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\nPorter's Pig Problem\n

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\nIn this tall tale worksheet, students read the tall tale, then make up their own ending for the story. The worksheet also provides students with a definition of a tall tale.\n
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\nMedia Messages\n

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\nYoung scholars analyze advertisements and decide what message is being conveyed. In this media lesson plan, students analyze drawings from a tall tale. Young scholars view drawings from the book Johnny Appleseed and discuss the colors of...\n
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\n\"Folktales\n\n
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\nFolktales\n

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\nA brief list of folktales is displayed on these slides. Four types are written out with an example for each fairytale, tall tale, fable, and trickster tale. The last slides segues into the creator's favorite fairytale, \"Two of...\n
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\n\"Tall\n\n
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\nTall Tales\n

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\nStudents are provided with an opportunity to explore not only the interface but also the variety of scenery and objects available on the program. Younger students may require additional teacher assistance during the computer activity.\n
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\nWriting a Tall Tale\n

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\nYoung scholars study the various aspects of tall tales. They read various tall tales and discuss the characteristics and literature aspects of tall tales. Students write their own unique tall tales.\n
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\nWord Unscramble: Tall Tale\n

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\nFor this word unscramble worksheet students decipher 17 words. All pertain to tall tales. There is no word bank for this puzzle of medium difficulty.\n
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\nHere's How I Heard It: Using Folklore To Improve Close Reading Skills\n

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\n\"X\" is for exaggeration, and \"F\" is for fact. To encourage close reading and to improve literary analysis skills, class members annotate fables and tall tales, like Paul Bunyan, with symbols that identify key features of this genre. \n
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\nBorn on a Mountaintop? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History\n

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\nStudents name tall tale characters and locations, which are based on actual people and places, and describe how they are used in an exaggerated way. They name characters and events from tall tales, then list literary characteristics of...\n
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\nElements of the Oral Tradition\n

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\nVarious genres of oral tradition are outlined and defined in these slides. Give your class examples of folk tales, fairy tales, parables, fables, legends, and myths before reading an example of one of these stories. This overview acts as...\n
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\nThat’s Amazing!: Challenge Activities (Theme 3)\n

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\nSynonym dominoes, anyone? As part of the activities designed for kids who have mastered the basic concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic unit That's Amazing! kids are offered a variety of activities that include...\n
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\nThe Main Man\n

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\nStudents explore visualizing stories by completing a graphic organizer. In this reading strategy lesson plan, students read the story Pecos Bill by Steven Kellog and identify the setting, main characters and their interpretations....\n
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\nA Hodgepodge of Literature\n

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\nStudents complete multiple lessons to study various literature including poetry, fiction, tall tales, and phrases. In this literature lesson, students complete six lessons about poetry, fiction, and idioms.\n
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\nReader's Theater, Get Ready\n

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\nStudents recognize what features make a play. In this reader's theater lesson, students read the play Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria told by Aaron Shepard and determine what features make this a play and what the author's purpose was.\n
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\nFolktale Unit: Paul Bunyan and the Big Blue Ox\n

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\nStudents participate in a shared reading of Steven Kellogg's, Paul Bunyan while learning the associated vocabulary. They write a journal entry expressing which of the folktales they have read is their favorite and why.\n
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\nSequencing: A Strategy to Succeed at Reading Comprehension\n

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\nLearners develop verbal and visual representations of events from the story of the U.S. folklore character Paul Bunyan. Young scholars work together to put these events in sequential order on an informal timeline. Learners then write in...\n
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\nFrom Remus to Rap: A History in Theory and Practice of the African-American Storytelling Tradition\n

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\nStudents examine the specific form and function of tall tales and toasts.\nThey discover the importance of performance in the telling of a story and the importance of rhythm in the telling of toasts. They create stories of their own, in...\n
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\nHeroes and Legends\n

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\nIn this heroes and legends worksheet, 4th graders answer 10 questions about the character, setting and plot for the hero in their tall tale.\n
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\nWhat's the Real Story?\n

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\nSecond graders investigate tall tales. In this literature lesson, 2nd graders complete a story element worksheet based upon the tall tale of Paul Bunyan. Students create a PowerPoint presentation about a tall tale.\n
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\nWriting Folktales\n

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\nStudents consider the structure of folktales. In this writing skills lesson, students list the attributes of folktales that they read in class. Students then complete handouts based on the elements of the tales as well as types of tales...\n
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\nWestern Folklore Presentations\n

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\nStudents choose a folktale character to research using electronic encyclopedia, software, the Internet, media center and printed material. They focus their research around specific criteria to force the students to be selective and...\n
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\nSeven Chinese Brothers\n

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\nFourth graders identify the characteristics of a tall tale. They read \"The Seven Chinese Brothers\" and analyze it for these characteristics. Students complete a comprehension worksheet and discuss why \"The Seven Chinese Brothers\" can be...\n
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\nPlaying with Language: Tall Tales and Codes\n

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\nPupils interpret and identify the elements of folktales, with an emphasis on tall tales, in this instructional activity. Students utilize brainstorming techniques to list ways people communicate. Pupils also read and create a time line...\n
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\nA Fish Story\n

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\nStudents closely examine and analyze an American tall tale. They find the key features of a tall tale and compose a tall tale of their own. Student groups write, edit and present their tales to the class.\n
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\nBunyan, Appleseed, and More\n

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\nNinth graders listen to a variety of tall tales and compose their own tall tale. In this tall tale lesson, 9th graders complete  KWL chart about tall tales. Students discuss the elements of tall tales and then read example tales....\n
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