Short Story Guide: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Workbook

This is a short story guide for the short story titled "An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving," by Louisa May Alcott. There are five sections, so the guide is designed to be completed in a week.

In this story the Bassett family is preparing for Thanksgiving when they get a message that Mrs. Bassett's mother is failing fast. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett must go quickly, so they leave the farm and home in charge of their eldest boy and girl.

The guide includes:

• vocabulary exercises
• discussion questions
• reading activities -- Students will: play a game of telephone, write a list, fill in a chart (compare/contrast), fill in a 5-elements of a short story chart, and complete a review crossword puzzle. Students will learn about: the author, Thanksgiving facts, an antonym, mood, similes, alliteration, the five elements of a short story, odd grammar, allusion, sequence, and theme.
• a crossword puzzle
• writing activities
• life applications/Bible
• web links
• a complete Answer Key

In this workbook version of the guide, space is provided for students to write answers.

The guide is also available in interactive format (space is not provided for students to write all of the answers):

Short Story Guide: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Interactive

NOTES:

1) The content of the guide in interactive format and in workbook format is the same; the only difference is spacing.

2) The grades listed are 3rd through 8th, but the story is able to be enjoyed by all ages.