The title of this play is "What Type of Genre is That?!" It is designed to reflect test taking strategies, vocaubulary, and genre studies for the 3rd grade New York State ELA exam, but it would work equally well for 4th, 5th, or 6th grades. In the play, students are sitting at a desk about to take their NYS ELA exam. They speak to the audience about their feelings and test-taking strategies, then they VISUALIZE the passage. As they visualize, the curtain opens and the passage is acted out on