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Downloadable worksheets: "The First Thanksgiving" - Reading comprehension for Elementary/ Upper Elementary students Level: elementary Age: 8-12 Downloads: 1681   THANKSGIVING - READING AND COMPREHENSION (B&W VERSION INCLUDED) Level: elementary Age: 12-14 Downloads: 1157   THANKSGIVING DAY Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 1001   Thanksgiving-Quiz Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 948   THANKSGIVING WORDSEARCH Level: elementary Age: 8-14 Downloads: 925   Thanksgiving Level: elementary Age: 11-14 Downloads: 908

November                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 “Thanksgiving Time"                                                      When all the leaves are off the boughs,                                                                      Boughs  (a tree limb)                                                       And nuts and apples   gathered in,                                                        And cornstalks waiting for the cows,                                                                        Cornstalk                                                     And pumpkins  are safe in barn and bin,                                                                      barn         bin     (a container)                                                                   Then Mother says, "My children dear,                                                         The fields are brown, and autumn flies;                                                              Thanksgiving Day is very near,                                                          And we must make Thanksgiving pies."                                                                                     Pies                                                                                           Exercise   When “autumn flies,” that is an example of alliterationpersonificationassonance The last word in line 2 is “in” and in line 4, it is “bin.” These two words do what? rhythmrhymecouplet What rhymes with the word “bough”? inbincows What is the rhyme scheme?  ABAB CDCEABCD ABCDABC ABC Fact: Before every Thanksgiving holiday, the United States President pardons a turkey!      NOVEMBER THANKSGIVING AUTUMN NUTS APPLES PIE BARN BIN CORNSTALKS PARDON TURKEY   Cat and pumkin courtesy of  freshettesgraphics.com.