G4 PT4.1: Writing a Tall Tale (Drafting Stage)

G4 PT4.1: Writing a Tall Tale (Drafting Stage)

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​Part 1

Introduce your characters. Tell where they live, what they look like, their tall-tale abilities and what they do for a living.

​Part 2

Describe the problem. Tell how the people suffering the problem felt and what they were trying to do to solve it (and failing at it).

​Part 3

Tell how the characters came to hear about the problem. How did they feel when they heard about it? Were they easily convinced to help the sufferers or not? Make sure you put a conversation in here. Use dialect.

​Part 4

Tell how the characters solved the problem. Use a little conversation here, too

Multiple Select

Select ALL the elements of a Tall Tale:

• heroes

• impossible acts

• colorful descriptions

• humor

Multiple Choice

True or False: Another way to call impossible acts is exaggeration.

• true

• false

Multiple Select

Select a colorful description:

• "It was a hot sticky summer day."

• "It was summer."

• "It was hot."

• "The sun rose majestically from the horizon on a warm summer day."

Multiple Select

Select an impossible act:

• "He destroyed everything."

• "She used her immense powers of echolocation to help clean the ocean."

• "He destroyed everything in his path like multiple sledge hammers."

• "She swam quickly towards the shore."

Multiple Choice

True or False: You tall tale must be at least 2-3 pages long.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Choose a compound sentence among the choices:

• "Reign would clean a huge patch of garbage that would form near Ambrosia, but a strong hurricane suddenly washed all the trash within the island."

• "This made Clobber do backflips and weird dance moves since he joyfully crushed each piece of trash into microplastic glitter."

• "Reign saw that almost all of the sea animals ingested microplastics that made them sick."

• "She put on her thinking cap and gathered all sea animals."

Multiple Choice

True or False: You cannot modify your Planning Stage as you write your Drafting Stage.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct way to write the following.

• He said Whatcha doin here?

• He said, Whatcha doin here?

• He said, "Whatcha doin' here?"

• He said, "Whatcha doin' here"?

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct way to write the following.

• "I'm just hangin' around," he said.

• "I'm just hangin' around" he said.

• I'm just hangin' around, he said.

• "I'm just hangin' around, he said".

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct way to write the following.

• "Not all of them" muttered Joe casting a sidelong look at Jane.

• "Not all of them," muttered Joe casting a sidelong look at Jane.

• "Not all of them, muttered Joe, casting a sidelong look at Jane."

• "Not all of them," muttered Joe, casting a sidelong look at Jane.

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct way to write the following.

• "Aw, little kitty, Carrie crooned you look lost and lonely"

• "Aw, little kitty," Carrie crooned, "you look lost and lonely!"

• Aw little kitty, "Carrie crooned" you look lost and lonely!

• "Aw, little kitty," Carrie crooned, you look lost and lonely!