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	Tall Tales
		A tall tale is a special kind of hero story because the heroes of tall tales are 'larger than life'.
		- A tall tale is a uniquely American story form that features (1) a larger-than-life, or superhuman, main character with a specific task, (2) a problem that is solved in a humorous or outrageous way, (3) exaggerated details that describe things larger than they really are, and (4) characters who use everyday language.
		Many tall tales are based on actual people or on a composite of actual people.
	www.42explore.com /talltale.htm (1306 words)

	What is a Tall Tale?
		A tall tale is a story about a larger-than-life character, either fictional or based on a real person who has exaggerated adventures and performs exaggerated feats of daring, strength, courage, and/or intelligence.
		It is typical of the tall tale that everything in it is the subject of hyperbole, and in this characteristic, it bears relation to the “fish story” or “whopper,” in which a fisherman’s exploits are exaggerated for dramatic or humorous effect.
		Tall tales also are similar to fish stories in that many of them were told about a certain occupation among practitioners of that occupation.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-a-tall-tale.htm (520 words)

	Tall Tales and Jack Tales: Literature and Writing Activities
		Tall tales spread as a popular literary form in the United States, especially on the frontier, in the middle of the nineteenth century.
		Traditional tall tale heroes are claimed by the residents of specific American places, but their physical abilities and adventures are so vast that they or their stories often traveled across the country.
		Tall tales in which humans depict their heroes as larger than a bear or a mountain, as strong enough to chop firewood for every house in West Virginia during a freezing winter, reflect some very basic fears and desires about humans' relationships with nature and with each other.
	www.ferrum.edu /applit/studyg/tallact.htm (3272 words)

	How to Write a Tall Tale (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tall Tales or folk tales have been told through out history.
		Tall Tales are stories that are told to the extreme like Paul Bunyan and Pascos Bill.
		As you write your Tall Tale be sure you use the following: an imagination, an open mind, showing writing, and the ridiculous.
	www.sarasota.k12.fl.us /bhs/bryan/bryan_talltale.html (325 words)

	ARTSEDGE: Tall Tales Today
		Tell students that they will be performing their tall tale for the class, acting out the action as they narrate the story.
		Evaluate the tall tales according to the criteria on the accompanying Assessment Rubric.
		After students have presented their tall tales, ask them to suggest a plausible solution to the issue/problem that was addressed in their tall tales.
	artsedge.kennedy-center.org /content/2267 (1338 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Thundering Tall Tales: Using Read-Aloud as a Springboard to Writing
		A sample Tall Tales Checklist is available, or you can create your own checklist based on your teaching points throughout the unit or in previous lessons.
		As part of the brainstorming, ask students to connect each of their responses to other tall tales that they have read in the past and to recall specific examples from those stories that relate to each story element.
		If time and circumstances permit, it would be great to share the tall tales with another class, create a book of the tall tales to share with parents, or put them on display in the library so that the rest of the school can enjoy the students' work.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=327 (1634 words)

	Tall Tales for a Tall City: Stories of growing up dylexic in New York City. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tall Tales for a Tall City: Stories of growing up dylexic in New York City.
		This program is designed to introduce the students to the genre of tall tales in the storytelling tradition.
		I have extensive experience doing storytelling residencies in schools, and tall tales make an excellent theme for such a residency.Â This type of storytelling can really catch fire in your studentsÂ’ imaginations.
	www.ericwolf.org /earthweb/e-talltale.html (145 words)

	Paul Robert Walker - Live Show
		TALL TALE AMERICA is a rollicking history of the American frontier told through the eyes of tall tale heroes from Davy Crockett and John Darling to John Henry and Pecos Bill.
		TALL TALE AMERICA is a theatrical performance rather than a traditional “author assembly” and as such it requires a different level of preparation.
		TALL TALE AMERICA is a 50-minute show portraying the history of the American frontier through tall tales, historical anecdotes, and authentic songs.
	www.prwbooks.com /events.htm (1240 words)

	Thematic Units - Tall Tales - Fables - Myths
		This is a lesson where students read fables, determine the morals of the fables, and discuss real life examples of where the moral may or may not have helped them in their own lives.
		Students will be able to: identify similarities and differences between two stories, apply all of the 6-Traits to write their own fractured fairy tale, create a story that is similar to a well known fairy tale, and yet create significant differences between the two.
		In this unit, students are taken on a tantalizing trip to the humorous world of tall tales.
	www.theteacherscorner.net /thematicunits/talltales.htm (1419 words)

