Book genres & tips to pick a book

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Book genres

We are going to read a book for English soon. This LessonUp lesson is meant to give you some information about genres in children's and young adult literature and will give you tips for picking a book that interests you and suits your level.

You will also find a test to find out which genre you like best. 

Good luck!   

What do you think
is a literary genre?
Can you name a few genres?

What is a genre?

Watch this video:

How to pick a book you like

Watch the video on the next slide and listen carefully to the tips you are given, please.

You will be asked to note some of these tips down in the slide after the video.

What tips for picking the right book are given in this video?

Find your favourite genre(s)

You might be able to find your favourite genre(s) by taking this online test.

After taking the test, note down which genre turns out to be your favourite genre on the next slide, please.

What is your favourite genre according to the online test?

Genres in children's and young adult literature

This website mentions the most common genres in children's and young adult literature, namely:

Action & adventure, classics, family, relationships & life, fantasy & sci-fi, historical, horror, humour,

mystery & thriller.

Visit the site and look around. 

What genres do you think you like?

What genres appeal to you? Write them down below, please.

Which genre?

On the next slides you will find some text fragments. Can you determine their genre?

Homework

Finish this LessonUp lesson in which you find information about genres in children's and young adult literature and which will give you tips for picking a book that interests you and suits your level.
You will have found out which genre you like best, too.