REVIEW REALISM AND FANTASY Explain realistic stories and fantasies are both "made-up" fiction. But a realistic story tells about something that could happen. A fantasy is a story about something that could not happen.
MODEL COMPARING GENRESModel comparing and contrasting a realistic story and a fantasy students have read.
MODEL The children in the realistic story were made up, but they did things that real children do. In the fantasy, there were animals that talked and magical events. These things could not really happen.
PRACTICE WITH A FANTASYRead a fantasy. Have students tell how the characters, events, or setting of the story are like or different from things in the real world.
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Ruth Garner,
"Metacognition and Self-Monitoring Strategies"
"Younger and less proficient readers are unlikely to differentiate between ‘study' reading and ‘fun' reading."
Research on Author's Purpose
IDENTIFY REALISTIC AND FANTASY ELEMENTS
