Realistic Fiction
Use these ideas to help you brainstorm topics for your writing.
1. Jake sneaks into a run-down house to get his baseball and discovers . . . | |
2. Claire lets her dog out in the backyard one Saturday morning. An hour later she hears a tornado siren and remembers that Rascal is still outside. | |
3. Michael finds himself locked in the library after falling asleep in a cozy chair in the corner. | |
4. Brigitte and Emma are going for a swim one hot summer day. | |
5. James is accidently locked out of his house after school. | |
6. Keeshawn can’t find his backpack. Inside his backpack was the birthday gift for his sister. He must retrace his steps. | |
7. Elliot took the train with his sister Beatrice to spend a week with their grandmother in the country. | |
8. Angelo is flying to visit his brother at college. When he arrives, he finds that his luggage is lost. | |
9. It was dark and stormy. Jack was walking home . . . | |
10. Katelyn was riding her bike home from her friend’s house when she heard a loud . . . | |
| Writing Traits for Realistic Fiction | |
| Ideas | Did I focus on a realistic event with realistic characters? |
| Organization | Did I create a time line or an outline before I began writing? Did I introduce the characters and setting in the beginning, describe the problem in the body, and conclude with a solution? |
| Voice | Did I use informal language for a natural voice? |
| Sentence Fluency | Did I use varied sentences and include dialogue? |
| Word Choice | Did I use vivid words? |
| Conventions | Did I check for mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization? |
| Presentation | Did I include illustrations? Is my final copy neat and appealing? |