The Tale Of Tall Tale

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The Tale Of Tall Tale

• By Judy Simmons

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Purpose

• Introduction on tall tales. Make sure that the
  students know what is a tall tale. The
  characters discuss in the two reading and
  location. Which tale is based on actual people
  and places. How they are used in exaggeration.
  What great task the hero accomplish.
• English Language Arts
• Literary forms Tall Tales
• Grade Fifth

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Learning Objectives

• Name tall tales character and location, and which
  are base on actual people and places, and
  describe how they are used in an exaggerated.
• List some of the literary characteristic of tall
  tales.
• Students write a tall tale.

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Whats A Tall Tale

• A larger-than-life, or superhuman, main character
  with a specific job.
• A problem that is solved in a funny way.
• Exaggerated details that describe things as
  greater than they really are.

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Who Is John Henry

• John Henry legend came during the railroad boom
  era of the early 1800s.
• Born over eight feet tall.
• Started working with railroad at three weeks old.
• Hammer his way through the mountain.

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Continue

• John is challenged to compete against a
  steel-driving machine to see who is better.
• John hammer his way through a mountain.
• John wins but collapses dead at the finish line.
• Nickname steel-drivin

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Who Is Johnny Appleseed

• Roamed the American wilderness planting apple
  orchards.
• Johnny real name is John Chapman.
• Legend goes that he spent 40 years wandering
  through Ohio and Indiana.
• Known for walking barefoot and wearing a pot for
  a hat.
• Johnny made drinking water by melting it with his
  feet.

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Compare Contrast

• Johnny shown as a regular person.
• Johnny real name is Johnny Chapman.
• Is still alive at the end of his accomplishment.
• Johnny planted apple.
• Johnny is a real person.

• John Henry shown as a superhuman with unlimited
  strength.
• Name a figment of someone imagination.
• Die at the end of his accomplishment.
• John uses a hammer.
• Invented during the railroad boom era.

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Review Lesson
His real name was Johnny Chapman.
What is Johnny Appleseed real name?
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Name one feature of a tall tale.
A larger than life, or superhuman, main character
with a specific Job.
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Credits

• MacMillian. (2001). Language Arts (3rd ed.) New
  York McCraw-Hill.
• http//askeric.org
• www.calweb.com/randyz/cconer.html
• http//www.Millville.org
• http//www.perry-lake.k-12.oh.us