Fairy Tales Lesson 8: More Tall Tales

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Library List

(All can be found in American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne)

Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier (Krensky, Steven)

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett (Kellogg, Steven)

Stormalong: The Legendary Sea Captain (Metaxas, Eric)

Febold Feboldson, the Fix-It Farmer (York, Carol Beach)

  

Day 1

1.       Read about Davy Crockett.  Compare his character to John Henry & Paul Bunyan using a Venn Diagram. You can also use the worksheet here on pg. 50 to organize your thoughts.

2.       Complete the Davy Crockett crossword puzzle.

3.       Make a coonskin cap.

Day 2

1.       Read about Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett, the wife of Davy Crockett (who was also an exaggerated character combining the story of many female characters).

2.       Use the worksheet titled “How do characters contribute to the story?” on pg. 47 to discuss the

 various characters in the tale and how they affected the events in the story.

Day 3

1.       Read Stormalong. Fill in the correct line on the Tall Tales elements worksheet and put his correct location on the map.

2.       Use this worksheet to write down what was true and what was make-believe in the story.

Day 4

1.       Read about Febold Feboldson. Use a plain narration page to have your child draw a picture of Febold & tell the story in his/ her own words.