Unit 5

What Can We Learn from Realistic Fiction?


Reflecting

What have you done so far in Unit 5?


Do some reflecting:

You have read about the five basic kinds of conflicts that occur in stories and planned a plot of a story based on one of them.
You have done some thinking about what realistic fiction is.
You have explored websites that gave you ideas about realistic fiction to read.
You have read stories about students your own age.
You compiled a list of vocabulary words that relate to stories.
You have practised and employed reading strategies to help you read and understand the realistic fiction stories in this unit.
You examined points of view.
You identified story elements and you added to your knowledge of story elements as you completed the novel study.

In this lesson, you will


  • write a story of your own.