Reading Fantasy

Unit OverviewSet Our Minds on Fire

Fantasy Reading Unit• The structure of story is similar to the

structure of other fiction books

• The skills you learned from realistic fiction units and character study apply!!

Texts You Will Read• Read Aloud book: “the Lightning Thief”• Handouts that compliment our read

aloud book• Your independent reading books • Copies of Greek or Roman Mythology

short texts from Ms. Tu.– They will also be used as mentor texts or

models for our reading unit: Writing our own original myth story!

Our Focus• In this unit, we will focus on two very

important skills in reading Fantasy or any other fiction books:

1. Envisioning

2. Interpretation

What is Fantasy?• Read to find out!!

• In your independent reading today, I want you to discover as many things as possible about “Fantasy” books.

• What can we find about the fantasy books we read that are unique to this genre? What elements does Fantasy share with other types of fiction books?

Let’s Share

• I’m going to write down what we discovered on a chart paper.

Collage Assignment• You have until next Friday (1/15/10)• Find pictures and words cutouts from

magazines, newspapers , Internet, etc.• Put them together to make your “Fantasy

Genre Collage”

Talking Animals

Fairytale Creatures

Otherworldly Places

Make a Collage