Tuesday, November 20, 2012

5th Grade - Thanksgiving 11/2012 - Who's Coming To Dinner?

Imagine you are hosting Thanksgiving. You can invite one person to eat with. That one person can be anyone at all. It must be a living person, but other than that you can choose anyone in the world to share Thanksgiving dinner....



Who would you choose? Why them?



Your assignment:

  • Name the person you'd choose to eat with
  • Explain your rational for choosing this person. Why them?
  • Describe what you would want to talk about with this person during dinner


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Thank you, and have a good Thanksgiving...






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43 comments:

Firas Musa said...

If I would invite anyone it will be my uncle.It would be my uncle because he always buys me everything.So as my dad.I chose him because he tells funny jokes and stories.What I want to talk with him is simple things,like how is your job and how is your family. That is why I want to invite my uncle.

Gabby P said...

If I could invite anyone to thanksgiving dinner, it would be my grandma. I would her pick because she is fun to have around. I can trust her with my heart. She is a person a can easily talk to. I would talk to her about what I am learning in school. I would also talk to her about any problems I have.
I would also about talk the middle school want to go and the test I have to take. I would about talk how good the food was. That is why I would invite my grandma to thanksgiving dinner.

Josiah M. said...

If I could chose anyone, it would be my cousin Roman. I would pick him because he is very funny and he is one of my favorite cousins. I would tell him stuff like 'How is school?' or ' how is the family?' I would also tell some jokes and have some family time. that is why I would invite my cousin Roman.

Alex W said...

The person I would like to eat with is my father. I know he would love to eat with me too. He always loves eating with his family. He believes Thanksgiving is a holiday to give thanks and eat with family.
I would choose him because I don’t see him very often. He moved to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ever since he got a job offer 2 months ago. He didn’t come to eat with us this Thanksgiving because he and my mom had to visit my grandma in Texas. She isn’t feeling well. Instead I ate with my other family members.
If I ate with my father I would talk about how his new job was in Pittsburg. We would discuss how the food was. We would discuss about NBA players from the present time and from the past because we both love playing and watching basketball. We would discuss how I’m doing in school. That’s what we would discuss.

jennifer L said... said...

If i could invite anyone to thanksgiving it would be my grandma and my grandpa.The reason why is because they always bine there for me and they always give me gifts or even money on thanksgiving.
I would also because she helps me with my problems and sometimes with my homework.

Omar Cordy said...

If I could invite anybody to thanksgiving I would invite my grandmother who past away. I would invite her because she died when I was 1 years old. So I have no memory of her and I want one last time with her on a special day. So my grandmother is the one person I would invite.

Luis P. said...

If I had to invite someone for a Thanksgiving dinner it would be my grandparents. I love coming over to there house and staying with them. I think that they really celebrate Thanksgiving the best because they set up the table nicely and cook a big turkey and enjoy themselves when talking to others at the table.
Every Thanks giving my family and I come to her house to have a Thanksgiving dinner. Every time we go my step-grandfather cooks food that is even better than what 5 star restaurants serve! My grandparents make Thanksgiving much more than just a holiday to me. They make it the 2nd best holiday ever!
It is really fun having a Thanksgiving dinner with them, and it really couldn't get any better. My grandparents make this 2 day holiday become the best 2 days of the year.

Jodi F. said...



Thanksgiving Dinner

If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving dinner, I would invite Barbara Park, the writer of the Junie B. Jones books. I would invite her because it would be great to meet the lady that has made me laugh over and over again. Great conversation could be stirred up funny jokes that our in every one of her books. I admire how even though the books are for first graders, the jokes are for anyone older. Barbara Park has to have a sense of humor to be able to write something like that.

Mostly, what people would talk about with Barbara Park would be her books, but I have a few questions that I would ask. Like, what inspired her to become a writer? Did she have a job before she became a writer? If so, what was it? How can I become a writer? Did you always want to be a writer? Are you married? All these questions and possibly more is what I would talk about.

