PPT-Realistic Fiction Reader’s Workshop

Realistic Fiction Day 1 Teaching Point Good readers know the characteristics of realistic f iction It could happen It has a realistic setting Characters are true to life The story has characters setting a problem and a solution. High School Nutmeg Nominees. Prepared by: Mrs. . Muñoz. . for Horace W. Porter School and Mrs. Poulos – Silas Deane Middle . School. ** Summaries provided by Titlewave.com – Follett.com. Boy 21 (realistic fiction - sports). AT GENRE (FICTION)!. ADVENTURE…MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE…FANTASY…HUMOROUS…HISTORICAL FICTION…REALISTIC FICTION…ROMANCE…SCIENCE FICTION…HORROR…SCARY STORIES. GENRES. Searching for books by genre. Book 1 of 13. Suspense-Thriller. Cliffhanger. Realistic Fiction. Should read books in order. 15-yr-old Callum Ormond. Dystopian. 16-yr-old Beatrice. Choosing Day. Factions: Abnegation, Candor, Erudite, Dauntless. Week of September 17, 2012. What’s the difference?. Science Fiction. Planets. Alien. Flying, talking animals in space. Light sabers. Space ships coming out of the . TV. robots. Realistic Fiction. Might really happen. Types of prose fiction. flash fiction : a work of fewer than 2,000 words.. short story: at least 2,000 words but under 7,500 words (5-25 pages).. novelette: at least 7,500 words but under 17,500 words. (25-60 pages).. Everything you read is either fiction or nonfiction.. How can you tell the difference? . Fiction is . FAKE. !. Fiction is make-believe.. Authors use their imaginations to write fiction stories.. In fiction books the pictures are not realistic.. by . Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. All Rashad wanted was to buy a bag of chips at the local convenience store. What should have been an everyday moment turns violent and life-altering when Rashad is accused of shoplifting and subsequently beaten by a white police officer. Rashad’s classmate, Quinn, witnesses the whole encounter, but is afraid to speak up because the police officer in question has been like a father to him his whole life. . Presented by:. Lonnie Elliott-Chesterfield County Public Library. Alexandra Hamby-Henrico County Public Library. Chesterfield County . Public Library. Just south of Richmond, VA. 315,000 residents. 250,000 cardholders. Realistic fiction is made up of stories that could really happen. . The stories are set in modern times.. Examples of Realistic Fiction. Because of Winn Dixie. Crash. Owl Moon. Shiloh. Bridge to . Terabithia. T. ripping. T. hrough. . the. G. enres. suspense. mystery. horror. thriller. GENRE:. Science Fiction. Thriller. Multiple Voices. APPEAL:. Suspenseful. World Building. Darkly Humorous. Thought-Provoking. Why do we read fiction?. The eternal answers to this question are two: enjoyment and understanding.. There are two different types of fiction- Commercial and Literary . Commercial Fiction- . Written and published primarily to make money, and it makes money because it helps large numbers of people escape the tedium and stress of their lives. . All Rashad wanted was to buy a bag of chips at the local convenience store. What should have been an everyday moment turns violent and life-altering when Rashad is accused of shoplifting and subsequently beaten by a white police officer. Rashad’s classmate, Quinn, witnesses the whole encounter, but is afraid to speak up because the police officer in question has been like a father to him his whole life. . 45 Pounds (More or Less) . K. A. . Barson. Teenager Ann needs to lose forty-five pounds in two months to fit into her bridesmaid dress, so she resorts to all kinds of schemes to lose the weight.. Realistic Fiction. Historical Fiction Alexa, Jenni, Katie Historical Fiction Characteristics: · There is a mixture of real and fictional events · Characters are involved in a conflict or problem that is real for that time period