Paul Bunyan: Tall Man, Tall Tale

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Paul BunyanTall Man, Tall Tale

• Christina M. Wong

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TALL TALE
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What do you know about tall tales?
Why are they important?
What are they?
Do you know any?
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What is a tall tale?

• Type of fiction story
• Based on real people, places, or events
• Contains
• Main character larger than life
• Extraordinary solutions to problems
• Humor
• Exaggeration

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Why are tall tales important?

• Entertainment
• Imagine how the world was made
• Create fun origins
• of land forms
• and other things

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SpotlightPaul Bunyan
the strongest, smartest, and tallest hero of
the tallest of American tall tales"
Steven Kellogg. Paul Bunyan. 2004.
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Getting Started

• Read Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg.

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More Activities

• Tall Tale Checklist
• Why is this a tall tale?
• All About Paul
• Write about our new friend.
• Original Tall Tale
• Write our own tall tales.
• Build a Paul
• Create a clay Paul!

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References

• Lamb, Annette. Tall Tales. 29 Oct 2007
  lthttp//www.42explore.com/talltale.htmgt.
• Tall Tale. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 29
  Oct 2007 lthttp//www.britannica.com/eb/article-907
  1053/tall-talegt.
• Hanlan, Tina. Tall Tales and Jack Tales. 29 Oct
  2007 lthttp//www.ferrum.edu/applit/studyg/tallact.
  htmgt.
• Kellogg, Steven. Paul Bunyan (20th Anniversary
  Edition). New York HarperCollins, 1984.

Thank you.