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 Genres
Genres are made up of different text types that are written for particular purposes and particular audiences. Each genre has predictable grammatical features and predictable structures. There are three common and broad genres. They are: **//recount//**, **//narrative//** and //**procedural**//. Genres are important because they give a pattern to follow in order to make writing easier. They are also useful for teachers by providing good basis for analysing and assessing children’s writing as well as helping them teach grammar. The figure below can be used as guides for children’s writing.
 * Figure 1.4 ** Common text Genres

Purpose is to retell events || Diaries, letters, retelling of experiences; //“my day at the beach”// || - Orientation - Events in time sequencing - Evaluation || - Simple past tense - Normally events are chronological - Action verbs - Specific people and objects || Comprehension activities, Text clues, questioning, retelling || Purpose is to entertain || Story telling, poems, play, biography, myths || - Orientation - Series of events - Problems - Resolutions || - Characters - Dialogue - Normally past tense - Normally chronological events || Fiction and Non-Fiction text features, songs and poetry, procedure, report || Purpose is to be instructional || Instruction manuals, recipes, experiments || - Goals - Materials - Methods - Evaluation || - List of materials - Detailed description - Linking time words, e.g. when, before, after || Non-fiction text features, procedures, constructing texts, description ||
 * ** Purpose and audience ** || ** Examples ** || ** Frameworks ** || ** Language features ** || ** Writing activities ** ||
 * ** Recount **
 * ** Narrative **
 * ** Procedural **

Hill (2006 pg, 309)


 * // Teaching Genres //**

When teaching genres it is important to:
 * Discuss examples of the genre with the class
 * Conduct shared reading activities based on samples of the genre
 * Assist children to produce drafts which follows the genre using guided writing
 * During independent writing, have students write examples of the genre
 * Using shared and modelled writing, produce class texts based on the genre