Kumak's Fish

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A Tall Tale is a story that uses exaggeration. This is a story about a family that went fishing? What exaggeration is in this story?


Question of the week:
How can we achieve goals?

Genre of the Week: 

Tall Tale:  A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events.
Animated Tall Tales  
Thinkquest: Tall Tales  
Paul Bunyon  
Arctic Maps 
Kids Fishing in Alaska 
Inuit Information for Kids 
More Inuit Village Pictures 

This Week's Focus Comprehension Skill:  
Sequence- the order in which things happen in a story. Examples of time order words: First, next, then, last.


This Week's Focus Comprehension Strategy:
Visualize - To create a picture in the mind.

This Week's Story Vocabulary:
gear - equipment needed for some purpose
parka - a jacket with a hood
splendid - magnificent or grand
twitch - to move with a quick jerk
willow - a tree with tough slender branches
yanked - pulled or jerked

Amazing Words Not Tested