Library Genre Game | Choose Your Own Genre Activity | Middle School Library

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"The content was high quality, thoughtfully designed, and easy to differentiate for my students' needs. Everything was clearly explained, and the activities encouraged meaningful learning. It saved me valuable planning time while providing an engaging experience for my class. Highly recommend!"

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Description

Your elementary and middle school library students will love this interactive library genre game for PowerPoint and Google Slides! This is a Choose Your Own Genre activity that students can complete independently. Teach and review six popular fiction genres in the library or ELA classroom.

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS INTERACTIVE GENRE ACTIVITY:

Recommended for: Grades 4-7
Editable? YES, all text is editable.
Duration: 1-2 class periods (45 minutes each)
Formats: Google or PowerPoint

IS THIS A GOOD LIBRARY SUB ACTIVITY?

YES! As long as your students can access the game via Google Classroom or PowerPoint, subs can certainly use this activity!

Directions are included within the activity, and the game is 100% student-directed.

FOR THIS INTERACTIVE LIBRARY GENRE GAME, YOU WILL NEED:

PowerPoint OR Google™ Slides
student computers or tablets
ability to print and copy a one-page PDF

THIS INTERACTIVE LIBRARY GENRE GAME INCLUDES:

85 slides (all text and headers are editable)
All slides are in both PPT and Google™ Slides versions
Crossword puzzle and answer key (2 pages total)
Directions for teacher or librarian (1 page)

INCLUDES SIX COMMON LIBRARY BOOK GENRES:

Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Adventure

STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN OR REVIEW LITERARY TERMS:

detective (amateur and professional)
protagonist, antagonist, hero, villain
world-building, plot twist, trilogy, spin-off, series
authenticity, importance of research in historical fiction
setting, near-future, distant future, speculative fiction
problem fiction
character, fiction, nonfiction, genre

MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY GENRE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES:

What's Your Genre Personality Quiz (Grades 3-6)
Reading Interest Survey (Grades 5-8)
What Mystery Genre Character Are You? Game (Grades 5-8)

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Library Genre Game | Choose Your Own Genre Activity | Middle School Library

Name: Library Genre Game | Choose Your Own Genre Activity | Middle School Library
Brand: MrsReaderPants
SKU: 5078774
Price: 7.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.89 (27 reviews)

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Highlights

Digital downloads

Google Apps, Microsoft PowerPoint

Grades

4th - 7th

Subjects

Library Skills, Reading

Standards

CCSSRL.4.5

CCSSRL.5.9

CCSSRL.6.9

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Description

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS INTERACTIVE GENRE ACTIVITY:

Recommended for: Grades 4-7
Editable? YES, all text is editable.
Duration: 1-2 class periods (45 minutes each)
Formats: Google or PowerPoint

IS THIS A GOOD LIBRARY SUB ACTIVITY?

YES! As long as your students can access the game via Google Classroom or PowerPoint, subs can certainly use this activity!

Directions are included within the activity, and the game is 100% student-directed.

FOR THIS INTERACTIVE LIBRARY GENRE GAME, YOU WILL NEED:

PowerPoint OR Google™ Slides
student computers or tablets
ability to print and copy a one-page PDF

THIS INTERACTIVE LIBRARY GENRE GAME INCLUDES:

85 slides (all text and headers are editable)
All slides are in both PPT and Google™ Slides versions
Crossword puzzle and answer key (2 pages total)
Directions for teacher or librarian (1 page)

INCLUDES SIX COMMON LIBRARY BOOK GENRES:

Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Adventure

STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN OR REVIEW LITERARY TERMS:

detective (amateur and professional)
protagonist, antagonist, hero, villain
world-building, plot twist, trilogy, spin-off, series
authenticity, importance of research in historical fiction
setting, near-future, distant future, speculative fiction
problem fiction
character, fiction, nonfiction, genre

MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY GENRE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES:

What's Your Genre Personality Quiz (Grades 3-6)
Reading Interest Survey (Grades 5-8)
What Mystery Genre Character Are You? Game (Grades 5-8)

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Rated 4.89 out of 5, based on 27 reviews

27
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Mostly used with 4th and 5th grades

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Excellent Resource!

Rated 5 out of 5

July 19, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

The content was high quality, thoughtfully designed, and easy to differentiate for my students' needs. Everything was clearly explained, and the activities encouraged meaningful learning. It saved me valuable planning time while providing an engaging experience for my class. Highly recommend!

Renee S.

628 reviews • Missouri

Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Fun and knowledgeable

Rated 5 out of 5

January 27, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

This activity helped the students the different genres

Tracy M.

78 reviews • Texas

Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th

Rated 5 out of 5

July 1, 2025

This is a great companion to 'What is My Genre?" quiz.

Sheila S.

101 reviews

Rated 5 out of 5

April 2, 2025

This is a wonderful slide show to teach types of genre.

Julie W.

92 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Rated 5 out of 5

October 19, 2024

A great resource for teaching genres to students! I have used this resource with students.

Chakita J.

1,036 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Rated 5 out of 5

August 17, 2024

My students loved using this in library media class.

Sarah R.

26 reviews

Grades taught: 7th, 8th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties

Rated 3 out of 5

October 29, 2023

This was a great to have students explore new genres!

Traci B.

267 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

October 9, 2023

My students enjoyed choosing the different genres and discovering new books to read.

Rebecca M.

83 reviews

Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th

Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRL.4.5

Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.

CCSSRL.5.9

Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

CCSSRL.6.9

Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.