Write a story or a narrative
poem using one of these titles:
Too Much Food!
The Day the Turkey Came to Dinner
What’s That in Your Pumpkin Pie?!?
The Best Thanksgiving Ever
No Turkey for Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving Dream
Or~
Write a story using one of
these story starters:
I knew something was wrong as soon as I woke up. I just didn’t feel right. Then, I looked in the
mirror. WHAT? Feathers?!? It was true. I had turned into a turkey tw0 days before Thanksgiving …
Chuck yawned as the teacher read the story of the first Thanksgiving. He yawned again. Suddenly, he found himself surrounded by people dressed just like those in the book. …
“Wake up, sleepyhead!” I heard my mother say. “Today, you’re cooking Thanksgiving dinner.”
Criteria
Must use
figurative language throughout. (Metaphors, similes, assonance, onomatopoeias,
hyperboles, etc. Refer to notes!)
Stories must be
1 ½ pages. (Handwritten, or typed=1.5 spacing/12pt font.)
Must have a
plot.
Introduction-
setting, characters, conflict, mood, etc.
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
Will share
tomorrow in small groups and vote on winning stories/poems! (For a prize!)