And that is who I would invite to dinner and what I would talk about.

Henry Deutsch said...

If I could invite anyone to my thanksgiving dinner, I would invite my friend Quen, because we have known each other since before I could talk.

It would be really exciting meeting him because we both have the same sense of humor, we like the same things and the fact that I moved away from Stuyvesant Town, so I hardly see him anymore.

I would want to talk about random funny things and laugh our heads off.

That is who I would invite to my thanksgiving party if I had a choice between anyone in the world.

Reanna D. said...

If I could invite anyone to celebrate Thanksgiving with me, It would be my grandmother. My grandmother and I are very close, so why wouldn't I invite her? She is a good person to talk to on holiday's like this. Plus I have very little time to be with my grandmother. I could also, invite her to cook with me because her food is very delicious. My grandmother is the one person that I could share my feelings with on this day. She understands me. My grandmother is the one that makes this holiday special, so the only thing to do is invite her to celebrate thanksgiving with me.

Anna Holshouser- Belden said...

I would invite my dad for Thanksgiving Dinner. I would invite my dad because he is a good chef and is sort of funny. My dad would make everything delicious and make it all from scratch. I would help him. My dad and I would talk about the food we were eating, how delicious it is, how we had made it, and how great my mom's recipe for purple mashed potatoes is. That is who I would invite for Thanksgiving Dinner and why.

steven J said...

I would invite my cousins because I always play with them. When we where little we played a lot. Sometimes we don't even see each and he makes me very happy.We can eat like family eat desert and to bring there parents.So my parents could talk to there brother and sister plus I like my family.

Unknown said...

I would invite my aunt and cousins over for thanksgiving. I would also invite my friend Jodi, Janette, I would also invite my Galaxy Tablet to eat. He can eat some technical food like on an app called CakePopMaker. Then when I'm finished with making and decorating it I can press eat and that'll be his dinner. I would also invite my cat because of his injury I would want him to eat with us even if he should eat something other than cat food and he did.
I would chose these people because these people and things are a part of my family. And they are also my favorite people. I would love my cat to come because he fell out the window and broke his arm.
I would want to talk about ways to find something or someone to help fix my cats arm.

Unknown said...

If I had to pick some one to eat thanksgiving dinner with me I would pick my sister Clare. I would pick my sister Clare because she makes everybody laugh. If I had to ask her question during the dinner I would ask her how ms. Mazzola's class was because I was in that class. I would also ask her what does she want for her birthday. She would probably answer and car. That is why I would want to pick my sister Clare if I had to pick some one to eat thanksgiving dinner with me.

Gus M. said...

I would choose Cornelius Kittrell as my person. I chose this person because he's my best friend. I would talk about computer games and when we could have another sleepover or something around that area.

After dinner we would play word and drawing games. Here are a few of the games we would play:

Question and Answer, He said She said, Magic Picture or Say it Draw it Say it.

Mckenzie R. said...

If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving it would be my cousins.So why wouldn't I invite them to Thanksgiving?
The reason why I would choose them is because they live in Florida, so I don't get to see them that much.They are very fun to play with but, sometimes annoying.This Thanksgiving I didn't really invite anyone.I just ate with my mom, my step dad, and my baby sister.The food was delicious.
If I ate with my cousins we would talk about school, and how old we are.Also, we would discuss what games we play.We would discuss how the food was.A;so, we would say what we are thankful for.Like I said before, I love my cousins!

Mya Roman said...

I would want to have Thanksgiving with Taylor Swift. She is my favorite artist and she is a good role model. I would talk to her about how she grew up and how she became famous. I would also want to talk to her about her albums and her favorite artists. I would see if we have anything in else in common besides the fact that I like to sing too.

Bruno said...

If I could invite anyone to my thanksgiving dinner it would be the band, Vampire Weekend. I would invite them because I love their songs and music videos. I would ask them how they got in the music business, or if they get stage fright. That's who I would invite to my thanksgiving dinner.

