Persuasive Thanksgiving Writing

Subject

Creative Writing, Reading, Thanksgiving

Grade Levels

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Resource Type

Assessment, Minilessons, Literacy Center Ideas

Product Rating

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20 MB|32 pages

Product Description

Have your students write a persuasive essay on why they should or should not be eaten on Thanksgiving. This full writing process uses the book "The Great Turkey Race" by Steve Metzger and/or "Turk and Runt" by Lisa Wheeler! The students will take their imagination into the life of a turkey to create this hilarious persuasive writing piece!

In this unit:
-Persuasive Writing Anchor Charts
-Anchor Charts for their Notebooks
-Persuasive Writing Interactive Lesson
-"Turk and Runt" and "The Great Turkey Race" reflection questions for after reading
-Pre-Writing Sheet (multi-paragraph and single paragraph choice)
-Rough Draft Sheet
-Final Copy Writing Sheet
-Student Checklist
-Rubric
-Classbook Cover

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Writing with Mentor Texts Bundle

Total Pages

32 pages

Answer Key

Included with rubric

Teaching Duration

N/A

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