website, because among other topics it has a list of videos that teach
students about character. To make it easier to search they have many subcategorized of the
subject to look at and allow students to pick different parts of the subject. Its easy to use and was
recently updated. People associated with education are the ones who created the site and add
content.

Title: Virtuous Quiz for Children-Honesty

Author: DieHard
URL: http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz122312e02ac8.html
Summary: This website allows quizzes to be made by the public on different subjects. There is a
children category that cover basic understanding for young students.
Reading Level: 3rd grade
Justification: This a good quiz to allow students to take. They will be able to use their knowledge
of honesty and try it out in different scenarios. The website overall has been updated recently and
easy to follow. It a good site to look at if your wanting a fun quiz for students.

Title: Respect Games

Author: Mark and Rich
URL: http://www.zoodles.com/free-online-kids-games/respect

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Summary: This website was created to make searching for videos easier for parents and students.
The creators thought of the idea when him and his daughter had problems using the internet. He
wanted it to be fast and easy, so he created zoodles.
Reading Level: 1st grade- up
Justification: This is a good website because it was built for students by a parent who wants to
make working the internet easy. There are different grade levels within the videos and they can
learn about character. Its an organized website and you can find information about why it was
created and who created it. Its friendly to use for students, because its for students.

Title: Curious George Busy Day: Fair Share

Author: PBS Kids
URL: http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/busyday/dogs/
Summary: This game shows students about sharing between others and how to do it. The game
allows you to help Curious George split treats between the dogs evenly. When student successful
share they move on to the next round.
Reading Level: 2nd grade-up
Justification: This is a good way to show student how to share. The game is fun and easy to use
for students. Its a good website, because its funded by a lot of academic websites and by a grant
given by the Department of Education. Its a safe and kid-friendly website.

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Narrative
Reading is not a singular subject because built within reading is many different subjects,
topics, and opportunities. That is why I like the idea of the multi-genre text set. A multi-genre
text set is a set of books different in genre and story line, but they still have a similar topic. The
topic is what the teacher wants to focus on while letting the student explore the differences in
reading. The student is still learning what the teacher wants them to learned, but they have a
freedom to explore many genres or story lines. In a classroom, you want your students to have
the educational freedom they want, but you still need to have control over that learning. A multigenre text set allows that educational freedom for students and teachers.
The purpose of using the multi-genre text set is to teach a subject that will benefit the
students in a different way. This will allow your students to learn while reading and get them into
the habit of breaking down information in a new way. For example, my multi-genre text set is
over character. Instead of simply telling the students about character, they can read about it in
different perspectives, stories, and genres that interest them. Maintaining their interest is the key
to educational success. Therefore, when they read about the famous Big Bad Wolf who they have
heard so many stories about, they will connect. When they learn of his good manners, students
will realize that it is important to have manners no matter who you are because it shows your
respect towards others. That is the importance of a multi-genre text set; not only are they
breaking down information, but they are doing it in a way they can connect to. Overall, they are
learning your subject of interest, as well as improving their reading skills, increasing their
imagination, and building up their vocabulary. Students learning will grow in many ways with a
multi-genre text.

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My multi-genre text set is about character, so I addressed the important traits to have like
respect, honesty, kindness, perseverance, bravery, and many more. I think this is extremely
important to teach students in any grade level. This subject is one that everyone will use outside
school, in the work place, and with activities. Character makes you who you are and students
need to know how important it is to build a good character. I recently just learned about
emotional intelligence and how important it is. There was a study that showed that business are
looking at employees with high intelligence because it makes a better, happier business. In order
to prepare students for the adult world, we need to build students with great character. It will not
only help students be prepared for the working world, but also in life. Relationships with family,
friends, and even strangers are important in life. In order to create a happy life, they need
healthy, happy relationships. Having great character can help students build that life. Schools are
there for students to learn and to teach our next generation. The next generation is important to
society, which is why my text set on character is important to schools. Im aiming for a happier,
brighter generation.
While creating this multi-genre text set Ive learned a lot about my subject. I also learned
how much you can break up a story and find a character building trait to teach one. Good
character is involved with everyday life and can be seen in a lot of stories. This was a great
experience that I think every subject should have a multi-genre text set from mathematics to
social studies.

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Reflection
Having a continuous learning environment is very important as a teacher. Students often
get bored and miss the importance of a subject because of distractions. A multi-genre text set
allows students to get invested in a subject and learn much more than you would expect. I
learned about multi-genre text sets, using it in the classroom, and why it is important.
I was surprised how much you can learn with a multi-genre text set. I had character as my
subject. Learning how to build my text set taught me about qualities of books and my subject. I
came across some mediocre books that barely touched the surface of character building, but
coming across those helped me learn how to find the good books that I thought could benefit
students better. In the books, I found there are many different approaches you can teach children.
I found some biographies that teach children about how an average human was about to have
great qualities of character. I also found poems that taught being nice to people and the right way
to treat them. If poetry or biographies do not attract your students interest, then they can still
learn it from traditional literature, realistic fiction, or any other genres. Your student will learn
something no matter their taste in literature. Your structure of your multi-genre text set depends
on how you imagine it can be.
The great thing about a multi-genre text set is you can use it in any classroom; it does not
have to be just in a reading class. The character topic I chose for this multi-genre text set can be
used in a history class, math class, or even art class. Character is an important part of school and
students need it to succeed in the outside world. That is the great part about this text set. I want to
become a mathematics teacher, so I can use a multi-genre text set to help students learn more
about different mathematical areas. There are fun books that interact with you, there are factual

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informational books, biographies, and you can even find books that link with other subjects like
science. There are endless opportunities with a multi-genre text set. The best part about this text
set is that you are showing the importance of literature to students.
A multi-genre text set is important to educators of any subject. There are many
opportunities for teachers involved in this text set that allows students to learn more. They do not
have to be stuck inside a textbook all day. The way a textbook is written and looks tends to scare
students. This gets rid of that fear and focus on the importance of learning. My students will
learn more about the subject I teach because I will give them that fearless path to learning. They
will gain important educational information, build their vocabulary, and gain much more
intellectually than I could give them without a multi-genre text set.
Students are children, and children with brains wanting to learn. It is better to make the
lessons fun if we can. It will benefit the students more in the long run. As a teacher, it is my
responsibility to encourage learning and help in any way I can. A multi-genre text set showed me
that you can make it fun, you can learn from it, and it is important.