Thundering Tall Tales: Using Read-Aloud as a Springboard to Writing

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen (Harcourt Books, 2003)
  
  
• Large sheet of butcher paper for T-chart graphic organizer

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing

Timeline

Students can generate descriptive timelines that can be plotted with their choice of units of measure (date, time, event, entry, or other).

 

Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing

Story Map

The Story Map interactive is designed to assist students in prewriting and postreading activities by focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution.

 

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PRINTOUTS

• Tall Tales Booklist
  
  
• Tall Tales T-Chart
  
  
• Sample Writing Rubric
  
  
• Tall Tales Checklist

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PREPARATION

1.	Before starting the lesson, gather the necessary materials: A copy of Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen Copies of other tall tales for a browsing box (see Tall Tales Booklist ) One copy per student of the Tall Tales T-Chart One copy per student of the writing rubric (see sample Writing Rubric and revise as necessary to meet the needs of your class)
2.	Bookmark the ReadWriteThink interactive Timeline Tool and Story Map on your classroom or school computers for pairs of students to use before writing their tall tales.
3.	Using butcher paper and a marker, make a large copy of the T-chart graphic organizer. (This chart will be used for modeling and to record the characteristics of tall tales.)

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