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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS REALISTIC FICTION 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 + 21-minute scrolling slideshow (timed at 45 seconds for each of the 26 Part II slides)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- 51 PPT slides + Google™ Slides
- Recommended Reads bookmarks (2 pages, editable)
PART I INCLUDES:
- review of genre (what is genre)
- students’ preliminary thoughts on the realistic fiction genre
- characteristics of realistic fiction
- why we should read realistic fiction (empathy, relatability, learning about social issues, and may be easier to read)
- realistic fiction mixes well with other genres – e.g., romance, survival, sports, humor, mystery
- conflict
- role of technology
- narration (1st, 2nd, 3rd person)
- alternating perspectives
- subgenres of realistic fiction
- subgenre focus – problem fiction – characteristics and examples
- subgenre focus – coming-of-age – characteristics and examples
- subgenre focus – travel fiction – characteristics and examples
- two slides for checkout procedures and reminders
PART II INCLUDES:
This is a scrolling slideshow. If you time the Part II slides at 45 seconds each, the realistic fiction slideshow will 21 minutes in length.
- 5 things tips for writing realistic fiction
- literary terms: setting, internal conflict, external conflict, characters, dialogue, introduction, alternating perspectives, foreshadowing, Bildungsroman, 1st person narration, 2nd person narration, 3rd person narration, epistolary
- magical realism subgenre
- What are unreliable narrators?
- why some narrators are unreliable
- how to detect an unreliable narrator
- Word of the Week: epistolary and foreshadowing
- 3 would you rathers
- 1 This or That
- 1 trivia question + answer
- 1 What do you think?
- 1 True/False question
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
- every slide contains a photo or secondary-appropriate clipart
REALISTIC FICTION LITERATURE MENTIONED:
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- multiple YA and middle school titles mentioned with the three realistic fiction subgenre focuses (problem fiction, coming-of-age, travel fiction)
RECOMMENDED READS BOOKLISTS
- two bookmarks, editable in PPT and PDF
- all titles are realistic fiction
- 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 realistic fiction, problem fiction, coming-of-age, travel fiction, survival
- 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+)
- Fantasy Genre Library Lesson (Grades 6+)
- What’s Your Genre Personality? Quiz (Grades 6+)
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