Thanksgiving Fun!

              A tradition in my family originated three years ago when I started baking home-made pumpkin pies with my aunt. I love pumpkin pie, which is one of the desserts that I look forward to each year. My aunt was given the recipe from a woman who worked in the Hicksville School District. Unfortunately, the woman passed away and we still continue her legacy by using her recipe to bake our pumpkin pies. This past weekend, we made over eight pies! My family looks forward to them each year and we have become professional pumpkin pie bakers.
              I love this time of the year because the holiday season officially begins.Thanksgiving begins the holiday season with "Black Friday" shopping on the Friday after Thanksgiving.  The stores issued this day because everyone has off from work or takes off from work on "Black Friday." The idea of "Black Friday" is that the stores have incredible deals, which people wake up at obscene hours of the morning to make it to the stores before everyone else. These retail stores make a lot of money on this day even though they are selling their items at a bargain price. In the past few years, retailers have extended normal business hours in order to keep up with the competition.  Some stores may open up as early as 8 pm on Thanksgiving day and remain open overnight until Friday night. I look forward to this time of year and enjoy baking these pies to form a relationship with my aunt for many more years of tradition!

Vocabulary

1. Tradition- (noun) Something you do with your family the same time every year.

2. Recipe- (noun) A set of instructions for making food.

3. Legacy- (noun) Something given by an ancestor.

4. Professional- (adjective) A person who is very good at their job.

5. Issue (Issued)- (verb) To create.

6. Incredible- (adjective) Difficult to believe.

7. Obscene- (adjective) Crazy.

8. Retail- (noun) Stores or companies that sell goods bought by consumers.

9. Bargain- (noun) Something that is offered for a sale.

10. Extend (extended)- (adjective) Made longer.

Vocabulary Exercise

Directions:  Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word

1. My aunt and I have become ________________ bakers.

2. Many people wake up at ________________ hours in the morning to go shopping. 

3. It is my aunt's friend's__________________ living on when we bake her pies. 

4. Baking pumpkin pies are a  ______________ I have with my aunt.

5. Stores_____________ Black Friday as a way to make people wake up and go shopping.

6. The stores have ______________ deals with low prices.

7. The _______________ stores make a lot of money on Black Friday. 

8. I will never understand why people are going shopping at 2 am just for a ________________.

9. My aunt and I follow the same ______________ to bake the pumpkin pies.

10. The stores are open for _______________ hours on Black Friday.

Grammar Point 

There are many different kinds of sentences.  To make a statement, use a period (.).  For questions, use a question mark (?).  For exclamations, use an exclamation point (!).

Grammar Exercise

Write 2 statements, 2 questions, and 2 exclamations about the picture below.  Make sure to use the correct punctuation.