Tall Tales: John Henry

Worksheet by Scott Eller
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Subjects
ELA
Grades
4
Language
ENG
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Discover the legend of John Henry! This worksheet uses a fun tall tale to boost reading skills.

Read the short tall tale about a character named John Henry. Answer each question in a good complete sentence. Start each sentence with a capital and end with a period. I can tell this is a tall tale because it says he was the strongest man to ever live. One example is John took two twenty pound hammers in each hand. He was the strongest man and raced a machine and won. To show how much stronger and faster John was than a machine.

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