Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Contemporary Realistic Fiction implies that everything in a realistic story is consistent with the lives of real people in our contemporary world, the super natural does not exist and just because it is realistic it does not have to be a true story.

Contemporary Realistic Fiction can be used in the classroom in many ways, because of all the issues that are written about in this type of fiction. For example: family life, growing up, survival, and death. All of these issues will effect your students at one time or another and introducing a piece of realistic fiction that covers the issue at hand may help your students cope with their own situation. CRF can also be used to introduce a certain issue that you know ALL of your students will be experiencing while in your classroom such as growing up. CRF is also great for introducing different cultural situations to your classroom.