American Tall Tales | The Legendary Annie Oakley

Explore the great American character Annie Oakley with your students. Read aloud Annie's classic tale full of adventure and exaggeration. Students love this tall tale! After reading the story, do the coordinating worksheets and writing prompts to reenforce the lessons from Annie Oakley.

How To Use This:

Choose which booklets, stories, coloring pages, or writing prompts you want to use for your Annie Oakley tall tale study.

You can decide how much of this is done together and how much is done independently! Enjoy!

What You Get:

·       Anchor Chart about Tall Tales

·       Annie Oakley Poster – This is a blank poster with just an image featuring Annie Oakley. It can be printed and laminated. You may even choose to print copies for students and allow them to use the blank space to write facts about Oakley.

·       Annie Oakley Poster with information

·       Black and White Booklet with Annie Oakley's story – Perfect for allowing students to utilize as a coloring booklet.

·       Color Booklet with Annie Oakley's story

·       1-page student version of the story

·       2 Annie Oakley writing templates

·       2 Annie Oakley coloring pages

·       What Did Annie Oakley Look Like? drawing page – Students will use their imagination and draw what they think she looked like in the empty space. Encourage students to add lots of detail and get creative!

·       What Else Did Annie Oakley Do? Writing Prompt – Students will use their imagination and think up something else that she might have done. Encourage them to not just rewrite some of the stories they’ve heard… make up a totally new one. Make sure they exaggerate and use words that they think would fit into a tall tale!

·       Venn Diagram to compare tall tales characters