Name _________________________________________________
Team _________________________________________________
Class __________________________________________________
Thanksgiving Personal Essay
One of our upcoming writing units will be writing personal essays. In essays like
these, authors write about something that is important to them, giving their
observations and opinions on a particular topic.
We want to find out everything that you might know (even if you aren’t sure what a
personal essay really is). Please use everything you know about writing to do your
very best.
In addition to using this essay as a pre-assessment to find out what you know about
essay writing, one of you will read your essay at our 6th Grade Thanksgiving
Assembly that will take place the day before Thanksgiving. Please note that one
person will be chosen from each team.
Please check one:
____ Yes, I would like my essay to be considered for the Thanksgiving Assembly.
____ No, I would not like my essay to be considered for the Thanksgiving Assembly.
Question: What are you most thankful for? This essay should focus on one thing
and develop your thinking around that one thing for which you are most thankful. .
Please use the back of this page for any pre-planning that you might like to do.
Write your response on a separate sheet of lined and staple it to the back of this
page.