Turkey Disguise Project Thanksgiving Activities - Thanksgiving Writing & Craft
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This turkey disguise project is a fun and engaging Thanksgiving activity for students to practice writing an opinion paragraph. This Thanksgiving writing activity can be done together in class, or sent home as homework or a project to be completed with parents/families. A digital Google Slides version is also included.
Students are given the following writing prompt: Thanksgiving is on the way, and the poor turkeys do not want to turn into a main course! In your opinion, what disguise should a turkey wear in order to escape turning into food on Thanksgiving?
Students brainstorm a disguise for their turkey, complete an outline/planning page and rough draft, edit/revise with a checklist, and write a final draft. They also do a Thanksgiving craft where they create the disguise on a paper turkey. If you prefer to make this project digital, students can digitally disguise a turkey by using digital drawing tools and inserting their own clipart/images.
This turkey disguise Thanksgiving writing activity & craft includes:
- Teacher Guidelines
- Homework/Project Instructions for parents and families (for craft only or both writing & craft)
- Grading Rubric
- Pre-Writing templates
- Editing Marks Chart & Checklist
- Sample Student Pages
- Final Draft Paper (there are 2 options for front page, and 2 options for back side/additional pages)
- Turkey disguise template for craft
- Digital Google Slides version
- EDITABLE Parent Instructions and Grading Rubric to be able to customize to meet the needs of your students.
See preview for pages included with resource.
Here is what teachers are saying about this Thanksgiving activity:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "If I could give this more than 5 stars, I would! This was one of my favorite activities. The children LOVED doing this activity and I really enjoyed seeing all of the different turkeys that were created. Students were super engaged. FUN! FUN! FUN!"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "They were so proud of their creations. They were beyond motivated to complete the writing!"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This activity was a great way to introduce opinion writing and help build stamina for a longer opinion essay!"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students always look forward to our Disguise a Turkey project every year. However this year I wanted a bit more writing to go along with it. This was the perfect balance between writing and creating."
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