Thanksgiving Guest



You have just been told that you may invite anyone in the world to your house as your guest for Thanksgiving dinner. You will be writing two paragraphs. The first paragraph will be about your guest. Who will you invite? Why have you chosen this particular guest? Try to write a creative, interesting paragraph which has a good topic sentence to get your reader's interest and attention.

The second paragraph should be about your celebration. What will you serve? What will you discuss? Will there be other guests? What do you plan to do to make it worth his/her time? Plan the celebration carefully and tailor it to your special person's needs and personality. Feel free to use the back of this sheet to do some brainstorming.

REMEMBER:
___ 5-8 sentences for each paragraph, including a topic and concluding sentence
___ A TRANSITIONAL sentence which smoothly takes your reader from paragraph one to paragraph two
___ five elements of good writing; focus on PURPOSE and DIRECTION
___ clearly reworked rough draft
___ final is neat and written in ink
___ signature of adult who helped you proofread your work for IDEAS and PRESENTATION
___ all three papers stapled together with final on top

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