Are you looking for middle school fall ELA activities that combine narrative writing practice and parts of speech in your creative writing curriculum? Whether you are looking for a fall story activity as a day before Thanksgiving or an after Thanksgiving break writing activity, this Thanksgiving Mad Libs activity includes 12 fill-in-the-blank and finish-the-story writing prompts. Thanksgiving-themed stories encourage students to use their creative thinking skills to write a fun new narrative in November.
Six complete stories require students to create a list of words that they will use to complete their fill-in-the-blank story. After completing their Literary Laughable passage, students will create a brand new Thanksgiving story with fill-in-the-blank options for a classmate to complete.
Additionally, six incomplete Literary Laughable stories end on a cliffhanger. Students will be required to create a new narrative that continues from where the story left off and provides a logical resolution to the story.
✍ What’s Included:
• 6 Literary Laughables: Complete Thanksgiving Stories
- The Great Turkey Escape
- A Thanksgiving Surprise
- The Thanksgiving Play Disaster
- The Turkey Trot Challenge
- Field Trip Gone Wrong
- The Great Thanksgiving Pie Eating Contest
• 6 Literary Laughables: Cliffhanger Thanksgiving Stories
- Thanksgiving Dinner Gone Wrong
- The Turkey’s Perspective
- The Haunted Wishbone
- The Mysterious Thanksgiving Guest
- The Secret Ingredient
- The Flying Gravy Debacle
• Literary Laughable Word List Guide
• Literary Laughable Criteria and Planning Bookmarks
• Narrative Planning Guides
• Teacher Guides and Models
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ SAVE your TIME and ENERGY with this NO PREP Resource
✅ Covers MULTIPLE ELA Standards and Skills
✅ Clear Student Directions, Strong Models, and Rubrics Included
✅ Student-Centered Activity: Let Your Students Do the Thinking!
✅ Customizable Resources
FAQ: What is a Literary Laughable?
It’s just a fun and fancy name for a fill-in-the-blank story passage. Students discover a new way to be creative and see that writing can be fun.
The Cliffhanger Literary Laughables also give students practice creating creative narrative writing that requires them to craft a logical ending.
