Realistic Fiction

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Realistic Fiction

• Books about Real Life

Open Court Level 5 / Unit 1-Cooperation and
Competition/ Unit Opener for Realistic Fiction

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Realist Fiction Books we will be reading in Unit
1 in Open Court
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What is Realistic Fiction?

• Realistic fiction is simply stated as real kids
  with real problems solved in a realistic manner
  in a real world setting.
• Realistic Fiction is most often based in the
  present or recent past .
• The events portrayed in realistic fiction raise
  questions that a reader might face in real life

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Characters in realistic fiction usually have
certain characteristics

• they resemble real people
• live in a place that could be real
• participate in a series of events that could
  probably happen
• presented with a problem that is of interest of
  children and discover a realistic solution

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A Realistic fiction selection may have one or
more of these elements

• The characters behave as people or animals do in
  real life.
• The setting of the story is a real place or could
  be a real place.
• The events of the story are based on a conflict
  or problem the could occur in real life.

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Stories to come
Having an election for 5th grade class president
Lupe enters a marble championship.
A young girl want to win a class contest!!!!
Everyone on the soccer team is good at something
except soccer.
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