Show:
Characteristics of Tall Tales
Characters
Vocabulary
Setting
Events from Stormalong
100
Tall tales always have
What is a main character
100
The main character from the tall tale in the anthology this week.
Who is Stormalong or Stormy
100
An amount of something that is not enough
What is shortage
100
This is where the Stormalong takes place
What is the United States (Cape Cod or Boston)
100
Stormy had to get this off the anchor
What is an octopus
200
The details in a tall tale are usually
What is exaggerated or unrealistic
200
Paul Bunyan found him in the woods.
Who is Babe the Blue Ox
200
a person blocked from participation in a group or society
What is outcast
200
This is where Paul Bunyan finds Babe the Blue Ox
What is woods
200
The villagers found Stormy here
What is a beach
300
Tall tales are usually true or untrue?
What is untrue
300
These people found Stormy on the beach
Who are the villagers
300
To be unfaithful to
What is betrayed
300
This is the name of Stormy's ship the crew gives him
What is the Courser
300
The name of the ship where Stormy was a cabin boy
What is The Lady of the Sea
400
Tall tales usually teach us a
What is life lesson
400
Babe the Blue Ox falls in love with...
Who is Bessie the Yeller Cow
400
Earning one's living at sea
What is seafaring
400
This is where Stormy meets the farmer
What is Kansas
400
The name of the large ship the crew built for Stormy
What is the Courser
500
An example of a tall tale besides Stormalong that we read
What is Babe the Blue Ox or Davey Crocket
500
These people change Stormy's life at the end of the story so that he can be at sea
Who is his old crew
500
A deep longing or strong desire
What is yearning
500
This is the season that Paul Bunyan found Babe the Blue Ox
What is winter
500
Stormy carried this on his shoulder and the farmer asked him what that funny thing was on his shoulder
What is an oar