Reality

and
Fantasy
 Real
world

Realism Existing

Fact REALITY Real life

Physical
Actual
existence

Truth
 imagination
sword
and creativity
sorcery

wishful
fancy
thinking

FANTASY

daydreaming
invention
/ reverie

make-
originality
believe
vision/
speculation
 myth
Escapism legend

Enchanted fable

FANTASY

impossible fairy tale

sci-fi, horror romance

science
fiction
Reality and Fantasy
REALITY
•the world or the state of things as they actually
exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea
of them
•a thing that exists in fact, having previously only
existed in one's mind

FANTASY
•the faculty or activity of imagining things, especi
ally things that are impossible or improbable
•a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic an
d adventure, especially in a setting other than the
real world
 Identify if the statements show reality
or fantasy.

1. It’s important to be
in school on time.

Reality
2. The man jumped
over the moon.

Fantasy
3. There are eleven
planets that we could
go in the future.

Fantasy
4. A lot of people are
not able to eat three
times a day because of
poverty.
Reality
5. All natural resources
are unlimited.

Fantasy
Draw similarities and differences between reality and
fantasy using the Venn diagram.

FANTASY REALITY
Why is it important to
distinguish fantasy
from reality?
“People are inclined to write off fantasy as
escapism, but in fact it's a roundabout way
of engaging with genuine problems.”

-(Webb, 2007)
Identify if the statements show fantasy or reality.
1. The glaciers are slowly meeting because of
climate change.
2. The old balete trees are enchanted as usually told
by elders.
3. Babies have around 100 more bones than adults.
4. Blame your missing things on elves.
5. Don’t cut your fingernails and toenails at night
because it will bring you bad luck.
6. Reforestation helps prevent flash floods.
7. The basic and most important unit of a Filipino’s
life is the family.
8. The Philippines implemented K-12 basic
education curriculum.
9. If you want bedbugs to leave your house, place
some on a piece of paper and leave them in
someone else’s house. The other bedbugs will
transfer there.
10. Leaving some rice in the cooking pot will ensure
that you will always have food inside the house.
A flying visit to the park
Imagine that you are going to sky diving.
Imagine the following steps:
You're checking your equipment, the plane is taking off,
the plane is at 4,500 meters, the door opens, you jump.
After each step, how do you feel?
What did feel real? What did you think was not real?
Think of ways on how a person can fly to one place to
another.
Real life:
Fantasy world:
Read the following. Answer the questions.

Bert was very tired. He had been camping all weekend

with his Aunt Dot and Uncle Bill. They had left on Friday and
driven for three hours. They went to a nice campground in the
mountains. They had fished and swum all day on Saturday.
They had cooked the fish on Saturday night, and sung songs
around the campfire. On Sunday morning, they ate a big
breakfast and started the long trip home.

1. Is this story a realistic or a fantasy story?

2. Could this story have really happened?
3. Why do you think so?
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Thank you!