Thanksgiving, on the fourth Thursday of November, is a day for family, food and saying thank you. Its feasts, recipes and traditions give children plenty to write about, and a thank-you letter is a real piece of writing they can give to someone.
Five pages, one for each kind of writing. Page 1 is an opinion organizer: the best food at a Thanksgiving meal, an opinion, two reasons and an ending, with linking words to use. Page 2 is a how-to in four boxes, First, Next, Then and Last, each with room to draw and write a step of setting the table. Page 3 plans a story about a turkey that escapes before dinner, in a beginning, middle and end. Page 4 is a thank-you letter to someone at school, each part named at the side. Page 5 is an acrostic poem for THANKFUL.
Model each organizer on the board with a prompt of your own before children start. After page 1 and page 3, children can copy their plan onto lined paper as a finished piece. Page 4 can go to the cafeteria staff, a bus driver or a custodian: deliver the letters before the break.
Talk through a prompt before writing: ask what the best Thanksgiving food is and why, or how the table is set at home. Read the finished story aloud together.
Thanksgiving writing prompts with an organizer for each kind of writing. Children give an opinion with reasons, explain how to set the table step by step, write a story in three parts, thank someone in a letter and write an acrostic poem.
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