Fantasy and Reality

Objectives:
a.Define fantasy and Reality
b.Differentiate Fantasy from reality
c.Identify whether the statement is
fantasy or reality
 The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly. There was an old woman who swallowed a cat.
Oh! My! Swallowed a fly? Fancy that!
Poor old woman, I think she’ll die Swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
There was an old woman who swallowed a spider. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider.
Right down inside her, she swallowed a spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
She swallowed a spider to catch a fly
Oh! My! Swallowed a fly. There was an old woman who swallowed a horse.
Poor old woman, I think she’ll die.She died of course.

There was an old woman who swallowed a bird.

She swallowed a bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly!
Oh! My! Swallowed a fly!
Poor old woman I think she’ll die.
Questions:
1. What are the animals mentioned in the poem?
2. What did the old woman do?
3. Do you believe that there is such an old woman?
4. Do you believe that an old woman can swallow
animals?
5. What can you say about the poem?
Fantasy
Tellsabout things
that could not
happen in real life.
Examples:
1. The giant lifted Mount Makiling in one
sweep of his hand.
2. She cried so much that her tears formed a
river.
3. Superman flies above the clouds.
4. Computers can cook our food.
Reality
A realistic story
that tells about
things that could
really happen.
Examples:
1. Through internet, people can play games with
each other. They can do much more.
2. A woodcutter cuts wood in the forest.
3. Ana kissed the hands of her father and mother as
she entered the house.
4. It is fun to cook Barbeque outdoors.
Fantasy Reality
Write R if the sentence is Reality and F if the
sentence is Fantasy
1. The swan wearing a crown.
2. The young girl is selling flowers at the church.
3. The volcano is erupting.
4. The girl’ dead grandmother comes to fetch her with
a smile.
5. The teacher is telling a story.
6. The genie granted Antonio’s wish.
7.The elephant talked to St. Francis.
8.The park is full of children.
9.The witch stop at the store.
10.The farmer talked to the priest,