Types of Fiction

Contains Magic and Magical Creatures such as Witches, Ogres, Elves, Wizards, Etc...

Examples:  The Spiderwick Chronicles & Harry Potter

A fake story with fake characters with a real life event as the setting

Examples:  Quake! Disaster in San Francisco, 1906 & Al Capone Does my Shirts

Involves solving a puzzle, clues, suspects, and has a sleuth or detectives

Examples:  The Panda Puzzle & Who Stole the Wizard of Oz

Fake characters experiencing events that can happen in real life

Examples:  How to Steal a Dog & 100 Dresses

Can include futuristic technology, the future, aliens, and other planets

Examples:  Star Wars & The Time Hackers

After learning about five types of fiction the students in their groups will choose an index card with one of the types of fiction on it.  The genre of fiction chosen will be the type of story that the students will be write in their groups.  The students must incorporate the various elements of their chosen genre of fiction within their story.  Once the stories are complete they will read their story to the rest of the class and the class must guess which genre of fiction the group selected.