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Exploring America with TALL TALES.(reading teaching techniques and ideas)
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September 1, 2001|
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Introduce the art of storytelling with this super-fun theme unit! Plus: Two reading comp reproducibles, on pages 74 and 76.
Before You Start
Set up a reading display using as many tall tale books as you can find, as well as books about life in early America. Then, create a K-W-L chart (what we Know, what we Want to know, what we Learned) and get your class thinking about the new unit. Ask your students: What tall tales do you know? What makes a tale "tall"? Record their answers, listing as many characteristics of the genre as you can. Then, set goals for ...
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