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The students will be able to describe Thanksgiving through their senses.

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
• describe the sounds, smells, tastes, feelings and activities associated with Thanksgiving.
  
• write a cinquain poem about Thanksgiving.

• Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes
  
• Cinquain template
  
• Thanksgiving word web

1. Read Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes to set the tone for the students. They should start thinking about things we associate with Thanksgiving as well as things we can be thankful for.
   
2. Write students' responses on the board.
   
3. Show a Thanksgiving word web on the overhead. Each bubble will contain words that pertain to what students see, hear, smell, taste and do at Thanksgiving.
   
4. Tell students that they will write a special poem about Thanksgiving using the words they generated on their word web. Hand out the cinquain template, write the title and use words from word web to write the cinquain.
   
5. To close the activity, pair up students and have them read their cinquain poetry to each other.
   
   

   Cinquain Template One word (title) Two words (describe title) Three words (action) Four words (feeling) One word (refer back to title)

This looked like fun, so we tried it. These are bad examples because we didn't use a word map or our senses, but we did have fun!



Thanksgiving Stuffing Turkeys Gobble, Gobble, Gobble We All Get Stuffed Thankfully

Thanksgiving Turkey's Nightmare Chopping, Plucking, Stuffing Please Don't Pick Me Thanks!

Thanksgiving Pilgrims, Indians Peacefully Feasting Together Wish The World Celebrated Giving


For better examples written by second graders, go to the Pirate's Den:
http://www.lavallette.k12.nj.us/pirates_den.htm

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