How to Use a Graphic Organizer to Plan Your Writing
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Tall tales are a fun way to tell a story. Making a plan will help you to write the events in order.
Use Paragraph Format Introduce the hero and setting Before it happened What happened Reaction Reintroduce the hero and setting
Create a larger than life hero… Exaggerate Exaggerate!!! See Character TemplateCharacter Template
Graphic Organizer Before:Introduce the hero and setting What happened:Reaction:
Graphic Organizer Use the character templatecharacter template What is the setting? Time and Place Before: Think about what was going on before the problem started. Think about what the hero had to do to save the day. Introduce the hero and setting What happened: How did everyone feel now? Reaction: Think about what happened to make it a happy ending? How did everyone feel?
Teacher-modeled tall tale Character name – __________ Where - _______________ When ______________ Before: ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Introduce the hero and setting What happened:Reaction: ______________________ ______________________ _________________ _________________