194 Fairy Tales and Tall Tales: Supplemental Guide CA | Culminating Activities
Domain-Related Trade Book or Student Choice
Materials: Trade book
Read an additional trade book to review a particular tall tale; refer to the
books listed in the domain introduction. You may also choose to have
students select a read-aloud to be heard again.
You may also ask students to write about their favorite exaggeration or
adventure from the tall tale trade book. You may suggest how to begin
the sentence by writing on the board: “My favorite exaggeration from the
trade book was.. .”Exploring Student Resources
Materials: Domain-related student websites
Pick appropriate websites from the Internet for further exploration of tall
tales.V i d e o s o f Ta l l Ta l e s
Materials: Videos of tall tales
Carefully peruse the Internet for short, five-minute videos related to tall
tales covered in the domain.
Prepare some questions related to the videos. Ask about the characters,
setting, and plot.
Discuss how watching a video is the same as and different from listening
to a story book or read-aloud.
Have students ask and answer questions using question words who,
what, where, and why regarding what they see in the videos.Characters, Setting, Plot
Materials: Drawing paper, drawing tools
Divide students into groups of three. Tell them that you are going to name
a character, and that one person in each group should draw or write the
name of another character from the same tall tale and pass the paper
and pen to the second student. The second student should draw or write
the name of a setting from that tall tale and pass the paper and pen to
the third student. The third student should write one sentence or key