The document provides an overview of different genres of children's literature including fiction genres like realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, folk tales, tall tales, and fairy tales. It also discusses non-fiction genres like biography and autobiography. For each genre, it provides an example book, a brief description of the genre, and discussion questions for the example book. The document is intended to teach students about different types of children's literature genres.
The document provides an overview of different genres of children's literature including fiction genres like realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, folk tales, tall tales, and fairy tales. It also discusses non-fiction genres like biography and autobiography. For each genre, it provides an example book, a brief description of the genre, and discussion questions for the example book. The document is intended to teach students about different types of children's literature genres.
The document provides an overview of different genres of children's literature including fiction genres like realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, folk tales, tall tales, and fairy tales. It also discusses non-fiction genres like biography and autobiography. For each genre, it provides an example book, a brief description of the genre, and discussion questions for the example book. The document is intended to teach students about different types of children's literature genres.
The document provides an overview of different genres of children's literature including fiction genres like realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, folk tales, tall tales, and fairy tales. It also discusses non-fiction genres like biography and autobiography. For each genre, it provides an example book, a brief description of the genre, and discussion questions for the example book. The document is intended to teach students about different types of children's literature genres.
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TYPES OF CHILDREN’S
LITERATURE WEEK 2 The Different Genres of Children’s Literature Fiction •Realistic Fiction •Historical Fiction • Science Fiction •Fantasy •Mystery/Suspense •Folk Tales, Tall Tales, and Fairy Tales •Myths
Non-Fiction •Biography •Autobiography Fiction 1. Always have elements that are made-up. 2. May be based on actual events or people. 3. May be totally made-up or fictional.
There are many different types or
different genres of fiction. Realistic Fiction • Characters are made-up but could be real people • Events are made-up but could be real events • Takes place in An Example of A Realistic Fiction Book How to Eat Fried Worms By Thomas Rockwell
Can Billy really eat
all of the worms he said he could when he made the bet with his friends? He Pictures from Google website Discussion Questions For How to Eat Fried Worms 1.How many worms do think you could eat? 2.Billy ate his worms many different ways, with many different things. How would you eat your worms? 3.How did Billy’s father know the letter from the doctor was fake? 4.What other kinds of bets do you think Billy made? 5.Billy and his friends got in a lot of Historical Fiction • Historical fiction books take place during a certain time in the past. • Often the setting is real, and the characters are made-up or fictional. • Sometimes the setting is fictional and the characters are real. An Example of A Historical Fiction Kirsten’s Promise The American Girls Collection By: Janet Shaw Kirsten is a ten-year-old pioneer girl who runs into a little boy with a big secret. He makes her promise not to tell anyone about where he is. Should Kirsten keep it the secret or is this one of those secrets you shouldn’t keep? Discussion Questions for Kirsten’s Promise 1. What kind of promises should you never keep? 2. What state do you think Ezra came from? 3. How would you have dealt with Ezra’s situation? 4. What are some ways life is different from the pioneers’ time? 5. What are some supplies you would need on the trail? Memoirs of a Geisha Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. Sayuri's story begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. Through her eyes, we see the decadent heart of Gion - the geisha district of Kyoto - with its marvelous teahouses and theaters, narrow back alleys, ornate temples, and artists' streets. Science •Fiction Futuristic Technology • Scientific Facts • Fictional Element An Example of Science Fiction About-Face Space Race From the AstroKids Series By Robert Elmer The year is 2175 and it’s time for the Martian Mega-Marathon space Discussion Questions for About-Face Space Race 1.Who is Captain Cosmo? 2. What were some of the problems at the start of the race? 3. What lessons did you learn from this book? 4. Do you think this is an accurate portrayal of the future? Why or why not? 5. What is the Coded Message? Fantasy • Fantasy is completely made-up such as talking animals and magical powers. • Contains no realistic elements An Example of A Fantasy Book: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Written by Judi Barrett and Drawn by Ron Barrett
