PPT-Tall Tales

Mark Twain Do Now Chapter 1619 vocabulary crossword Figurative Language Writers use figurative language such as imagery similes and metaphors to help the reader visualize and experience events and emotions in a . All rights reserved ARTSEDGE materials may be reproduced for educational purposes Instructions Use the following checklist to determine if your story has the characteristics of a tall tale Check those statements that apply to your story and write a Fables. Definition. : A brief story that sets forth some pointed statement of truth. Origin. : Found in almost every country. Handed down from generation to generation as oral literature. Content. : Usually contains incidents that relate to the unusual, sometimes supernatural. History of Fairy Tales. Told as oral stories since the beginning of time.. Passed from generation to generation.. These stories had to be told orally because many people were not able to read and write.. 1. Canterbury Tales. Background. September 15, 2007. Above is a pilgrimage scene from a stained glass window in Canterbury Cathedral. 2-20-08. Mrs. Billet Canterbury Tales /58. 2. Canterbury Tales. Background. , Part 1. Reading Comprehension and Literary Analysis. The Saylor Foundation – CC BY license . – . www.saylor.org/k12ela8#2.4.1. . Fairy Tales to Read. Your edition of . Grimms' Fairy Tales . contains over 60 tales. If you wish to read them all, please do so. If not, please make sure you read the following:. TALL TALES. Tall Tales were very popular among American settlers in the early 1800s.. People told tall tales about “larger than life” characters with extraordinary abilities.. As the stories were repeated, the details became more exaggerated.. Unit Standards:. RL.8.5, RL.8.7, RL.8.9. W.8.3, W.8.6. What do you know about fairy tales?. Examples?. We will learn…. What are fairy tales?. Elements of fairy tales. Origins of fairy tales. Oral stories. Folklore . Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the ORAL TRADITION of that culture, subculture, or group.. Trickster Tales. A folk tale about an animal or person who engages in trickery, violence, and magic..   . Characters. There are not many characters, usually two. . One character is a good and clever trickster and one is a "bad" character. . Third Grade. Trickster Tales. Trickster Tales are a kind of folktale from different cultures.. I am going to read you a story called:. Tyl. . Eulenspiegel. and the Three Questions . this is a tale from Germany.. 1340?--1400. A Few Significant Facts!. Completed during the third, mature phase of Chaucer’s writing career, the end of 1300s.. Written in English (Middle English) . while French . remained the language of England’s royal court and members of the English upper-class.. “All known societies embrace the virtues of truthfulness, integrity, loyalty, fairness; none explicitly endorse falsehood, dishonesty, disloyalty, gross inequity.”. Howard Gardner . Narrative Story Telling. Geoffrey Chaucer. c. 1343-1400. Considered the father of English poetry. Wrote in the vernacular – common language of the people (English). Served as a soldier, government servant, and member of . Parliament, royal messenger under King Edward III.. level. location. Tall Tales 4. th. Grade set (connects geography into a close reading lesson). -Mike Fink. Paul Bunyan. Stormalong. Sally Ann Thunder Ann. Febold. . Feboldson. . varied. varied. Reading A.