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Modern Fantasy is literature that is set in the real world but the author has altered one or more characteristics of everyday reality. For example when an author takes a an ordinary character and gives them extraordinary experiences or when an author has an unrealistic character in a realistic setting. Modern fantasy contains eight categories which are articulate animals, toys that come alive, preposterous characters and situations, strange and curious worlds, little people, friendly and frightening spirits, time wraps, and science fiction. In modern fantasy the author must get the reader to suspend disbelief.

An activity that a teacher could do with modern fantasy is creative dramatization. Characterization. The teacher can have the students role play a part of a story like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . Have them role play the part where Harry finds out that he is a wizard. Creative Drama gives children the opportunity to interact with the characters in the story, interpret aspects of the plot, and express their reactions to the authors style. The teacher should take the story and create a script for the story to provide to the children. Assign roles to the students and have them come to the front of the class. The teacher can provide props to make it more interesting for the students.