Create Your Own Tall Tale For this assignment you will create your own character and tall tale.
Brainstorm how you would like your tall tale character to look. Make your character large and take up the entire piece of provided paper. Remember, tall tale characters are "larger than life". Be sure to color your character and do your best work. Make this something you will be proud to display.
For the character art part of the assignment you will: 1. Choose a name for your tall tale character. 2. Decide on a regular job for your character. 3. Determine what ability or abilities he/she will have that is larger than life. Your character should have no more than 3 special abilities.
For the written part of the assignment you will: 1. Choose how to begin your story. Grab your reader's attention! 2. Describe your character. 3. Come up with a problem your character faces and tell how they use their exaggerated abilities to solve the problem. 4. Be sure to have an ending to your story.
Your tall tale will be attached to your character art. Be sure to include your name in a visible place.