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Cy Gatton

Storytelling Lessons

Grades 3-4
Grades 5-7

  

 

Extension Activities

Provide group and individual learning activities. Provide a variety of resources to accommodate various modalities. Suggested resources are listed below.

Storytelling • Books

Suggestions, Booklists, and Online Access to Ohio’s School and Public Libraries

Ohio Resource Center • Reading

  • http://www.ohiorc.org/search
  • Scroll to the box that says "I know the ORC resource I want to see," enter the ORC Lesson number, and click "View Resource".
  • “Born on a Mountaintop: Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History,” Grades 3-6
    • ORC Lesson# 93
    • This resource, maintained by the National Endowment for the Humanities, uses historical documents and tall tales about Davy Crockett as the focus for a unit on American tall tales. The suggested lessons allow students to examine the characteristics of tall tales and how these tales reflect historical events.
  • “Exploring American Tall Tales” Grades 4-5
    • ORC Lesson# 4542
    • In this lesson, students explore the common elements of folktales and tall tales, while learning how these stories built the spirit of American pioneers. Students identify the elements of tall tale and write responses to these tales, including a composition in the form of a monologue or a news report.
  • “A Variety of Unwise Characters,” Grades 4-5
    • ORC Lesson # 4539
    • In this lesson, students explore the common elements of folktales and tall tales, while learning how these tales built the spirit of the American people. Students also identify the common characteristics of tall tales.
  • “Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales: Writing with Writers,” Grades 2-3
    • ORC Lesson# 216
    • This promising practice, part of Scholastic's “Writing With Writers” series, provides strategies for teaching students to craft their own fairy tales. Designed for implementation within writing workshop, this cross grade level writing project features several components, including fractured fairy tale activities inspired by Jon Scieszka.
  •  “Fairy Tale Autobiographies”  Grades 6-8
    • ORC Lesson# 1350
    • URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1
    • This lesson uses fairy tales as a vehicle for story analysis and discussion. Students work together in small groups to read, discuss, and analyze three fairy tales for characters, setting, conflict and theme.

Other Online Resources

Cy Gatton • Follow Up Activities

Research factual details mentioned in the episode:

  • Where in Ohio is Richland County? Learn about the geography and/or history of Richland County.
  • What kind of soil does Richland County have?
  • Where is the Mohican River? Is it in or near Richland County? Are there forks of the Mohican called Black, Rocky, Muddy, Cedar, and Clear Forks?