Classifying Fairy Tale Events as Fantasy or Realism

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Classifying Fairy Tale Events as Fantasy or
Realism
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Differences Between Fantasy and Realism

• Which sentence tells about an event that could
  happen in real life?
• Cendrillon held a fat lizard in her hand.
• The lizard opened his mouth and spoke to her.

What is the reasoning for the choice you made?
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Cendrillon Is a Mixture

• Events that could never happen in real life make
  fairy tales lots of fun!
• Events that are realistic help us relate to the
  characters in the story.

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Help Me Decide Events in Cendrillon

• Event/Detail

• Fantasy or Realism

• How I Know

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Think about how fantasy and realism are used in
the next Cinderella fairy tale you read.