Chapter 8

I know I loved reading romance fiction as well as stories about family relationships, peer relationships,and contemporary realistic fiction when I was a teenager. This chapter reiterates that fiction is how we can draw our students into a world of reading. We need to provide them with quality fiction they can relate to. Stories in which they can see themselves. Chapter 8 provides us with everything needed to know about fiction. Contemporary Realistic Fiction is the fiction most popular with children. It is important to keep a library full of historical fiction and fantasy as well as science fiction in your collection. The second part of this chapter discusses strategies for before, during and after reading. I like the anticipation guides; that sounds like an exercise students will respond to. I also think the character webs are a good way to stay atop of characters in your story. I love this kind of reading, fiction!