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What is Fantasy?
Fantasy is a genre of literature that features magical, supernatural, or imaginary elements that don't exist in the real world. These stories often include mythical creatures, magical powers, enchanted settings, and adventures in worlds beyond our own. Fantasy encourages creativity, imagination, and helps readers explore themes of good versus evil, heroism, and personal growth through extraordinary circumstances.

Learning Style:
Fantasy texts in Wonders help students develop creative thinking, expand vocabulary through rich descriptive language, and engage with narrative structures. Students learn to identify story elements, understand character motivations, and analyze themes while building reading comprehension skills through engaging, imaginative content.

What is Non-Fiction?
Non-fiction is a genre of literature based on facts, real events, and real people. These texts provide information about the world around us, including science, history, nature, biographies, and current events. Non-fiction writing aims to inform, explain, or persuade readers using factual evidence and logical reasoning.

Learning Style:
Non-fiction texts in Wonders help students develop critical thinking skills, learn to identify main ideas and supporting details, understand text structures (compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution), and build content-area vocabulary. Students practice reading for information, analyzing evidence, and making connections between texts and real-world knowledge.

What is Fiction?
Fiction is a genre of literature that tells stories about imaginary characters and events. While fiction may be based on real-life situations, the characters, events, and settings are created by the author's imagination. Fiction includes realistic stories that could happen in real life, as well as stories that explore human experiences, relationships, and emotions through narrative storytelling.

Learning Style:
Fiction texts in Wonders help students develop empathy, understand character development, identify story elements (plot, setting, conflict, resolution), and analyze themes and author's purpose. Students practice making predictions, inferring meaning, and connecting story events to their own experiences while building reading fluency and comprehension skills.