"The Mighty John Henry" (Wonders Reading Practice)

What GENRE is the text?

• fairy tale

• folktale

• historical fiction

• tall tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What are TWO characteristics of a tall tale?

• The text is written with lots of HYPERBOLE (exaggeration).

• The text includes a LARGER-THAN-LIFE HERO.

• The text has TALKING ANIMALS as characters.

• The text teaches a lesson called a MORAL.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What are TWO examples of HYPERBOLE in the text?

• When Americans started moving west, the country needed a railroad for faster travel.

• With two twenty-pound hammers in each hand, John Henry dug 15 feet in 35 minutes.

• John Henry worked to help build that railroad.

• He was the strongest man to ever live.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5