Heroes with six-pack abs, helpless heroines, cliche plot lines —must be a romance novel! An informational video describes the romance novel genre and explains how it differs from a traditional love story. It uses popular texts as examples to help individuals make connections.

Concepts

novels, genres, literature

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Watch a clip from a romance movie, such as those found on the Hallmark channel, and create a list of the characteristics of the genre
• Write a short romance story and act it out as a class

Classroom Considerations

• Content may be a bit mature for middle school readers
• Covers a range of texts in the genre, including those with homosexual themes

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Uses a variety of graphic elements to illustrate the content

Cons

• Gives a lot of information while speaking very quickly, making it difficult to capture it all

Common Core

RL.6.10 RL.7.10 RL.8.10 RL.9-10.10a RL.11-12.10a