How to write Tall Tale

Objective:

Start working on the character for your tall tale.

Think about the following, The exaggerated skills or traits he or she has

1. This character is so tall that..........

2. This character is so loud that.....

3. This character is so old that......

4. This character is so fast that.......

5. This character is so strong that....

6. This character is so .......................

7. Setting:

      Where? What does it look like? Why is your hero in this setting?

• 8. Four things all Tall Tales have in common
• . The main character has aregular job but is larger-than-life or superhuman in his or her abilities.
• . The character has a problem or problems that he or she solves in a funny way.
• . Details in the story are exaggerated beyond belief.
• . The characters use everyday language and are like common people in behavior.

There Was/ There Were

Let's Practice- There is / there are

Complete the sentences

1. __________    _____ thirty students in my class.
2. __________   _____ some books in my bag.
3. __________   _____ some computers in the library.
4. __________   _____ a blackboard in the classroom.
5. __________  _____ a CD player on our teacher´s desk.
6. __________   _____ some posters.
7. __________   _____ some dictionaries in the classroom.

Complete these sentences. Use the negative

1. ___________ any shopping centres in this town.
2. ___________any beaches in London.
3. ___________an American café here.
4. ___________a Hollywood in Spain.
5. ___________any rap CDs in this shop.

Write questions and short answers

Example:
/ any Brazilian footballers in your favourite team?
Are there any Brazilian footballers in your favourite team? Yes there are.

1. / a skateboard park near here?
_____________________________
No, __________________________

2. / a Hollywood in Ireland?
_____________________________
Yes, __________________________

3. / any famous football teams in your town?
_____________________________
Yes, __________________________

4. / any interesting places near your house?
_____________________________
No, __________________________

5. / an English boy in your class?
_____________________________
No, __________________________

There is, there are

1. _________ some fantastic beaches at the Costa del Sol.
2. _________ (not) a hole in the floor.
3. _________ (not) a tram station in Alhaurin de la Torre.
4. _________ many schools in Fuengirola.
5. _________ (not) a swimming pool in town.
6. _________ many animals in the Zoo.
7. _________ (not) a snake in the window.
8. _________ an eel in the aquarium?
9. _________ any children in the park?
10. _________ (not) a gorilla in the tree.
11. _________ a lot of traffic in Valencia.
12. _________ anywhere to park around here?
13. _________ only one way to solve this problem.
14. _________ enough time to finish?
15. _________ (not) many tigers left in the world.
16. _________ any public buses in Los Angeles.
17. _________ anyone here who wants to volunteer?
18. _________ many windows in the room?
19. _________ (not) a TV in my kitchen.
20. _________ two chairs in the living room

Remember



Have = possession (personal)

I have a dog.

I have 2 dogs.



There is/are = existence



There is a dog in the park.

There are 2 dogs in the park.



This does not exist:  HAVE 2 DOGS IN THE PARK!!!

Simple past-Negative Form

Simple Past – negative sentences – irregular verbs did + not + infinitive     I knew the answer. (statement) I didn't know the answer. (negative) Simple Past negative: Fill in  didn't and the verb.

1. She knew the answer. She   the answer.

2. They left in the morning. They   in the morning.

3. She chose a blue T-shirt. She   a blue T-shirt.

He went along the road. He   along the road.

5. They heard the news. They   the news.

6. The dog ran after the ball. The dog   after the ball.

7. They caught the bus. They   the bus.

8. It took a long time. It   a long time.

9. She taught the children how to swim. She   the children how to swim.

10. Mum held Ben´s hand. Mum   Ben´s hand.

11. Jane broke her leg. Jane   her leg.

12. She sent her an email. She   her an email

http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/60c_questions_simple_past.htm

Simple Past Questions

Simple Past questions - to do Did + Subject + Infinitive I learned English last week. Did I learn English last week? They sang yesterday. Did they sing yesterday? Simple Past: Write questions.

You watched the birds yesterday.   you  the birds yesterday?

He learned English last year.  he  English last year?

I liked apples when I was young.  I  apples when I was young?

Mrs Dawson taught French last year.  Mrs Dawson  French last year?

They asked many questions last time.  they  many questions last time?

We opened the windows yesterday.  we  the windows yesterday?

She talked to David a week ago.  she  to David a week ago?

Past Simple : Negative and question forms

What is a Tall Tale?

Focus on Tall Tales : “Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All”

Reading Comprehension Questions

After reading the Tall Tale; “Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All”,(page 110) copy only the 
answer that correctly answers each comprehension question.

1.Paul was so big that his parents ....
 a. made him live in a cave far from civilization.
 b. rode on his shoulders everywhere he went.
 c. slept in his beard on cold nights.
 d. fed him with a spoon made from a tree trunk.

2.Paul created the Grand Canyon by ...
 a. dragging his pickaxe behind him.
 b. tripping over the rocky Mountains.
 c. lying down for a nap.
 d. writing his name in the sand.

3.What was one requirement of Paul Bunyan’s loggers?
 a. They had to be over ten feet tall.
 b. They had to be sider that white pine logs.
 c. Their hands had to be two feet wide.
 d. They had to swing an axe in the blink of an eye.

4.The Great Lakes were formed when Paul ...
 a. scooped through the dirt to find worms for fishing.
 b. left footprints in the mud when walking from Maine to Minnesota.
 c. dug a few ponds for his loggers to drink from.
 d. mined for gold so he could buy clothes for the crew.

