FANTASY MATCH DO YOU REMEMBER THESE “FANTASTIC” CHARACTERS OR AUTHORS?

FANTASY MATCHFANTASY MATCH

DO YOU REMEMBER THESE DO YOU REMEMBER THESE “FANTASTIC” CHARACTERS OR “FANTASTIC” CHARACTERS OR

AUTHORS?AUTHORS?

WHO AM I?WHO AM I?

??? A RESIDENT OF KANSAS—SHE ??? A RESIDENT OF KANSAS—SHE VISITED THE LAND OF OZ WITH HER VISITED THE LAND OF OZ WITH HER CUTE LITTLE POOCH ?CUTE LITTLE POOCH ?

I AM…I AM…

HI, MY NAME IS DOROTHY AND THIS IS HI, MY NAME IS DOROTHY AND THIS IS MY DOG NAMED, TOTO! WE VISITED MY DOG NAMED, TOTO! WE VISITED THE WIZARD OF OZ!THE WIZARD OF OZ!

WHO AM I?WHO AM I?

??? I AM A VETERINARIAN WHO LIKES ??? I AM A VETERINARIAN WHO LIKES TO TALK TO ANIMALS…TO TALK TO ANIMALS…

I AM…I AM…

TIS I, DR. DOOLITTLE!!!TIS I, DR. DOOLITTLE!!!

WHO AM I?WHO AM I?

I AM A VERY LITERATE SPIDER…I HAD I AM A VERY LITERATE SPIDER…I HAD TWO GOOD FRIENDS… A PIG NAMED TWO GOOD FRIENDS… A PIG NAMED WILBUR…AND A GIRL NAMED FERN…WILBUR…AND A GIRL NAMED FERN…

HI, MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE AND I CAN HI, MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE AND I CAN SPIN A WEB FASTER THAN SPIN A WEB FASTER THAN SPIDERMAN… SPIDERMAN…

WHO AM I?WHO AM I?

???I AM A VERY UNUSUAL ???I AM A VERY UNUSUAL HOUSEKEEPER WHO LIKES TO FLY AND HOUSEKEEPER WHO LIKES TO FLY AND SING…SING…

I AM…I AM…

IT’S ME, MARY POPPINS…DID YOU IT’S ME, MARY POPPINS…DID YOU KNOW MY CHARACTER IS FROM KNOW MY CHARACTER IS FROM ORIGINALLY FROM A CHILDREN’S ORIGINALLY FROM A CHILDREN’S BOOK?BOOK?

WHO AM I?WHO AM I?

I AM A FAMOUS AUTHOR WHO WROTE I AM A FAMOUS AUTHOR WHO WROTE THE HOBBIT & THE LORD OF THE RINGS THE HOBBIT & THE LORD OF THE RINGS SERIES…SERIES…

I AM…I AM…

J.R.R. TOLKIEN!!!J.R.R. TOLKIEN!!!

WHO AM I?WHO AM I?

ALICE FOLLOWED ME INTO ALICE FOLLOWED ME INTO WONDERLAND…WONDERLAND…

I AM…I AM…

GO ASK, ALICE! I THINK SHE’LL KNOW…GO ASK, ALICE! I THINK SHE’LL KNOW…I AM THE WHITE RABBIT!!!I AM THE WHITE RABBIT!!!

WHO AM I?WHO AM I?

I CREATED OOMPA LOOMPAS AS WELL I CREATED OOMPA LOOMPAS AS WELL AS JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH…AS JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH…

I AM…I AM…

I AM ROALD DAHL…PERHAPS, YOU I AM ROALD DAHL…PERHAPS, YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE ABOUT MY WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE ABOUT MY LIFE IN MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY CALLED LIFE IN MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY CALLED BOY!BOY!

WHO AM I?WHO AM I?

I AM A CHICK WHO RESIDED IN A I AM A CHICK WHO RESIDED IN A BOTTLE AND LIVED WITH AN BOTTLE AND LIVED WITH AN ASTRONAUT NAMED TONY IN COCOA ASTRONAUT NAMED TONY IN COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA!BEACH, FLORIDA!

I AM…I AM… THE NAME OF OUR SHOW WAS THE NAME OF OUR SHOW WAS I I

DREAM OF JEANNIE! DREAM OF JEANNIE! AND I WAS A AND I WAS A GENIE!GENIE!