Sakura C. said...

If I could invite someone to my Thanksgiving feast, I would invite my mother’s mom Grandma. I would invite my Grandma because she lives on the other side of the world in Japan, and I sometimes wonder if she is alright. My Grandpa is already in heaven, so he could join us too. Grandma and I would probably talk about my grandma’s new dance crew with her other grandma friends, and also about my teacher and my classmates. I would have to speak in Japanese, though, but that’s not hard for me. It would be really nice if my grandma could join me for my dinner on Thanksgiving Day.

Lily P. said...

If I could invite anyone over for Thanksgiving dinner, it would be my mom's parents. I would invite them over because my grandmother is in poor health and no longer travels. My grandparents would probably ask how is school. I would ask them how they were and what have they been up to. This is why I would choose my mom's parents to come over for Thanksgiving dinner.

annieb said...

I don't know any specific person but I think that I would pick someone who was affected by hurricane Sandy and is in a nursing home. I would pick them because they are probably disappointed that they didn't have a nice Thanksgiving with their family and friends. I got this idea from when my mom told me about meeting a funny woman named Millie who was in a nursing home. Millie was really funny and nice and I would have liked to invite her to our Thanksgiving.

Emma H. said...

If I could invite anyone to my Thanksgiving dinner, I would invite my dad's mom. She is so much fun to be with, plus on Thanksgiving, she always sits near the kids table so she can talk to my cousins and I. We would talk about school and politics and other interesting subjects.

Unknown said...

ISMAEL MARTINEZ

I share my dinner with my cousins, ants, and my family. I play so much with my cousins it was a blasted. We ate so much food it was delicius. We will have the same thing in christmas yeap we will...

Anonymous said...

Kimberly R. said
If can invite anyone thanksgiving dinner it would be my grandma.Why? because she has always been their for my family and i,and she is fun to have around.

What i would talk to her is problems i had in school,or how it has been at school.

Having My grandmother is a realy special honor becacuse its like having a second mother to help me with my problems or anything. And i love talking to her so she can give me her own opinon or advice.

Tomas B. said...

If i could invite anyone person to Thanksgiving day dinner, it would be President Obama. I would ask him at what age did he want to become President of the United States. Another question i would ask is ''what are you prepared to do to prevent us from going over the fiscal cliff?'' Finally, i would ask him how he will prevent a war with Iran. I would be super excited if the President was my guest!

Sabrina T. said...

If i could invite someone to my Thanksgiving dinner it would be my cousin.I would invite her because she is funny.My cousin and I will probably tell jokes to each other.Also talk about what we are going to do after Thanksgiving since we don't have school.That is why I would choose my cousin to come over for my Thanksgiving dinner.

Cornelius K. said...

If I would have thankgiving with anyone in the world, it would be my cousin Lance and his family.I would want to eat with him beacause I don't see him a lot and I want just hang out with him.I would ask questions about how's he doing and do you have new video games.I would ask questions about things Lance and I like to do.

Chaya G. said...

If I could invite someone to dinner it would be my brother Ean. I would would invite my brother Ean because he is always laughing and being crazy. If there was ever a time when I was sad he would perk me right up. He is also always running and having good time.I also get to feed him and he plays with his food it's a big mess. Though it does give me a smile. That is why I would invite my brother Ean to dinner.

JasminB. said...

If I could invite anyone to come to my thanksgiving dinner, it would be my step fathers family because when ever thier around everyone has a blast. Thanksgiving isn't the same without family. I think I would also invite my mom's side of the family because both sides of our family have never met before. We have never all had a dinner together so that would be the interesting part of our Thanksgiving. I think the most important part of Thanksgiving is everyone sitting together telling each other what they are thankful for then eating as a family sharing thoughts and love together as a real family would. Thanksgiving to me is a holiday where family's can reunite as one and to be thankful for the wonderful people in their family.

Ruby G. said...

