Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction is one of
my favorite types of books to read. I
think I really enjoy it because you can always find someway to relate to the
book. It might be that you are like
someone in the book, was in a similar situation, or going through some of the
same problems. It is set in contemporary
or modern time. Everything should be
just like how it is in our world. The
characters, setting, events, and behaviors are all real and consistent. It should avoid stereotyping. Realistic Fiction could deal with hardships
such as death, sexuality, sexual orientation, and changing family
structures. One book that came to mind
when I was reading about realistic fiction was ANNIE ON MY MIND. It came to my mind because this is such a
real situation that young adults struggle with.
The way the two girls were classmates, in school, there were teachers
that were gay. I can remember when I was
in school and there were teachers that were gay. I also have a really good friend that was
scared to come out because of how he thought people would treat him. As a 2nd grade teacher it took me
a second to think about different ways I can incorporate realistic fiction.
Yes, I read a lot of book that are, but how can I really make sure they are
connecting with my students. Considering
the first of the year is right around the corner I thought about all the books
I will read at the beginning. Different
books about how we act at recess, bullying, feelings, rules and books about how
we are all different. Our students go
through similar situations all the time.
One that I share at the beginning of every year is ENEMY PIE. ENEMY PIE is about bullying and how we should
treat others. If you have not read it
you should check it out.
Nonfiction
“We define it as what it is
not.” First of all I need to purchase
NONFICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS FROM DELIGHT TO WISDOM. Even though it’s for young adults I think
there is still some goodness in there that I can use in my 2nd grade
classroom. I have never thought about
how we do describe everything that a nonfiction book is not. Even when I am teaching nonfiction we talk
about everything it does not have. When
I came across that nonfiction should be half your library I was shocked because
I don’t think ours is that big. It is a
good size, but I think it could be bigger.
My students are always looking for different animal books and sometimes
we don’t have them and it makes me sad.
Nonfiction needs to be taken very seriously because the information
needs to be accurate. I loved all the
books you and Dr. Perry shared throughout the video. Some of the social studies books that I want
to check out are AMERICAN BILL OF RIGHTS and the series WOMAN WHO BROKE THE
RULES. I loved all the talk about the
Steven Jenkins books because my students always love the different nonfiction
animal books. I also want to purchase
ANIMALS THAT MAKE ME SAY EWW. I wrote
down a lot more, but those were a few I thought I would mention because I want
to look in getting those books for my classroom this year. Another set of books that you mentioned that
I already have and use a lot is the Scholastic nonfiction books. My kiddos like these a lot because of the
photographs, the captions and their favorite part is the little jokes that are
in the books. We do a lot with
nonfiction in the classroom. We read,
write about, and create little nonfiction books of our own. I loved that y’all added the “Questions to
ask Students about nonfiction.” Makes me want to get the book even sooner. Some of the questions are so simple, yet I
have never heard of them or seen them anywhere else. I think it would be really neat to make cards
with the questions on them then students can draw a card. I am really excited to do this in my
classroom because I think it will get kids more excited about nonfiction books.
For myself I would love to purchase that fashion book. I thought that looked pretty interesting and
funny.
Fantasy/Science Fiction
All science fiction falls
into the fantasy genre, but not all fantasy falls into science fiction. In this genre characters must behave in
consistent and believable ways. This hasn’t
been one of my favorite genres to read, but after watching Dr. Perry’s slide
show and hearing her talk about some different books there are a few that I
really want to read. There are quite a
few different categories and a lot of them blend together. The first category she talked about was the
Apocalyptic; these types of books are about the end of civilization. A few that I would like to check out are THE
TESTING, TUMBLE AND FALL, and A MATTER OF DAYS.
Another category that I want to read more of is the Dystopia. Yes, THE HUNGER GAMES is good, but some of
the other ones she mentioned sound pretty great. I also would like to check out time travel
books.
Graphic Novels
Wow! I love graphic
novels. What’s kind of funny is who
instilled this in me. It was my
students. When I saw how much some of
them loved them it got me pretty interested and I started checking them
out. There are a few major types of
graphic novels and they are Manga, Superhero, Personal Narratives, and
nonfiction. Superhero is the most
popular as I would assume. “They are not
just for unmotivated readers with disabilities.” I loved reading this because when I first
started to check out graphic novels, one of my first thoughts was that this
could motivate kids that don’t love reading.
When really we need to share this goodness with all our kiddos. I had one student this past year that
absolutely loves graphic novels. She
loved reading period, but graphic novels were her favorite. Some of my other students also love the BABY
MOUSE series and the LUNCH LADY series.
I have read a couple of both and I think they are cute and such a fun
read. There aren’t a lot of graphic
novels in my school library though, which is kind of sad. One idea that came to mind when I was
learning more and more about graphic novels was that it would be so easy for
the students to create their own little graphic novel. I think this would be an excellent writing
activity. I want to do some research and
find some nonfiction graphic novels. I
want to really start incorporating graphic novels more in my classroom and I
think this would be one great way to do it.
I also think graphic novels would be great partner reads.
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