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Kristin Kolodziejski

Tall Tales: Paul Bunyan

Grades: 2nd Grade
Subjects: Reading

Student Instructions

1. A tall tale is a type of Folktale that tells about a character with exaggerated or "super human" qualities. 2. In this story about Paul Bunyan, it says Paul weighed as much as a baby elephant when he was born. We know that human babies wouldn't be that big, so that is an example of exaggeration in the story. 3. Find other other examples of exaggeration. Use the highlighter tool to show those key details in the text. 4. Optional: Record your self reading the text using the mic tool 5. Click the check to submit your work

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