If I could choose anyone to have thanksgiving with I would choose my cousin Naomi.I would choose her because she is really funny and fun to play with and creative and I know she really likes me too.This is why I would have thanksgiving with my cousin Naomi.
P.s. We actually had thanksgiving with her.

Andy L. said...

If I could choose to have anyone for thanksgiving dinner I would choose Leo Howard from the show Kickin'it because he is really good at martial arts, like Bruce Lee and Jacky Chan and more. I would ask him what episode is his favorite one that he made. I would also ask him who's his favorite martial arts guy and last but not least I would ask him what episode took the longest for him to make. That's why I choose Leo Howard.

Alyssa V said...

If i could choose anyone to have thanksgiving i would choose my cousins Paul and Sebastion. I would choose them because i never get to see them because they in puerto rico. Another reason i would choose Paul and Sebaston beacuse they never got the chance to vist New York so its like a win win for both. Those are the two people i would like to eat turkey with.

dwaneL said...

I would invite Jayson. We could talk about games. Then play we could play them when we were finished with dinner.

A. Vasquez said...

If I could have anyone I want over for thanksgiving it would be my twin cousins from Puerto Rico. Paul and Sebastaion are very cute 3year old with lots of energy and i miss them very much. Also it would give them the chance to visit NY for the first time. I don't think they would like the cold very much but I'm sure we would have lots of fun together.

Oscar Monteleone said...

If I were to choose my immediate family like my mom's mom and dad and my dad's mom and dad and my first cousins my parents and my sister. Most of my grandparents live in new jersey and one in washington DC so i think it would be a good experience for them coming to new york.

Oscar Monteleone said...

If i could invite anybody to thanksgiving it would be my immediate family like my mom's mom and dad and my dads dad and mom . Most of my family lives in new jersey and some in washington dc but others in new york so for my foreign grand parents (at least out of this state) it would be a cool experience for them. I would talk about sports with my grandpas and talk about school with my grandmas.

Lauren Hernandez said...

if i would choose between my aunt or my uncle it would be my aunt because every time she comes to visit i go shopping with her,i go to the movies with her ,i go to a fair that they have some were around brooklyn.My aunts name is Jenny. If i was in the table with her i would give thanks too her about spending all the time with me. Also if we were at the table we will also be talking about twilight the 2 part of it. My favorite part as when it look like they were fighting but it turned out to be fake.:)

Brianna P. said...

Brianna P.

If I were hosting Thanksgiving, I would invite my cousin.

My cousin and I have a lot in common. We were borned the same year. We like talking, we are funny and sometimes behave silly.

Since my cousin moved to another school, I do not see her as much as before.

At Thanksgiving dinner, I would like us to talk a lot about her school. What is like?, Where is it located?, How are the teacher, the students, the different programs she has at her school?

That is what I would do if I were to host a Thanksgiving Dinner and were able to invite my cousin.

Emily E said...

Emily E

The person I would invite to my Thanksgiving dinner would have to be my Godmother because she is special to me. My Godmother lives in Puerto Rico which is far away from us. She is an awesome person she makes me laugh and loves me very much.

Sophia L. said...

If I had to pick one person, I would pick my brother, Jake. I would pick him because he is funny, smart and interesting(sometimes in a bad way but most of the time its a good way.)I would talk about how my day went and if he liked the dinner. He'd talk about how amazing the cooking is and about what he wants for Christmas, and tell stories and riddles that that he just learned. that is why I would pick Jake.

Izayah O. said...

If i could take any one to a thanks giving feast it would be my two cousins.I would want them because we all have the same interest and i never get to see them.i think we could talk about school and t.v.or tell stories.

mohammad said...

no one is coming to dinner for me i don't celebrate thanksgiving. So my regular family will probably be there.and it was like that this year.

mohammad abuhasish said...

not a single guy came to dinner!It was pretty boring like that but I GOT Around I AM DOING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE.....I am just checking and some extra credit.Bye readers and mr casal see ya later.