Thanksgiving Writing!

This activity reviews the five common text structures that authors use (description, cause/effect, sequence/order, compare/contrast, problem/solution) and then gives students a chance to write their own creative paragraphs demonstrating their knowledge.

This activity is perfect for review, reteach, centers, sub days, partners, and more. Easy enough to modify for ESE, ELL, SLD, ESOL kiddos as well as kicking it up a notch for those needing a challenge.

Scaffolded with signal words, this higher-ordered thinking activity gets kids writing about fun topics!

What’s so important about text structures? Research shows that tackling and understanding the way an author has organized their writing increases students’ overall reading comprehension.

Here's what inside:

• Roll-a-Structure activity
• Review activity with stuffing
• Write five different ways about turkey
• Write five different ways about pie
• Write five different ways about pilgrims
• Write five different ways about cranberries
• Write five different ways about veggies

Why you'll love this activity:

• Can be completed in sections and assigned across several days
• Good, old school paper/pencil activity which provides a much-needed break from too much electronic time!
• Highly engaging topics
• Easy copying of student work pages
• Easy to differentiate
• Challenging and rigorous

If you are interested in any of these activities separately, please check out the links below:

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about TURKEY-Thanksgiving Edition

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about PIE-Thanksgiving Edition

ROLL-A-STRUCTURE write your own! Thanksgiving edition

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about PILGRIMS-Thanksgiving Edition

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about CRANBERRIES-Thanksgiving Edition

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about VEGGIES-Thanksgiving Edition

Take a look at our other Text Structure activities all about FOOD!

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about PIZZA

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about CAKE

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about TACOS

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about FRENCH FRIES

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about CHIPS

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about CANDY

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about SODA

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about HAMBURGERS

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about POPCORN

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about ICE CREAM

TEXT STRUCTURES freebie review and write about DONUTS

ROLL-A-STRUCTURE review and write

Take a look at our Text Structure activities all about HALLOWEEN!

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about SKELETONS

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about GHOSTS

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about WITCHES

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about PUMPKINS

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about BATS

ROLL-A-STRUCTURE review and write! HALLOWEEN EDITION

Holiday/Winter Activities:

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about SANTA-winter holiday edition

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about SNOW-winter holiday edition

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about REINDEER-winter holiday edition

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about GIFTS-winter holiday edition

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about ANGELS-winter holiday edition

ROLL-A-STRUCTURE write your own! winter holiday edition

TEXT STRUCTURES-definitions & signal words matching activity HOLIDAY EDITION

Sports Activities:

TEXT STRUCTURES review and write about FOOTBALL-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about BASKETBALL-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about BASEBALL-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about KICKBALL-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about GOLF-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about SOCCER-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about DODGEBALL-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about TENNIS-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about VOLLEYBALL-sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about SKATEBOARDING-sports edition

ROLL-A-STRUCTURE write your own! sports edition

TEXT STRUCTURES-definitions & signal words matching activity SPORTS EDITION

Spring Activities:

ROLL-A-STRUCTURE write your own! spring holiday edition

TEXT STRUCTURES-definitions & signal words matching activity SPRING EDITION

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about LEPRECHAUNS-spring edition

Build-A-Charts and Games:

TEXT STRUCTURES task cards build a chart about PIZZA

BUILD A CHART and A PIZZA text structures review game with task cards

TEXT STRUCTURES task cards build a chart play a review game about TACOS

TEXT STRUCTURES task cards build a chart about FOOTBALL

TEXT STRUCTURES: football game review activity

TEXT STRUCTURES task cards-build a chart about BURGERS!

TEXT STRUCTURES task cards-build a chart about ZOMBIES!

TEXT STRUCTURES task cards-build a chart about NINJAS!

TEXT STRUCTURES task cards-build a chart about GO-KARTS!

TEXT STRUCTURES task cards-build a chart about FOOD FIGHTS!

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TEXT STRUCTURES Review and Write About Halloween BUNDLE

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about Sports- BUNDLE

TEXT STRUCTURES: review then write about Winter/Holidays BUNDLE

Text Structures Build-A-Chart & Games BUNDLE 1

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Key Words: description, cause & effect, sequence & order, compare & contrast, problem & solution, cause and effect, sequence and order, compare and contrast, problem andolution, text structures

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.5

Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.5

Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5

Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.