	Children's Theater Association (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tall Tales possess some of the very essence of the American spirit.
		Though many of the tales like their tellers were immigrants, the big new land inspired big new tales.
		The main event of a tall tale is not something that can happen in real life.
	www.bcpl.net /~ctabalt/_talltales_studyguide.html (424 words)

	Tall Tales
		Other times, it is plain to see the tale is a Tall Tale.
		Some think Shorty's life was a Tall Tale, and certainly Shorty seemed at times to be larger than life, but Shorty was the type legends are made of.
		Here are some tales that were told by Shorty or his friends.
	www.shortydawkins.com /TallTales.html (1751 words)

	Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page
		Several of the stories are traditional fairy tales.
		This link is to their search page from where a keyword search using such words as "fairy tale", "folklore", "legend", or "storytelling" will produce numerous hits.
		The collection of mostly Zen and Taoist tales are some of the oldest stories in human history and have withstood the test of time.
	www.cln.org /themes/fairytales.html (755 words)

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		Tall tales began in the 1800's as a way for pioneers to understand the greatness of the American west.
		The heroes and heroines in the tall tales were also huge and often ferocious.
		Tall tale tellers combined information about what was really happening at the time with wild tall tale fantasy.
	www.ga.k12.pa.us /academics/ls/4/la/4r/talltale/ttintro.htm (307 words)

	Tall Tales
		After reading and studying Tall Tales, have the students write their own Tall Tale in Microsoft Word.
		Cut the columns of your Tall Tale apart and tape them together, trimming them so that they are all the same width
		Draw a top and bottom to glue to your Tall Tale and you are ready to display.
	www.vickiblackwell.com /talltales.html (148 words)

	Questions & Answers: Tall tale
		Sometime in the seventeenth century, tall started to mean something grandiloquent or high-flown, an obvious enough extension from the—by then—usual meaning.
		It’s closely connected with tall order, something that is thought to be hard to achieve, and there were other phrases as well, such as tall time, meaning a long time, which Charles Dickens used.
		I’ve also found this slightly earlier American one from the wonderfully titled “Gentle Hortense; or, the Maiden’s Leap” by Emma E Specht: “Edward came in soon after, telling tall tales of the gentilhomme, who had been so kind to him”.
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-tal2.htm (248 words)

	Tall Tale (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Widowmaker was a very tall horse, and Patrick quickly fell in love with him.
		Robert A. George wrote a review for the laser disc release of "Tall Tale" which addresses the wonderful photography seen in the film.
		Range and dymanics are very good." George concludes his review by saying, "Some will dismiss 'Tall Tale' as "standard Disney fare", but I found it to be entertaining and well made from beginning to end.
	home.comcast.net /~patrick.swayze/tall.htm (1412 words)

	Tall Tale - Moviefone
		Tall Tale (1995) Relax and enjoy - tall tales aren't meant to be believed!, 13 March 1999 8/10 Author: Patricia Fulton from Chicago, IL.
		Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure TALL TALE: THE UNBELIEVABLE ADVENTURE reviews from the nation's top critics and audiences.
		Tall Tale - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /movie/tall-tale/1258/main (150 words)

	PBS - Mark Twain: Classroom Activities
		In Part A, students will match their skill in weaving a tall tale with that of the master.
		After they have completed the first draft of their tale, divide students into small teams so they can polish each story and its delivery style – just as comedy writers do for a TV show.
		Then have students present their stories to their classmates to see how the same objects used in telling their tales can be turned into very different fanciful stories.
	www.pbs.org /marktwain/learnmore/activities_talltales.html (1216 words)

	Tall Tale
		This was designed to be the last lesson in a unit on American Tall Tales, all of the students had the opportunity to read or hear six tall tales.
		Students will demonstrate their knowledge about elements of a tall tale by writing their own tall tale.
		· After the tales are completed each group member will read the tall tale they completed to their group.
	www.msu.edu /~cristinb/talltal.htm (789 words)

	Simpsons Tall Tales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Simpsons Tall Tales" is the season finale and twenty-first episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons.
		The hobo's second tall tale is loosly based on the legend of Johnny Appleseed, except Lisa portrays him, and her name is adapted to "Connie Appleseed." Connie is part of a wagon train, and all of the travellers shoot and eat buffalo.
		Though it is not actually a tall tale, the hobo tells this tale based on Mark Twain's story about Tom Sawyer, whom Bart portrays, and Huckleberry Finn, which Nelson has the role of.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simpsons_Tall_Tales (969 words)

	tall tale — Infoplease.com
		He was the hero of a series of “tall...
		American tall tale/tail: Katherine Dunn's Geek Love and the paradox of American individualism.
		Knopf/Random House.(Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Women with a Great Big Heart)(Anne Frank)(Joan of Arc)(Read a Rhyme, Write......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0847720.html (354 words)

