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What is trustworthiness? (name 1)
Integrity, loyalty, honesty, promise keeping
What realistic fiction piece was the beginning of the new realism movement?
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzgerald
What are the 8 different topics in realistic fiction?
Relationships within families, Peer friendships and bullies, physical/emotional/mental/and behavioral challenges, life within local and global communities, interactions with animals, the thrill of sports/mystery/ and adventure, gender and sexuality, difficult life decisions, and coming of age.
Today’s contemporary realism focuses on what?
Societal Issues. Example: Death, Racism, and poverty
What continues to be a top choice for children readers
Animal Stories
What is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
a classic story set on the Mississippi River
What is new realism?
portrays the real lives of children where parents are portrayed as they truly are with faults and strengths
Authors of contemporary realistic fiction set their stories in the…
Present or recent past
What is often a key plot element in stories about children and their family relationships?
The difficulty children face when adjusting to new family situations.
What refers to stories that could happen to people and animals?
Realistic Fiction
What is fairness? (name 1)
Consistency, careful decision making, and equitable treatment
What is the difference between realistic fiction and contemporary realism?
Realistic refers to stories that happen to people and animals. Contemporary- Stories that take place in present time attitudes and mores.
What books may be less lighthearted than their predecessors?
New realism
Well-written, honest stories can help children gain an understanding of what?
Empathy with people who have disabilities.
Stories of adventure are ones in which the young protagonist must rely on what?
Will, Ingenuity, and the pursuit of a quest or survival a life threatening situation
What is realistic fiction?
stories what could happen to people; animals protagonists are fictitious and created by the author but actions and reactions are like real people
What are the six values identified by the Josephson Institute of Ethics that provoke discussions?
Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship.
What are the topics of realistic fiction? (name 1)
Relationships within families, peer friendships and bullies, physical emotional mental and behavioral challenges, life with local and global communities, interactions with animals, the thrill of sports mystery and adventure, gender and sexuality, difficult life decisions and coming of age
One recent trend is books in which children explore in their ____ identities and _____ themselves in ways that challenge expected gender behaviors?
Gender and express
From preteen to teen years, their lives revolve around what?
Self discovery and independence
What is contemporary realism?
a term used to describe stories that take place in the present time and portrays attitudes & mores of the present culture
What did the earliest realistic stories teach?
Morality and manners to young readers
What type of realistic fiction will help children learn to cope with peers?
Peer friendships and bullies
Sport stories often present a story in which a child struggles to become accepted as a member of a team and eventually succeeds through?
Determination and hard work
What are coming-of-age stories?
The books focus on a particular event in a child’s life that signals a change from child to adult.