As a reading teacher of fourth grade students, I have found many of my student have difficulty determining the genre of a book or story. A TN Curriculum Framework Content for Language Arts Standards for Grades 3-5 is: The student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of the written text.

Learning expectations for this standard include the following:
The student will improve comprehension by interpreting, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating written text.
The student will identify literary genres.

This unit will also help with the areas on the pre-survey that indicate that #9 my students ask questions that help themselves and others understand a topic better and my students use Internet in my class to answer questions or practice skills on line.