1. Michigan Grade Level Expectations: Genre Chart (draft)
READING WRITING
GRADE
N: stories, nursery rhymes, poetry, songs N: brief personal narratives (using pictures
K I: environmental text, concept books, and words), approximate poetry
picture books. I: brief informational piece (pictures and
words)
N: realistic fiction, fantasy, folktales N: narrative (realistic fiction, poetry)
1st I: simple how-to, science and social studies I: informational piece addressing a focus
magazines question; answer one research question
N: poetry, fantasy, legends, drama N: narrative (realistic fiction, fantasy),
2nd I: simple how-to, personal correspondence, personal narrative, experiment with poetry
science and social studies magazines I: magazine feature article; answer two
research questions
N: folktales, fables, realistic fiction N: fable, folktale, realistic fiction, poetry
3rd I: informational genres: textbooks, I: report; write and present research
encyclopedia, magazines project (see GLCE’s for details)
N: poetry, myths/legends, fantasy, adventure N: myth/legend, adventure, fantasy, poetry
4th I: autobiography/biography, personal essay, I: comparative essay; write and present
almanac, newspaper research project (see GLCE’s for details)
N: historical fiction, tall tales, science N: mystery, tall tale, historical fiction,
5th fiction, fantasy, mystery poetry
I: informational genre: advertising, I: persuasive essay (position/evidence);
experiments, editorials, atlases write and present research project (see
GLCE’s for details)
N: folktales, fantasy, adventure, action N: personal narrative, adventure, tall tale,
6th I: research report, how-to articles, essays folktale, fantasy
I: personal, persuasive or comparative
essays; formulate research questions,
compose and present a research report
(see GLCE’s for details)
N: mystery, poetry, memoir, drama, myths, N: memoir, drama, legend, mystery,
7th legends poetry, myth
I: persuasive essay, research report, I: research report (I-search, website,
brochure, personal correspondence, traditional); formulate research
autobiography/biography questions, compose and present a
research report (see GLCE’s for details)
N: historical fiction, science fiction, realistic N: historical fiction, science fiction, and
8th fiction realistic fiction
I: comparative essays, newspaper writing, I: historical expository piece (eg. journal,
technical writing, persuasive writing biography, simulated memoir);
formulate research questions, compose
and present a research report (see
GLCE’s for details)
Formatted from MI GLCE’s by Barbara Reed Nelson, banhen@aol.com 7/’04