This story is about a town called
Chewandswallow. The weather in Chewandswallow is very different from the weather in your town. When a storm hits, the town comes up with a very clever idea! Discussion Questions for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 1. Where is Chewandswallow? 2. Where do you think the food came from? 3. Why did the food keep getting bigger? 4. What kind of food did the people use to make their ships? 5. At the end of the book, the boy talks about a pat of butter on some mashed potatoes. What was he talking about? Mystery and Suspense • Usually realistic • About a crime or unsolved event • Not solved until the end of the book • Scary or suspenseful An Example of a Mystery/Suspense Welcome To Camp Nightmare #9 in Goosebumps series By R. L. Stine Why are the other campers missing at Camp Nightmoon? In this chapter book you just might get more than an outdoor experience! Discussion Questions for Welcome to Camp Nightmare 1.What do you think lives in the Forbidden Bunk? 2.How would you feel if your parents put you through that camp? 3.How would you act in Billy’s situation? 4.What do you think Billy looks like? 5.Where do you think Billy is from? Folk Tales / Tall Tales / Fairy Tales • Folk Tales have no known creator. • Passed down verbally • Sometimes based on real people but the story is fictional. • Tall Tales are Folk Tales but the character is “bigger” than life. • Fairy Tales are stories created to teach children how to behave in a way they find amusing. An Example of A Folk Tale The Diane Goode Book of American Folk Tales and Songs By Diane Goode This collection has a variety of folk tales and songs including Buffalo Gal, Clementine, and The Greedy Wife. The pictures are amusing and the stories are fun.
Pictures from Discussion Questions for The Diane Goode Book of American Folk Tales and Songs 1. How many of the characters have you heard of before? 2. What time period do you think most of these tales come from? 3. Which was you favorite tale? 4. Which songs have you sung before? 5. In “The Coyote and The Bear,” what role does the coyote play? Pictures from An Example of A Tall Tale Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan was a hero of North America’s lumberjacks, the workers who cut down trees. He was known for his strength, speed and skill. Tradition says he cleared forests from the northeastern United States to the Pacific Ocean. Discussion Questions for Paul Bunyan 1. What part of the story makes this a tall tale? 2. What part of the tall tale do you like best? An Example of A Fairy Tale The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales Edited by Jacqueline Onassis Illustrated y Boris Zvorykin This is a unique collection of fairy tales from Russia. This collection includes The Firebird, Maria Morevna, The Snow Maiden, and Vassilissa The Fair. Discussion Questions for The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales 1. Which was your favorite story? 2. How do these stories differ from American fairy tales? 3. How are they the same? 4. How do people come back to life in these fairy tales? 5. In Native American tales, the wolf is a trickster. In these Russian tales, what role does the wolf play? Myths • Usually explains how the world started • Gods and supernatural beings are involved in these stories. Non-fiction • All proven facts Histor • Nothing is made- Weathe y up r
• Can be about any
subject
Plant s
Peopl Architectu Ar e Biography • A story about a real person written by someone else • Usually about the person’s life or something the person has done Autobiography • A story someone writes about themselves An Example of A Biography Salt in His Shoes (Michael Jordan In Pursuit of a Dream) By Deloris Jordan with Roslyn M. Jordan
Michael learns many things from his parents that help him achieve his Pictures from dream. Discussion Questions for Salt in His Shoes (Michael Jordan In Pursuit of a Dream) 1. How old do you think Michael was when this book took place? 2. What kind of lessons did Michael learn from his parents? 3. How did those lessons help him become a super basketball player? 4. Michael followed his dream through. What are your dreams? 5. He also put a lot of hard work into his dreams; what kinds of things do you have to do to accomplish your dreams? H E N T E D Made for 3rd graders By Christine Bailey ENH291 - 2493 TUTORIAL TASK AFTER GOING THROUGH SLIDES ON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN KSSR, POETRY, GRAPHIC NOVELS & DRAMA. • In groups of 4- • Choose a graphic novel, poetry or drama that is currently used in a primary classroom. (Fiction- Fantasy,Mystery/Suspense, Folk Tales, Tall Tales, and Fairy Tales. Non- fiction-Biography,autobiography)
• Prepare an activity that you are going to do using the
