Name
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales: Supplemental Guide 259
6B-1
Directions: Listen as your teacher reads each sentence. Write
Fact
if the sentence states a fact—or something that is
true. Write
Tall Tale
if the sentence is about something that could only happen in a tall tale.
Fact or Tall Tale?
___ 1. Coyotes raised baby Bill.
___ 2. The Pecos River is in Texas.
___ 3. The Grand Canyon is in Arizona.
___ 4. Pecos Bill tamed a mountain lion.
___ 5. Cyclones are storms with very strong winds.
___ 6. Pecos Bill rode on a cyclone.
___ 7. A rattlesnake can be used as a lasso.
___ 8. Cowboys take care of cattle.
Tall Tale