	Tall Tales
		All agree, however, that Bunyan legend probably grew as the tales about him grew, bringing a new meaning to the term "tall story." Stories about Bunyan and Babe first circulated through the logging camps of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, where loggers first heard and then retold the fables, adding local or personal embellishments.
		This Paul Bunyan-like character was born full-sized (over eight feet tall!) and went to work on the railroad when he was only three weeks old.
		The main event of a tall tale is not something that can happen in real life.
	www.hasd.org /Faculty/DHietpas/Index.htm (1340 words)

	A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North, by Peter Sis
		Read tall stories of Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, Stormalong, etc. Have your students discuss how Jan Welzl's actions and character are similar to and/or different from those of the other tall-tale heroes.
		Some of the elements to consider are: the real life stories of the men and sometimes women who are the protagonists of tall tales; their exaggerated abilities and feats; the way they handle challenges; their attitudes; the transition from realistic and possible to fantastic.
		Students should then write their own original tall tales.
	www.fsgkidsbooks.com /teachersguides/smalltalltale.htm (1475 words)

	American Folktales. Unit (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A good introduction to folktales or tall tales is to give students experience in creating their own tall tales.
		Students can then read their tall tales to the class and those who chose the same tale can preface their reading with the age-old remark, "Now, according to the way I heard it..."
		Write about a tall tale character-true or a story character telling about his life.
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/folkunit.htm (154 words)

	HUMOR - A Very Tall Tale : Legends Magazine, Issue 74
		Oddly nobody ever asks how I feel about being short, possibly because it is perceived that there is no remedy for shortness, no equivalent of toupees or hair weaves, no Height Club for Men.
		I was on the tall side until about second grade, and by eighth grade I still had hopes of overtaking "Big Irv," my uncle and the family giant at five-foot-ten.
		I figure he knows how tall I'm supposed to be.
	www.legendsmagazine.net /74/talltale.htm (1218 words)

	Amazon.com: Tall Tale: DVD: Jeremiah S. Chechik,Patrick Swayze,Oliver Platt,Roger Aaron Brown,Nick Stahl,Scott ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Daniel Hackett (Nick Stahl) sees his father Jonas (Stephen Lang) gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles (Scott Glenn), his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come to despise anyway.
		Going alone to a lake to try to decide what to do, he falls asleep on a boat and wakes to find himself in the wild west, in the company of such "tall tale" legends as Pecos Bill (Patrick Swayze), Paul Bunyan (Oliver Platt), John Henry (Roger Aaron Brown) and Calamity Jane (Catherine O'Hara).
		Together, they battle the same villains Daniel is facing in his "real" world, ending with a heroic confrontation in which the boy stands up to Stiles and his henchmen, and rallies his neighbors to fight back against land grabbers who want to destroy their town.
	www.amazon.com /Tall-Tale-Jeremiah-S-Chechik/dp/B0001GNJQU (1349 words)

	"Tall Tale Acres"
		Hello, And Welcome to " Tall Tale Acres" Hunting and Vacation Lodge.
		Our names are Julio and Mary Santiago, owners and your host at "Tall Tale Acres" Located in the mountains of the north eastern section of Pennsylvania.
		At "Tall Tale Acres" we are offering guided hunts for Deer, Turkeys, and Black bear!
	www.talltaleacres.com (318 words)

	Writing - Tall tales
		Most heroes and heroines of tall tales have unknown origins.
		In other cases, some of the tall tale characters never lived at all.
		Read two Tall Tales and have the student compare and contrast the characters.
	homepage.mac.com /melicenter/Writing-Talltales.html (301 words)

	Highlander fanfiction: Tall Tale Part One
		A long double windbreak, formed by a row of tall poplars planted against a second of short thick green-fl spruce, stood against the west perimeter of the furthest field.
		A tall bay stallion swept into sight, ridden at a hand-gallop by a rider half-hidden by whipping mane; the horse's mane and tail were unclipped and sailed gaily in the wind.
		But a tall pale-faced shadow ghosted up behind the hindmost of the three, wrapped an arm around his neck and thrust the toe of a boot under his heel.
	www.iras.ucalgary.ca /~volk/sylvia/TallTaleTwo.htm (12973 words)

	Tall Tale (1995)
		Relax and enjoy - tall tales aren't meant to be believed!
		Sadly for us, his gorgeous looks are all but hidden under his mustache, prairie dust, and 10-gallon hat.
		Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for Tall Tale (1995)
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0111359 (430 words)

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