Panel five: realistic fiction Ian Kim

Melanie LuskPaul Leigh

Monica MansourIvan Oviedo

Chantel LopezAgnes Im

Wilson Hoang

What is Realistic Fiction?• Originates from children’s imagination

where they see themselves:- Taking action!- Dodging danger!- Savoring victories!

• Writers in realistic fiction use these elements to provide:

- Complex Emotions- Strong Characters- Intricate narratives

“He was awake, jerked suddenly into consciousness in the black stillness of the house. He sat up, stiff and shivering, although he was fully dressed from his windbreaker down to his sneakers. He could hear the breathing of the little girls in the next bed, strangely loud and uneven in the quiet. Some dream must have awakened him, but he could not remember it. He could only remember the mood of dread it had brought with it. Through the curtainless window he could see the lopsided moon with hundreds of stars dancing in bright attendance. It came into his mind that someone had told him that Leslie was dead.”

The Bridge to Terabithia

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

"Maybe, she thought as she walked, Brian McBrian was onto something important. Maybe happiness didn’t have to be about the big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything in your life in place. Maybe it was about stringing together a bunch of small pleasures.”

Where the Red Fern Grows

“I knelt down and put my arms around them. I knew that if it hadn't been for their loyalty and unselfish courage I would have probably been killed by the slashing claws of the devil cat. 'I don't know how I'll ever pay you back for what you've done,' I said, 'but I'll never forget it.”

Beverly Cleary

Author of the Ramona series, The Mouse and the Motorcycle series,

and Henry Huggins series.

- Beezus and Ramona (1955)- Ramona the Pest (1968)- Ramona the Brave (1975)- Ramona and Her Father (1977)- Ramona and Her Mother (1979)- Ramona Quimby age 8 (1981)- Ramona Forever (1984)- Ramona's World (1999)

Holes“If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, He cries to the moo— oo— oon, "If only, if only.“

"His muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well.”

Antarctic Penguins

Mr. Popper’s penguins“He had succeeded in removing the outer boards and part of the packing, which was a layer of dry ice, when from the depths of the packing case he suddenly heard a faint "Ork." His heart stood still. Surely he had heard that sound before at the Drake expedition movies. His hands were trembling so that he could scarcely lift off the last of the wrappings.There was not the slightest doubt about it. It was a penguin.Mr. Popper was speechless with delight.”