Engage your students with this Don’t Eat the Turkey! persuasive writing task that helps children practice persuasive techniques while enjoying a seasonal theme.
Don’t Eat the Turkey! Persuasive Writing Thanksgiving Activity
Who decided that turkey had to be served on Thanksgiving? This year, Tom the turkey is determined to stay off the Thanksgiving dinner table!
Introducing Teach Starter’s Don’t Eat the Turkey! persuasive writing activity, a classroom resource that combines creativity with writing instruction to teach students the art of persuasion. In this activity, students must endeavour to save Tom the turkey by convincing others that it is possible to have a fabulous Thanksgiving feast, minus the turkey!
To complete this Don’t Eat the Turkey! persuasive writing activity, students will:
- Color and cut out the turkey template.
- Write their persuasive essays on the included lined pages, then put them in number order, starting with page 1 on top. Add the title page to the top of the stack.
- Glue the pages together by placing a thin line of glue along the top edge where marked, then glue the set of pages onto the turkey template where marked.
- Hang them up and enjoy your new curriculum-aligned turkey bulletin board!
Argue Why You Shouldn’t Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving
This resource offers a playful approach to exploring the idea of why you shouldn’t eat turkey on Thanksgiving by inverting perspectives and examining the Thanksgiving meal through the eyes of a turkey. It encourages students to brainstorm reasons, craft persuasive arguments and present their writing in a creative format.
Looking for a few ideas to get your students started? Here are a few suggestions from our team as to why you shouldn’t eat turkey on Thanksgiving:
- Turkeys are living animals with feelings.
- Eating too much turkey can make you sleepy.
- There are lots of other delicious foods to eat like mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and corn.
- Turkeys are part of nature and should be protected.
- Cooking a turkey takes a very long time.
How many more ideas can your students add to the list?
Download Your Don’t Eat Turkey Persuasive Writing Activity
This Don’t Eat Turkey persuasive writing task is a great way to get your students excited and writing persuasively before the Thanksgiving holidays. Simply click on the Download button to get your hands on the easy-print PDF.
With everything included, you’ll save time planning and be ready to deliver an engaging, curriculum-aligned writing activity just in time for Thanksgiving!
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