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The document provides guidance on creating entertaining tall tales centered around characters like Ozzie Bear and Slue-Foot Sue tackling forces of nature, such as tornadoes, through imaginative problem-solving. It emphasizes using playful language, vivid descriptions, and specific details to engage the reader. The steps for prewriting, drafting, revising, and publishing tall tales are outlined, encouraging writers to incorporate action verbs, unique characters, and problem-and-solution Charts to enhance storytelling techniques for a storytelling festival audience.
Contents
- Pages 1—12: Tall tale creation.
- Pages 13—26: Writing tall tales.
- Pages 27—41: Vivid writing techniques
Pages 1—12: Tall tale creation.
The section discusses creating a tall tale using a character named Ozzie Bear. Ozzie solves problems in a fun and creative way, like making a monster his pet or finding a lost boy. The document also includes tips for writing entertaining stories that involve battling forces of nature, such as tornadoes. It outlines steps for prewriting, choosing a topic, brainstorming ideas, and revising the topic to ensure it aligns with the writing prompt’s purpose of entertaining the audience during a storytelling festival. It emphasizes using playful language and exploring different aspects of the force of nature being depicted in the tall tale.
Pages 13—26: Writing tall tales.
The document section provides guidance on writing a tall tale by choosing a topic related to battling a force of nature, such as a tornado. It suggests creating story elements including a problem and solution, alliteration, action verbs, and a unique character. The document emphasizes the use of specific language and introduces a writing checklist to improve the narrative. It also encourages organizing details using a Problem-and-Solution Chart and provides teaching steps for students to prewrite their own tall tales, with examples and feedback. The focus is on engaging the reader with vivid descriptions and imaginative storytelling.
Pages 27—41: Vivid writing techniques
Isabel Morales uses a Problem-and-Solution Chart to write her draft about Slue-Foot Sue stopping a tornado. The draft describes Sue’s actions as she races towards the tornado, grabs its tail, stomps on it, and rolls it into a ball. Sue’s actions are depicted using vivid words like raced, grabbed, and stomped to engage the reader. The document also emphasizes the importance of using action verbs and vivid phrases to show rather than tell the story, adding personal voice and style to the narrative. The section ends with evaluating and publishing the final draft, highlighting the importance of incorporating voice and tone to engage the audience.