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ELA Reading Genre Posters & Anchor Charts Bundle | Editable | Genre Study
By SPO Resources
Transform your reading instruction with editable literary genre anchor charts and posters for your ELA classroom! Ideal for elementary grades, this genre study resource includes fiction and nonfiction posters, interactive templates, and a digital genre word wall—perfect for engaging, comprehensive literacy instruction.
Tired of recreating genre resources each year?
This bundle’s ready-to-print posters and charts save time and ensure you’re prepared for any genre lesson!
Want to make genre instruction more engaging?
These editable, interactive resources bring genre elements to life, helping students understand fiction and nonfiction with ease.
Looking to build confident, active readers?
With tools to explore each genre’s unique features, you’ll inspire students to dive into reading with curiosity and comprehension.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENRE POSTERS AND GENRE ANCHOR CHARTS?
The genre posters provide a simplified overview with engaging graphics, genre titles, and minimal text (just the definition), making them perfect for younger students or quick reference. Display them in your classroom library or on a word wall as a handy genre guide.
For a deeper dive, the genre anchor charts are your go-to resource. Along with the genre definitions, titles, and graphics, they include key features for each genre and a note-taking guide for student engagement. Designed for upper elementary or in-depth genre studies, these editable charts let you tailor content to different levels—ideal for comprehensive genre units.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
31 Reading Genre ANCHOR CHARTS available in the following formats:
★ Full-Size Anchor Charts (8.5" x 11") → Printable in color or black & white.
★ Half-Size Anchor Charts (5" x 7") → Printable in color or black & white, ideal for student notebooks or smaller spaces.
★ Fill-in-the-Blank Anchor Chart & Note-Taking Guide → Available in both full-size and half-size, black & white.
★ Digital Genre Word Wall → Interactive, with clickable links to each genre in Google Slides™ and PowerPoint.
★ Editable Anchor Charts → Customize genre definitions and key features using PowerPoint or Google Slides™.
31 Reading Genre POSTERS available in the following formats:
★ Full-Size Posters (11" x 8.5") → Printable in color or black & white.
★ Half-Size Posters (5" x 4") → Printable in color or black & white, perfect for student notebooks or smaller spaces.
★ Editable Posters → Edit definitions in PowerPoint or Google Slides™.
★ Digital Genre Word Wall → Available in PowerPoint or Google Slides™.
Note: Only plain text, including definitions and key features, is editable. Graphics, headings, titles, and border colors can’t be modified.
GENRES INCLUDED
31 Genre Titles, with 28 Unique Posters
✨ Adventure ✨ Autobiography ✨ Biography ✨ Drama ✨ Expository Text ✨ Fable ✨ Fairy Tale ✨ Fantasy ✨ Fiction ✨ Folktale ✨ Historical Fiction ✨ Horror ✨ Humor ✨ Informational Text ✨ Graphic Novel ✨ Legend ✨ Literary Nonfiction ✨ Literary Text ✨ Memoir ✨ Mystery ✨ Myth ✨ Narrative Nonfiction ✨ Nonfiction ✨ Nursery Rhyme ✨ Persuasive Article ✨ Poetry ✨ Realistic Fiction ✨ Science Fiction ✨ Tall Tale ✨ Traditional Literature ✨ Trickster Tale
✨️ October 2024 Update: Now includes Graphic Novel, Nursery Rhyme, Memoir, and Literary Text (alternate title for Fiction).
Note: Some posters offer multiple title options, including Expository Text/Informational Text, Narrative Nonfiction/Literary Nonfiction, and Fiction/Literary Text. Choose the ones that fit your curriculum best!
WHY TEACH GENRE TYPES?
Teaching genres isn’t just about categorizing books—it’s about helping students develop critical thinking skills and a deeper understanding of the texts they read. With these anchor charts, students will learn to recognize the structures and themes of different genres, boosting their comprehension and making reading more enjoyable.
✏️ STUDENTS WILL LEARN ✏️
❤️ WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS RESOURCE ❤️
WHAT TEACHERS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING
⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love these posters while introducing new genres to my students. They reference them regularly when answering questions during group discussions or during independent work.” -Brenna N. 1st Grade
⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Love these resources! Perfect for our Language Arts unit on types of literature. Love the slides and love how it can be used for in-person and online learning.” -Chelsey C. 3rd Grade
⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“These posters are great! I love the design of them, and they are such a great tool to have in the classroom to help distinguish the difference between genres.” -Ashley S. 1st Grade
⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“I use this as an anchor chart in my kindergarten classroom. The students also color in the Black and White version when we start a new genre.” -Kate M. Kindergarten
WAYS TO USE THIS RESOURCE
Maximize the effectiveness of this resource in your classroom:
DIGITAL GENRE WORD WALL
Introducing the Digital Genre Word Wall:
You may also like the following:
⭐ Classroom Library Labels by Genre & Topic
⭐ Bilingual Classroom Library Labels- English & Spanish
⭐ Spanish Genre Posters
⭐ Addition & Subtraction Strategies- Anchor Charts & Posters
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Create an engaging learning space where genre exploration is easy and fun with these literary genre posters and anchor charts for your elementary ELA classroom!
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These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
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With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
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All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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Two NOVEL STUDIES for THE BOY IN THE DRESS and ROBODOG by David Walliams.
These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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Two NOVEL STUDIES for THE BLUNDERS and ROBODOG by David Walliams.
These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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*Includes BONUS FILE: Personal Narrative Writing Prompts*
These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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BONUS FILE INCLUDED: Substitute Pack of PERSONAL NARRATIVE WRITING PROMPTS!
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With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases!
George's Marvellous Medicine
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The Magic Faraway Tree
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These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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Survivors - The Empty City
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By The Book Bandit
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These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases!
Survivors - The Empty City
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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By The Book Bandit
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These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases!
Survivors - The Empty City
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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By The Book Bandit
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These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.
With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.
AN ANSWER KEY IS INCLUDED.
Activities include:
Activities include:
All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
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Thank you for your continued support
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Complete Unit.
Covers the entire novel of Hatchet !
Great for differentiation.
Includes
⭐Hatchet Introduction Power Point
**⭐Hatchet Flipbook Study Guide
⭐Hatchet Characterization Flipbook
⭐Hatchet Graphic Organizers
⭐Hatchet Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes
⭐Hatchet Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles
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By Educate and Create
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The Red Badge of Courage Introduction Power Point which introduces your students to concepts and themes present within the text.
The Red Badge of Courage Flipbook Study Guide ensure your students are keeping track with key ideas and details of the text.
The Red Badge of Courage Characterization flipbook ensures your students understand characterization and character development.
The Red Badge of Courage Graphic Organizers Ensure your students are keeping track of the Plot, Vocabulary, Theme, Symbols, and aid in comprehension of the text.
The Red Badge of Courage Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes which introduces your students to new vocabulary words they will see inside the novel.