PERHAPS YOU KNOW MY FRIEND, PERHAPS YOU KNOW MY FRIEND, ALADDIN AND HIS MAGIC LAMP?ALADDIN AND HIS MAGIC LAMP?

IT’S JUST A FANTASY…IT’S NOT THE IT’S JUST A FANTASY…IT’S NOT THE REAL THING…REAL THING…

SO WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF FANTASY?SO WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF FANTASY? GOOD VS. EVILGOOD VS. EVIL SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF (GETTING LOST IN STORY AND FORGETTING WHAT YOU ARE SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF (GETTING LOST IN STORY AND FORGETTING WHAT YOU ARE

ABOUT TO SEE IS NOT REAL)…ABOUT TO SEE IS NOT REAL)… IMAGINARY VS. REALISTIC ELEMENTS…EVEN IN A FANTASY, WE SAY TO OURSELVES, IMAGINARY VS. REALISTIC ELEMENTS…EVEN IN A FANTASY, WE SAY TO OURSELVES,

WHAT PART OF THIS STORY COULD HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE? WE ASK OURSELVES, “WHAT WHAT PART OF THIS STORY COULD HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE? WE ASK OURSELVES, “WHAT REALISTIC TRAITS DO THE CHARACTERS HAVE?”REALISTIC TRAITS DO THE CHARACTERS HAVE?”

THERE IS A THEME-BIG IDEA-MORAL TAUGHT THROUGH THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR THERE IS A THEME-BIG IDEA-MORAL TAUGHT THROUGH THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR ADVENTURESADVENTURES

THERE’S MAGIC!!!THERE’S MAGIC!!! SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER ARE EVIDENT (OR VIOLATED)…SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER ARE EVIDENT (OR VIOLATED)…

BUT SOMETIMES A FANTASY, IS BUT SOMETIMES A FANTASY, IS JUST WHAT YOU NEED…JUST WHAT YOU NEED…

ELEMENTS OF FANTASY CONTINUED:ELEMENTS OF FANTASY CONTINUED: SPECIAL POWERSSPECIAL POWERS DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHARACTERS EXIST (INCLUDING VICTIMS, EXPLOITERS, TRUTH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHARACTERS EXIST (INCLUDING VICTIMS, EXPLOITERS, TRUTH

SEEKERS, EXTROVERTS, INTROVERTS, TYRANTS, GOOD GUYS AND LIARS…SEEKERS, EXTROVERTS, INTROVERTS, TYRANTS, GOOD GUYS AND LIARS… CHARACTERS EMBARK ON A QUEST-MISSION TO SOLVE A PROBLEM (OR INNER CHARACTERS EMBARK ON A QUEST-MISSION TO SOLVE A PROBLEM (OR INNER

CONFLICT).CONFLICT).

MY NAME IS VERUKA AND I WANT IT NOW…WHAT KIND OF MY NAME IS VERUKA AND I WANT IT NOW…WHAT KIND OF CHARACTER AM I?CHARACTER AM I?

THREE TYPES OF FANTASIES:THREE TYPES OF FANTASIES:

MAGICAL HAPPENINGS IN AN MAGICAL HAPPENINGS IN AN EVERYDAY WORLD…EVERYDAY WORLD…

SOME FANTASIES HAPPEN IN AN ORDINARY, EVERYDAY WORLD…SOME MAGICAL SOME FANTASIES HAPPEN IN AN ORDINARY, EVERYDAY WORLD…SOME MAGICAL OR FANTASTIC ELEMENTS OCCUR WITH SOMETIMES PLAUSIBLE (BELIEVABLE) OR FANTASTIC ELEMENTS OCCUR WITH SOMETIMES PLAUSIBLE (BELIEVABLE) EXPLANATIONS AND SOMETIMES NOT…EXPLANATIONS AND SOMETIMES NOT…P.L. TRAVERS’ MARY POPPINS & IAN P.L. TRAVERS’ MARY POPPINS & IAN FLEMING’S CHITTY, CHITTY BANG BANG FLEMING’S CHITTY, CHITTY BANG BANG WERE LIKE THIS.WERE LIKE THIS.

SO WAS MARY RODGERS’ SO WAS MARY RODGERS’ FREAKY FRIDAY!FREAKY FRIDAY!