5.During the year of the Hard Winter, it was so cold that ...
 a. snowmen went south for the winter.
 b. words froze in the air.
 c. loggers froze in their bunkbeds.
 d. Paul’s whiskers broke off like icicles.

6. In your own words, describe the features of a tall tale.

Reading is Fundamental
Houghton Mifflin Reading - 5th Grade - Expeditions - Focus on Tall Tales

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cms/lib07/UT01001306/Centricity/Domain/1621/Reading%20Study%20Guides/Focus%20on%20Tall%20Tales/Focus%20on%20Tall%20Tales.pdf

Point of view exercise

Discovering an author's points of view from Unggul DJatmika

Narrator's Point fo View

                     1.      What is point of view? 
              
a)       The position from which a narrator tells a story 
              
b)       The moral of a story          
     
c)       The genre to which a story belongs    
           
d)       The personality of the main character in a story

 2.       If Tim wrote a story describing his interactions with Cassie and Rita, what point of view would he most likely use?

a)      Second person

b)       Third person omnisciente

c)       First person

d)       Third person limited

 3.       Which point of view would you most likely find in a newspaper article about an artist or athlete?

a)       First person

b)       Third person omniscient

c)       Second person

d)       Third person limited

 4.       What point of view would you most likely find in a novel that explores the deepst thoughts and feelings of a number of characters?

a)       First person

b)       Third person omniscient

c)       Second person

d)       Third person limited

 5.       What is unreliable narrator?

a)       A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in a story

b)       A narrator who addresses the reader as “you”

c)       A narrator who may not know everything about all the characters and events in a story

d)       A character in a story who deliberately lies to another character

 6.       What effect might a second-person point of view have on a story?

a)       It would allow the reader to know everything about all the characters

b)       It would allow the reader to get to know the narrator’s thoughts and feelings

c)       It would give the reader a broad picture about what’s going on

d)       It would place the reader directly into the story

 7.       If you described your school principal as “omniscient,” what would you probably mean?

a)       That she can read her students’ minds

b)       That she sees and knows everything that goes on at school

c)       That she is able to relate to students on a personal level

d)       That she is cruel and mean

 8.       “As you take the quiz, you feel your confidence growing, and a smile creeps across your face.” What type of narration is this?

a)       First person

b)       Second person

c)       Third person limited

d)       Third person omniscient

 9.       “I couldn’t wait to meet my friend Rita, so I rode my bicycle to her house as fast as I could.” What type of narration is this?

a)       First person

b)       Second person

c)       Third person limited

d)       Third person omniscient

 10.    Which of the following statements is true?

a)       Switching points of view can be confusing

b)       An omniscient narrator is usually  a character in the story

c)       Most novels and short stories are written in the second person

d)       Most newspaper articles are written in the first person 

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Point of View- Narrator's Perspective

The Narrator

or WHO ARE YOU? AND WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS?

A crucial element of any work of fiction is the NARRATOR, the person who is telling the story (note that this isn't the same as the AUTHOR, the person who actually wrote the story).

What types of narrators are there? The first major distinction critics make about narrators is by person:

a FIRST PERSON narrator is an "I" (occasionally a "we") who speaks from her/his subject position. That narrator is usually a character in the story, who interacts with other characters; we see those interactions through the narrator's eyes, and we can't know anything the narrator doesn't know.

a SECOND PERSON narrator speaks in "you." This is an extremely rare case in American literature, although we will read a few examples.

a THIRD PERSON narrator is not a figure in the story, but an "observer" who is outside the action being described. A third-person narrator might be omniscient (ie, able to tell what all the characters are thinking), but that is not always the case. Third-person narration may also be focalized through a particular character, meaning that the narrator tells us how that character sees the world, but can't, or at least doesn't, read the mind of all the characters this way

Point of View

How to Write a Play

Homophones

Homophones Powerpoint from Brian Duermeyer

Simple past tense: regular and irregular verbs from monica_llovet

REMEMBER: FOR THE NEGATIVE OR QUESTION FORMS

DIDN'T + VERB (INFINITIVE)

He didn't see the monster.

She didn't read the book.

They didn't do their homework.

DID + SUBJECT + VERB (INFINITIVE)?

Did you play football yesterday?

Who did you play with?

Why did you leave early?

Where did they play?

Irregular verbs in the simple past

 LIST ONE

Infinitive	Verb in the  Simple Past
To be	Was/were
Begin	Began
Blow	Blew
Break	Broke
Bring	Brought
Buy	Bought
Catch	Caught
Choose	Chose
Come	Came
Do	Did
Draw	Drew
Drink	Drank
Drive	Drove
Eat	Ate
Fall	Fell
Feel	Felt
Fight	Fought
Find	Found
Get	Got
Give	Gave
Have	Had

 LIST TWO

Infinitive	Verb in the Past
Grow	Grew
Keep	Kept
Know	Knew
Leave	Left
Lose	Lost
Make	Made
Put	Put
Read	Read
Run	Ran
Say	Said
See	Saw
Send	Sent
Sit	Sat
Speak	Spoke
Take	Took
Teach	Taught
Think	Thought
Throw	Threw
Wake	Woke
Win	Won
Write	Wrote