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Thinking sheet · Stories and words
Tall Tale Stretcher
Take a normal sentence and stretch it into a giant exaggeration, like “I was so hungry I ate a mountain.”
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Stories and words
- Kids practice
- hyperbole, figurative language, humor in writing
What kids do
“Stretch the truth as far as it will go!”
- Stretch each one
- Draw your biggest stretch
- A tiny tall tale about me:
How to run it
- Start with the frame “I was so… that…”.
- Read a classic tall tale for inspiration.
- The sillier the picture, the better it works.
Talk about it
- Why do people exaggerate?
- When is exaggerating not okay?
- Which stretch made the class laugh hardest?
Take it further
Write a whole tall tale about a giant animal.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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