TYPES OF FANTASIES:TYPES OF FANTASIES:

MAGICAL WORLDS…MAGICAL WORLDS… SOME FANTASIES TAKE PLACE IN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLDS WITH SOME FANTASIES TAKE PLACE IN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLDS WITH

EVIDENCE OF NO CONNECTION TO EARTH’S TIME OR SPACE. J.R. R. TOLKIEN’S EVIDENCE OF NO CONNECTION TO EARTH’S TIME OR SPACE. J.R. R. TOLKIEN’S THE HOBBIT & LORD OF THE RINGS SERIES THE HOBBIT & LORD OF THE RINGS SERIES WERE LIKE THIS.WERE LIKE THIS.

AS WELL AS BOOKS LIKE AS WELL AS BOOKS LIKE ELLA ENCHANTED…ELLA ENCHANTED…

TRIPS TO MAGICAL WORLDS:TRIPS TO MAGICAL WORLDS: IN SOME FANTASIES, THE MAIN CHARACTERS WANDER, FALL, GET IN SOME FANTASIES, THE MAIN CHARACTERS WANDER, FALL, GET

TRANSPORTED OR KIDNAPPED TO ANOTHER WORLD MORE MAGICAL THAN TRANSPORTED OR KIDNAPPED TO ANOTHER WORLD MORE MAGICAL THAN THE ONE HE OR SHE USUALLY RESIDES IN…THE CHARACTERS USUALLY THE ONE HE OR SHE USUALLY RESIDES IN…THE CHARACTERS USUALLY RETURN SAFER AND A LOT WISER FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES. STORIES LIKE RETURN SAFER AND A LOT WISER FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES. STORIES LIKE THIS INCLUDE LEWIS CARROLL’S THIS INCLUDE LEWIS CARROLL’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND, THE CHRONICLES OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA SERIES AND PETER PAN.NARNIA SERIES AND PETER PAN.

THINKING (& WRITING FANTASY):THINKING (& WRITING FANTASY):

FANTASY IS IMAGINATIVE FICTION FEATURING: FANTASY IS IMAGINATIVE FICTION FEATURING: UNREALISTIC SETTINGS, IMPROBABLE HAPPENINGS UNREALISTIC SETTINGS, IMPROBABLE HAPPENINGS AND MAGICAL CHARACTERS…IN ORDER FOR IT TO AND MAGICAL CHARACTERS…IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE LABELED FANTASY, IT MUST USE ONE ELEMENT BE LABELED FANTASY, IT MUST USE ONE ELEMENT OF OF IMPOSSIBLITYIMPOSSIBLITY…WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE …WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE PHYSICAL LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE…AS WE KNOW PHYSICAL LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE…AS WE KNOW THEM…FANTASY CHARMS AND DELIGHTS…LIFTS THEM…FANTASY CHARMS AND DELIGHTS…LIFTS THE SPIRITS…SHOCKS, SURPRISES AND THE SPIRITS…SHOCKS, SURPRISES AND ILLUMINATES…GIVES HELPFUL INSIGHT INTO ILLUMINATES…GIVES HELPFUL INSIGHT INTO HUMAN NATURE…AND SPEAKS A UNIVERSAL HUMAN NATURE…AND SPEAKS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE…IT CUTS ACROSS AGES, CULTURES, LANGUAGE…IT CUTS ACROSS AGES, CULTURES, TIME AND SPACE…TIME AND SPACE…

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FANTASY?FANTASY?

THINK ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE FANTASY THAT YOU HAVE THINK ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE FANTASY THAT YOU HAVE READ.READ.

NAME THE BOOKNAME THE BOOK AUTHORAUTHOR WHAT TYPE OF FANTASY WAS THIS? (MAGICAL HAPPENINGS IN WHAT TYPE OF FANTASY WAS THIS? (MAGICAL HAPPENINGS IN

EVERYDAY WORLD, TRIP TO MAGICAL WORLD OR LIFE IN A EVERYDAY WORLD, TRIP TO MAGICAL WORLD OR LIFE IN A MAGICAL WORLD?)MAGICAL WORLD?)

WHAT ELEMENTS OF IMPOSSIBILITY DOES IT CONTAIN?WHAT ELEMENTS OF IMPOSSIBILITY DOES IT CONTAIN? WHAT LIFE LESSON DOES IT TEACH? HOW DO YOU KNOW?WHAT LIFE LESSON DOES IT TEACH? HOW DO YOU KNOW? TELL WHY SPECIFICALLY YOU LIKED THIS PARTICULAR STORY.TELL WHY SPECIFICALLY YOU LIKED THIS PARTICULAR STORY. SHARE WITH TURN AND TALK PARTNER.SHARE WITH TURN AND TALK PARTNER.