Hi to you all, guess what, I havent finished eating all the candies I got

for Halloween yet, but I am really looking forward to celebrating

Thanksgiving. Its my favourite holiday with Christmas, because I can
see all my family and its great fun, believe me !!. Oh but lets start from
the beginning. My name is Josh Bradford , I am ten years old and I live in a big house in
the center of Philadelphia with my parents, Mathew and Jenny and my small sister
Molly. I really love my family and for us Thanksgiving is very important, my uncles and
aunts from Los Angeles and Dallas, my grandparents (Dads parents) from New York and
my other grandparents (Mum s parents ) from Miami and us all meet every year. This
year it happens at home, and all the people working in the family have taken their Friday
off, so that they can stay over for the whole weekend. Because of this celebration on
the fourth Thursday of November and the wish for everybody to be together, the
airports and stations are really busy on these days ! For us
Thanksgiving is very important because my great great
great- grandfather William Bradford was aboard the
Mayflower with his wife Dorothy in 1620. I swear,
and every year we remember the story that passed
from generation to generation telling how he
survived the trip and that first horrible winter, and
how the Indians, sorry the Native Americans
agreed to help them giving them food , shelter, and
taught them all the things that enabled them to keep on living hereafter. Weve also
heard of the first Thanksgiving dinner, how they all celebrated that first year
together, white people (settlers or pilgrims ) thats for you to choose , and native
people who first accepted these new comers. The discussions are animated when it
comes to all the massacres that happened afterwards, when we white people stole all
the land from them to become the nation weve become !! My grandfathers want us to
remember all the past sacrifices and they ask us to be really thankful for all the things
we have, and indeed we are happy as can be, everybody in good health, with good jobs,
nice houses and plenty of friends ! Believe me , that is very important and its great fun
preparing the dinner together , with that huge turkey (sometimes its difficult to put it
in the oven !! ) and we all give a hand peeling vegetables , making the pies and all, the
kitchen is like airports or stations, very, very busy. After we watch football on
TV !!.But thats so cool, for sure, I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving !!
I.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON YOUR COPYBOOKS.
1. What is the name of the person speaking ? Give three different details.
2. What are the three festivities he talks about ?
IN BOTH CASES

3. What were the names of his relatives who were on the Mayflower ?
4. Does he like Thanksgiving ? Justify giving details from the text.
5. Do the members of his family all live in the same state ? Justify.
6. What do they usually do on that day ?

II .SAY IF THE STATEMENTS ARE RIGHT AND

WRONG AND JUSTIFY ;
1 . This festivity is celebrated in
Britain.------------------------------------------------------------------2. They always celebrate it on fixed
day.------------------------------------------------------------------3. It has to do with the first settlers
and native
Americans .--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4.
The ship they used to cross the Atlantic was called
the
Rosemary.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Josh had a
member of his family on that
ship----------------------------------------------------------6.The first settlers were called Pilgrim
Fathers.---------------------------------------------------------7.They helped the Native Americans when
they
arrived------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8.This happened in 1652.----------------------------9.It is a very quiet weekend in terms of transport
II .SAY IF THE STATEMENTS ARE RIGHT AND
WRONG AND JUSTIFY ;
1 . This festivity is celebrated in
Britain.------------------------------------------------------------------2. They always celebrate it on fixed
day.------------------------------------------------------------------3. It has to do with the first settlers
and native
Americans .--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4.
The ship they used to cross the Atlantic was called
the
Rosemary.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Josh had a
member of his family on that
ship----------------------------------------------------------6.The first settlers were called Pilgrim
Fathers.---------------------------------------------------------7.They helped the Native Americans when
they
arrived------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8.This happened in 1652.----------------------------9.It is a very quiet weekend in terms of transport

III. MATCH THE WORDS TO THE PICTURES

1. Cabin
2. Cornucopia
3. Native American
4. Pilgrims
5. Mayflower
6. Settlers
7. Harvest
8. Teepee
9. Carving the turkey
10. Exchange
11. Agreement

III. MATCH THE WORDS TO THE PICTURES

12. Cabin
13. Cornucopia
14. Native American
15. Pilgrims
16. Mayflower
17. Settlers
18. Harvest
19. Teepee
20. Carving the turkey
21. Exchange
22. Agreement