When you can find books where children can engage, have fun,
and learn all at the same time, you’ve found a great tool for teaching. With
modern fantasy books I think that is just what you can do. You can allow
students to engage in stories where animals talk, where people, aliens, and monsters
come together and share one world and relate it to a lesson or real life
situations. Students will benefit from having the opportunity to learn through
a book and see books from a different perspective other than from a textbook or
lecture.
There are also two different types of modern fantasy. There
are low fantasy and high fantasy stories. A low fantasy stories takes place
here in our world but with aspects such as magic that would make the event
impossible and not true. A high fantasy story takes things from our real world
and completely moves them to another, non-existent world. The features of low
to high fantasy are: Magic, Other Worlds, Good vs. Evil, Heroism, Special
Character Types and Fantastic Objects.
I believe modern fantasy is a good type of literature to
have in the classroom because it frees children’s imagination while it teaches
them life lessons. When children can imagine and read things that perhaps are
not possible in real life, it takes them to a different place from reality,
which keeps the children engaged and learning at the same time. Teachers can
come up with a lot of activities when it comes to fantasy, the point of fantasy
is to do what otherwise is not expected and still learn!
Modern Fantasy Books for your Classroom Library
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