History
What was the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America?
Mayflower
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade takes place in this city every year.
New York City
The day after Thanksgiving, often referred to as the biggest shopping day of the year, is nicknamed this.
Black Friday
What are sensory words?
Sensory words are descriptive words applying to the senses such as touch, sound, sight, taste, and smell.
What is the text structure of the passage?
Descriptive
Who taught the Pilgrims to grow corn
and catch fish?
Squanto
Since the very first Macy’s parade, what jolly character appears at the end each year?
Santa Claus!
This "honest" president is the one who officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Abraham Lincoln
What are the five text structures? (JC)
DESCRIPTIVE
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
CHRONOLOGICAL
CAUSE AND EFFECT
PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
What were the names of the two groups at the first Thanksgiving?
In which year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated? a)1421 b)1521 c)1621
c) 1621
Which famous character has appeared in more parades than any other? a) Snoopy b) Spiderman c) Bart Simpson
a) Snoopy
Americans eat approximately 535 million pounds of this on Thanksgiving
Turkey
What does the RACECEC strategy stand for?
RESTATE
ANSWER
CITE THE EVIDENCE
EXPLAIN THE EVIDENCE
CITE THE EVIDENCE
EXPLAIN THE EVIDENCE
CONCLUSION
Why did the Pilgrims comes to America?
to start a new church
What was the name of the tribe that helped the Pilgrims? a) Iroquois b) Wampanoag c) Apache
b) Wampanoag
This year, Macy's will unveil new balloons including these two characters (a boy & a dog) from one of Mr. Jaeger & Mrs. Brannan's favorite cartoons.
Finn & Jake from Adventure Time
Black Friday was once called
“Big Friday"
How do you make a narrative more descriptive?
You include sensory words, similes, and metaphors.
How did the Wampanoags help the Pilgrims?
They gave them food and helped them grow food and catch fish.
Where and when did the pilgrims arrive?
Massachusetts in November 1620
What year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade take place? a) 1864 b) 1924 c) 2004
b) 1924
Where does the name Black Friday come from?
The police called this day Black Friday because there is a lot of traffic.B. Canada
What is the COPS strategy? Include a rule per category.
Capitalization, Overall Appearance (Organization), Punctuation, Spelling
Make an inference. How do you think the Wampanoag tribe members and Pilgrims felt?
They were happy that they had plenty to eat and were with friends.