Thanksgiving Writing Activities PBL | Thanksgiving Menu Writing Prompt

Thanksgiving writing activities are fun for students and easy for teachers with this real-life bite-sized PBL unit! In this unit, students will have the opportunity to plan and design an untraditional, non-turkey Thanksgiving dinner menu by completing informative and descriptive writing projects.

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Let’s face it. Not all teachers have time to do a full-blown, complete PBL unit. That’s where Bite-Sized PBL Activities come in!

This mini PBL unit was created with the expectation that most teachers could use and finish it in a 1-2 day time frame with their students. Perfect for the busy teacher and classrooms without a lot of time away from their standard lesson plans!

All of the hard work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages, and let your students make the decisions in this fun Plan a Thanksgiving Dinner Menu Unit!

This engaging writing Thanksgiving PBL includes:

• Unit Guide for Teachers
• Letter from Tom the Turkey (entry event)
• Menu Planning Page
• Thanksgiving Dinner Menu Choices
• Thanksgiving Dinner Menu Template
• Table Decorations Planning Page
• Table Decorations Paragraph Prewriting Organizer
• Themed Writing Paper
• Scoring Rubrics
• More!

You will begin the unit by reading the letter from Tom the Turkey to the students. Place the letter in a fun envelope and make a big deal of opening it and reading it to the class. Your students’ enthusiasm for the projects will definitely be higher with this entry event!

From there, it’s up to you to decide which activities to have your students complete. Obviously, the more activities you include, the more time the unit will take to complete. Whether you choose to do a little or a lot of the unit, your students will love the writing activities!

You might also be interested in these other PBL or Thanksgiving resources:

• Plan a Thanksgiving Parade PBL Unit
• Build a Turkey Math Escape Challenge
• Gratitude Challenge Writing Activity
• Thanksgiving Math and Reading NO PREP Worksheets

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