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!!

IN BOTH CASES

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?

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?

III. MATCH THE WORDS TO THE PICTURES

Cabin

Cornucopia

Native American

Pilgrims

Mayflower

Settlers

Harvest

Teepee

Carving the turkey

Exchange

Agreement

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 because everyone stays at home.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 because everyone stays at home.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

III. MATCH THE WORDS TO THE PICTURES

Cabin

Cornucopia

Native American

Pilgrims

Mayflower

Settlers

Harvest

Teepee

Carving the turkey

Exchange

Agreement