Genre Journal

Worksheet Description
This worksheet invites personal reflection on favorite text types, allowing students to choose between poems, plays, or prose. It guides them to explain their preferences, provide examples, and describe defining characteristics of the format. Students also reflect on which formats they like less and why. The goal is to connect personal experience to literary understanding.
This reflective activity builds self-awareness and personal expression related to literary analysis. It helps students articulate their reading preferences and back them up with reasoning, supporting opinion-based writing. Connecting personal experiences to academic content increases engagement and comprehension. This type of worksheet encourages a lifelong interest in reading and genre exploration.