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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS FANTASY GENRE LIBRARY LESSON:
- Recommended for: Grades 6-12
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Lesson duration: 25-30 minute whole-group discussion + 22-minute scrolling slideshow (timed at 45 seconds for each of the 29 slides in Part II)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- 55 PPT slides + Google™ Slides
- Recommended Reads bookmarks (2 pages, editable)
PART I INCLUDES:
- review of genre (what is genre)
- students’ preliminary thoughts on the fantasy genre
- characteristics of the fantasy genre
- why we should read fantasy (promotes imagination, escapism, complex worldbuilding, allegorical to real events)
- fantasy commonly mixes with other genres – e.g., romance, historical fiction (steampunk), science fantasy, etc.
- importance of worldbuilding
- the rules of magic
- magical objects
- heroes and villains
- motivations of heroes and villains
- anti-heroes
- fantasy creatures
- list of fantasy subgenres
- subgenre focus – magical realism – characteristics and examples
- subgenre focus – epic fantasy – characteristics and examples
- subgenre focus – fairytale fantasy – characteristics and examples
- two slides for checkout procedures and reminders
PART II INCLUDES:
Part II of the Fantasy Genre Library Lesson is a scrolling slideshow. If you time the Part II slides at 45 seconds each, the fantasy genre slideshow will 22 minutes in length.
- 5 tips for writing fantasy
- literary terms: parallel universe, allegory, series, show don’t tell, hero, anti-hero, motivation
- What is the hero’s journey
- 9 stages of the hero’s journey
- Word of the Week: parallel universe and archetype
- 4 would you rathers
- 3 trivia questions + answer
- 1 What do you think?
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
- every slide contains gorgeous secondary-appropriate clipart!
FANTASY LITERATURE MENTIONED:
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- Half Bad by Sally Green
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
- 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
- Skellig by David Almond
- The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Pivot Point by Kacie West
- Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
- Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan
- Redwall series by Brian Jacques
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Epic of Gilgamesh
- The Book of One Thousand and One Nights / Arabian Nights
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- multiple YA and middle school titles mentioned with the three fantasy fiction subgenre focuses (magical realism, epic fantasy, fairytale fantasy)
RECOMMENDED READS BOOKLISTS
- two bookmarks, editable in PPT and PDF
- all titles are fantasy genre books
- One bookmark is Grades 6-8, and the other is Grades 9-12.
- All titles are recommended on Titlewave for Grades 6-8 and 9-12.
- Both bookmarks include these subcategories: general fantasy novels, magical realism, epic fantasy, fairytale fantasy
- All titles received positive reviews from professional library journals. Many received starred reviews.
MORE GENRE LESSONS FOR SECONDARY LIBRARIES
- Horror Genre Library Lesson (Grades 7+)
- Historical Fiction Genre Library Lesson (Grades 6+)
- Realistic Fiction Library Lesson (Grades 6+)
- What’s Your Genre Personality? Quiz (Grades 6+)
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