Thanksgiving Reading Assignment for Any Novel or Short Story - Choice Menu

Use this fun menu-themed Thanksgiving reading assignment that works great as a post-reading assessment for any short story or novel you read in class. This resource is an excellent tool for differentiation as it provides students with choice! The menu theme has students choosing one assignment from three different "courses": main course, side dish, and dessert.

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>>>Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Bundle

How This Thanksgiving Reading Assignment Works:

• Students get the "Thanksgiving Menu" and must choose one assignment/prompt to complete from the side dish, main course, and dessert categories. They have a choice of three activities in each "course":
• The side dish category provides a choice of looking at vocabulary, setting, or quote analysis.
• The main dish category has students dig a little deeper into the text by analyzing theme, characterization, or conflict.
• The dessert category provides some choice for a creative response. The options are to draw a comic strip, write a poem, or reflect on how they would make the story or novel into a movie.

Included With This Thanksgiving Reading Assignment:

➡️ Thanksgiving Menu Assignment Student Handout: Share this handout with students with all the choices provided for each category: main course, side dish, and dessert. There are a variety of options that suit a variety of preferences and abilities in your classroom!

➡️ 9 Pre-Writing Graphic Organizers: For each of the assignment options, there are pre-writing graphic organizers included that will guide students through the process of completing their choice assignments.

What Teachers Are Saying About This Thanksgiving Reading Assignment:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let's face it- by the time Thanksgiving arrives, teachers and students are all ready for a little break. This resource engages students while giving teachers time to oversee student work and interact when input is needed. I let my students form "families" and tell them that each is responsible for part of the Thanksgiving Meal. I give them a selection of Thanksgiving short stories to read, then they follow the directions to complete their 'meal' and make a presentation to the class. Students enjoy it!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was so fun for my students! Great way to get students to read and analyze.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great Menu for any story. Students enjoyed having the options to do what they want.

Pair this with our most popular Thanksgiving resource:

>>> Who Stole the Pumpkin Pie Reading Mystery

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