Includes 6 tall tales: Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, Captain Stormalong, and Casey Jones, a page to separate the realistic and exaggerated details, a page to compare the tall tales, and a page for notes. There are links to youtube videos for each story and one for the notes.
For the notes: watch the video, have students infer definitions and answer the other questions at the end of the page. Use dictionaries to confirm the definitions after watching.
Choose one Tall Ta