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It’s Thanksgiving morning and soon Tina the Turkey will be shoved in the oven
ready for lunch. Help her escape the Turkey pen and avoid the oven by solving
the clues.
You will collect a number for every clue you solve. You can then put these
numbers and letters together to unlock the keypad on the Turkey pen.

Free Tina!
Rules
 Solve each clue to get the code and set Tina
the Turkey free.
 You can work alone, as a class or in a team.
 Use a piece of paper to write down the
answers as you go!
Clue 1
Which country does not celebrate any type of Thanksgiving?

USA South Korea South Africa Canada

1 2 3 4

Next clue!
Clue 2
Match the idioms to the meanings, the answer will be whichever idiom is missing
its meaning.

An apparent misfortune that eventually

1.Cold turkey
has good results.
2.A blessing in disguise
Stopping something in a sudden
3.Easy as pie and abrupt manner.

4.Eyes bigger than your stomach Not eating very much.

5.Eat like a bird Really easy.

Next clue!
Clue 3
Fill in the missing letter in each word, then spell the correct word.

C o r n P u m p k i n p i e T u r k e y

G r a v y A p p l e

Cupid Curve Rural Convo Ruble

1 2 3 4 5

Next clue!
Clue 4
Which word is not a synonym for thankful?

Sorrowful Contented Grateful Pleased

1 2 3 4

Next clue!
Clue 5
These sentences are missing some punctuation at the end. How many of them are
missing a question mark?

What’s for desert I’m thankful for my family

Let’s watch the Thanksgiving Did you buy any

parade Thanksgiving presents

The pie is on fire Do you like sweet potatoes

What are you thankful for

1 2 3 4 5 6

Next clue!
Clue 6
Which is not a real North American Thanksgiving food?

Sweet potato casserole with

1
marshmallows

Green bean casserole with

2
cream of mushroom soup

Cranberry sauce 3

Candied yams 4

Cheese and turkey pudding 5

Next clue!
Clue 7
There are lots of capital letters missing from the story below. Add them in and
count how many were missing.

I woke up on thanksgiving morning and drove to my uncle’s house on elm street.

When we arrived I greeted my Cousin louise and my uncle Tony. We ate a huge
feast and watched the macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade together.

1 2 3 4 5

Next clue!
Check your Code

3 4 2 1 4 5 5

Did you get it right?

Yes! No, try again

Congratulations!
You’ve set Tina free! She’s no longer headed for the oven. Now she can live out
her days in freedom, gobbling to her heart’s content.

But now what will you eat for your Thanksgiving feast?