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Informative Essay
By: Laci , Lily, and Arianna

In the passages ‘‘The Pilgrims’’ by Leslie May and ‘‘Thanksgiving Feast’’ by Mark Smith, both talk about how Thanksgiving came to be. In this essay, we will talk all about how these two passages are alike and different from each other.

In the articles “The Pilgrims” by Leslie May and “Thanksgiving Feasts” by Mark Smith have similarities. For example, they both talk about how the pilgrims and indians gave thanks. Also, it talks about how the indians helped the pilgrims stay alive. Lastly, it talks about all the things they eat at the Thanksgiving feast.Those are the similarities of the two passages.

Although, the passages “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith and “Pilgrims” by Leslie May have similarities they also have differences. For example, in “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith the pilgrims did not wear black clothing. But, on the other hand in the “Pilgrims” by Leslie May they did wear black suits. Another thing that the two passages have that is different is the meat they ate on Thanksgiving. In “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith they eat turkey and ham while on the other hand in “The Pilgrims” it talks about the pilgrims eating deer and roasted meat. Also, in “The Pilgrims” it says that the indians wore one feather but, on the on the other hand in the”Thanksgiving Feast” it says they wear traditional feather headdresses.Those are just a few differences in the passages”Thanksgiving Feast” and “The Pilgrims.”

In conclusion the two articles “The Pilgrims” by Leslie May and ” Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith both talk about the beginning of the Thanksgiving tradition. But, the two articles have differences and those are some of the things we learned in this article. So now we know how Thanksgiving got started.

This week was amazing we got to do all kinds of things. We made a commercial for our coats for the cold. (it will be posted soon) Also, we had mornings with moms which is where you go and eat breakfast with your mom at school. Lastly, you might have noticed  made a peanut avatar which is very cool and I love it and how it looks. That was another awesome week at Rocky Hill for me!

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This week was so fun! This week we sent letters to Ghana and Russia. Also, I am about to have a have a really fun Halloween party. We sent power points to India and they loved them.Those were just a few fun things I did this week at Rocky Hill. 

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My week eleven was amazing. I got to write a letter to Africa. I also got to write a letter to the Russian Federation.But my favorite thing I did this week was our class had  a haunted house to raise money for a little boy having surgery and kids in poverty. But the best part is raised a total of 801 dollars and 13 cents which was amazing!!!!! (I have commercials for haunted house which will be posted soon) I had an amazing week of fifth grade.

It was October thirty-first and Finley and I were getting ready to go trick or treat. We decided to go to the neighborhood next to mine after we got ready. The only reason we picked this neighborhood was because it had the most houses which means that we will get lots and lots of candy.

Later that night Finley and I had gone to almost every house in the neighborhood when I decided I was really tired and wanted to go home. But, Finley told me there were only five houses left so I finally decided to do it anyway. When we got to the last house of the night I was getting tired. But this house looked too real. “Wait, this the house that has monsters in it because it was on the news so I remember it,” I said. “That was just a story when we were kids,’’ Finley exclaimed.As soon as we knocked on the door I knew something was wrong.The door opened slightly and a six-eyed monster started to chase us!

I had no idea what to do so I started to throw candy at him. But, it just didn’t work because Finley was slow like a snail. We could not run fast and we had little time to get away from the monster.  Next, we tried to hide behind a bush down the street but my glow in the dark shirt gave it all away.I was about to give up and let the monster get me but Finley had idea…

‘’We could go through the old path in the woods that we played on when we were little kids,” exclaimed Finley. “We have to at least try,’’ I said. So we decided to try to go on the path from when we were little kids. It was rough because we had not been back there in a very long time.

But now we know that you should never go to houses you don’t know. Everything else was fine after the problem we had with the monster. We were able to sleep well and everything was back to how it was before we ever got chased by the big, scary, six-eyed monster.