“One of the most important considerations is the genre or form the writing will take: a story? a letter? a poem? an essay? A writing activity could be handled in any one of these ways. Students learn to use a variety of writing genres. Through reading and writing, students become knowledgeable about these genres and how they’re structured (Donovan & Smolkin, 2002). Langer (1985) found that by third grade, students respond in distinctly different ways to story- and report-writing assignments; they organize the writing differently and include varied kinds of information and elaboration. Because students are learning the distinctions between various genres, it’s important that teachers use the correct terminology and not label all writing as ‘stories’” (para. 1). To learn more google education.com Writing Genres. You will see an article about writing genres, plus valuable grade-level resources.
“We use the term genres to describe categories of written texts that have recognizable patterns, syntax, techniques, and/or conventions. This list represents genres students can expect to encounter during their time at Duke. The list is not intended to be inclusive of all genres but rather representative of the most common ones” (para. 1). To learn more, google Duke Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and in their search bar put Genres of Writing. You will find helpful descriptions of genres, teaching helps for students, and even some strategies for your classroom.