Last Book Report of the Schoolyear

Genre: Fable, Folk Tale, and Tall Tale

Book Project: Make Puppets and Tell the Story with Your Puppets

For this project you will read three fables, folk tales and tall tales. You will then choose your favorite fable, folk tale or tall tale to use for this project.

FABLES: In a fable, characters are animals that talk and act like people. They are usually short stories. They contain a lesson or moral about life.

FOLK TALES: Stories told by people and that are passed down from generation to generation are folk tales. People explain how things came to be the way they are and explain history through folk tales. They come from all over the world.

TALL TALES: In tall tales, the characters contain superhuman traits (Paul Bunyan). Tall tales explain how something in nature came to be (Grand Canyon). They often contain hyperbole (gross exaggerations) and similes (comparisons which use the words “like” or “as” to compare things).

PROJECT:

1. Puppets: Make puppets and be ready to tell the story to your class. You can make the puppets out of tongue depressors, socks, or whatever you can think of. Make whatever props you think you might need.

2. Perform: Use your puppets to act out the story you have picked out. This may be done live or you may record your story. If you record the story, you may use others to help you with the character voices, etc.

PRESENTATIONS: Your book project will be presented to our class at a later date. We will sign up for times sometime in April.