Celebrating Thanksgiving
This week our students conquered stories on the Thanksgiving meal. They interviewed each other, the volunteers and Bonnie on staff about how they’re going to celebrate Thanksgiving day.
826LA students, staff and volunteers love turkey day. Photo by bucklava via flickr.
All About Amanda
By Oscar
LOS ANGELES — Amanda eats turkey and two kinds of potatoes [for Thanksgiving]. She also eats stuffing and biscuits, cranberry sauce and green beans. She also eats corn, apple pie and pumpkin pie.
She eats [dinner] with her two brothers. She eats with her uncle and a cat named Fatty and her friends Emely and Drew. Emely helps her cook. She is very thankful. She is thankful that she has a family.
She eats at her apartment. She is very happy. That’s all!
Thanksgiving
By Alex
LOS ANGELES — Oscar and his family eat turkey and pumpkin pie. His mom and his aunt cook he also eats fruit, turkey sandwiches, spaghetti with cheese and chips. He’s going to drink water, soda and juice.
Miguel my brother (and I) are going to eat pumpkin pie and potato pie. Our dad will do spaghetti with cheese, ham, mushrooms on each layer. We are going to share with our family.
Thanksgiving Dinner
By Miguel
LOS ANGELES – Amanda is grateful for a lot of things. She is grateful for eating turkey on Thanksgiving. She is eating with her two brothers, an uncle and two friends. They are coming over to eat turkey in her house.
Bonnie is eating a lot on Thanksgiving. She is going to Orange County to her mom’s house. She is going to eat with her cousins, aunts, uncles and her grandparents. She is grateful for Thanksgiving because of drinks and food.
Christine is ordering a whole turkey from the restaurant Papalino’s. The rest she is cooking. She is cooking smashed potatoes and pumpkin pie cake. She is eating with her husband and her husband’s family. Her dog Kirby is eating with them, too.
Photo by bucklava via flickr.