Genre
We are going to play a game.
Someone will read the words that appear on
screen.
As soon as they finish you must SILENTLY act
out the genre that you think it belongs to.
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It was a dark spooky night,
weird shadows danced on
the eerie pond below. Loud
screeches echoed all around
them.
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Being the man of courage that I
am, I only screamed for half a
minute:AUGHHHHHHHHHH! (I
could have gone on longer but I
ran out of air.)
From My Life as Crocodile Junk Food by Bill Myers
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The air was still, slowly Mo and
Bashtar crept across the
deserted air strip. In front of
them they could see the plane
standing isolated. If only they
could get to it and rescue Kim.
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It was love at first sight.
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Paul: We need to go now.
Andy:(distracted) No..wait! I
see her. (Moves DSL)
Play script
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We are going to look at some mini sagas in different
In you book write the words. Then you will
genre. They are all less than 50
Heading
attempt to write your own.
GENRE
She walked into the ball looking radiant. Immediately
the Prince saw her and they danced the night away.
Then the sub heading
Midnight. She must rush home: a shoe slips off her
foot! A desperate Prince searches for the owner of
50 Word Mini saga
the glass slipper. Eventually the shoe fits - they live
happily ever after.
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Bond glanced around; Darkmaster was out of sight.
A faint click alerted him to the whereabouts of his
enemy. Darkmaster was stealing the diamond!
Turning slowly Bond aimed high.
Darkmaster was perplexed, he couldn’t move,
gazing downward he realised that he had been
defeated once again! His feet were tied.
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The Doctor raced up the stairs cursing himself for
forgetting that Darlek’s had evolved. It rose steadily
to meet him. Reaching to his right he grabbed the red
cylinder he found there and fired. The Darlek, sparked,
shorted and fell silent. “Nothing a good wash can’t
cure,” concluded the Doctor.
Commonly known as
Sci-Fi
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Think of a story you know well.
Write 4 short sentences.
•1 to summarize the beginning
•2 to summarize events that happen in the story
• 1 to summarize the end.
Count the words in your
Shrek sentences.
Shrek is an orge who lives in a swamp.
Lord Farqua is banning all fairytale creatures.
Sherk is befriended by an annoying talking donkey.
He meets Fiona and falls in love with her; they marry.
This has 35 so far, but doesn’t read well.
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Use it to build up a story. Like this…
Shrek
Shrek is an orge whose swamp is invaded ;because
Lord Farqua has banned all fairytale creatures. Shrek
has to kidnap a Princess to get his swamp back.
Befriended by an annoying talking donkey they set
out. The Princess is Fiona and Shrek falls in love with
her. Farqua is deafeated. Shrek and Fiona marry.
54 words – too
many!
Delete 4 of the less
necessary words. Use
punctuation to help you.
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Now in your books write the title
of a story you know well.
Write 4 short sentences
•1 to summarize the beginning
•2 to summarize events that happen in the story
• 1 to summarize the end.
Count your words and write the mini saga
Adjust your words so that you end up with a
mini saga with < 50 words.
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If you need a bit more help- read these.
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