Tall Tales

1. Read the story "Cloudy W/ A Chance of Meatballs" with your students.

2. Discuss with your students what a tall tale is. Use other stories as examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_tale

3. Have your students find as many exaggerations as they can in the book and create an observation list.

4. Begin to brainstorm a tall tale involving your school. Build upon the story of Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs but add characters from your own school.

5. Have the students work in small groups to create different parts of the story.

6. Create a vocabulary word wall of words that can be used as exaggerations -- such as HUGE, UNBELIEVALBE, ALWAYS, etc.

7. Once your story has been created (or stories), contact Jennifer on how to submit them to this project.

8. Be sure to include your school name, location, grade level, and teacher name with the story.

9. Visit the project to read other tall tale stories submitted by participating classrooms.

This project is now over.
Please enjoy the following tall tales!

Submitted Tall Tales
Mrs. Harju's Class
St. Stephen School, MI

Julie Davis's Class
McKinley Elementary

Mrs. Evan's Class
Bellevue Elementary, NE

Mrs. Pienciak's Class
School Eight, NJ

Ms. Snavely's
Tall Tale, IA

Rebekka Balkwell's Class
KLBatterman Elementary, NV

Vivian Veiga
Kensington Park Elementary

Trish Brunner's Class
Mission Elementary, CA