Mrs. Hopper’s class

Fiction and Nonfiction  Fiction: books that are not real; the story has been made up  Types: traditional literature, realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, mystery  Nonfiction: texts that give accurate and truthful information  Types: informational, biography, autobiography, memoir

Traditional Literature  Stories that are passed down from generation to generation, changing slowly over time  Fairy tales, folk tales, legends, myths  Folk tales use ordinary people or animals to tell us something about life  Fairy tales feature magical and “happily ever after” stories; good overcoming evil  Legends are exaggerated stories about true people’s lives  Myths are stories of “gods” meant to explain the beginnings of the world

Traditional literature  Examples of books you might read: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan The Dragon’s Tooth by N.D. Wilson The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Inkheart by Cornelia Funke The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz

Realistic Fiction  Stories could happen in the real world  The characters seem real  Book examples: Holes by Louis Sachar Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Heat by Mike Lupica; Matt Christopher books Wonder by R.J. Palacio The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Historical Fiction  Stories that reconstruct life in the past, using real or fictional characters  Based on events from the past or set in a historical setting  Book examples: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Anything by Ann Rinaldi

Fantasy  Stories set in places that do not exist or about people who can’t be real  Make believe and imaginative worlds  Book examples: Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling Eragon by Christopher Paolini Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger Roald Dahl books

Science Fiction  Fantasy books based on science or supernatural events  Describes worlds that could exist someday Book examples: Among the Hidden (Shadow children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix Divergent by Veronica Roth The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

Mystery  fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets  Book examples: Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys series Holes by Louis Sachar Below by Meg McKinlay Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

Poetry  verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses  Book examples: The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes Love That Dog by Sharon Creech The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelusky Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Nonfiction books Informational:  These texts give us information about history, science, language, or other subjects  Book examples: Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy A Black Hole is not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami Wolves by Seymour Simon

Biography/Autobiography/Memoir  Biographies tell about people’s lives  Autobiography-when a person is telling a story about his or her OWN life  Memoir-when an author tells about memories or experiences from his/her own life

Biography/Autobiography/Memoir book examples Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton