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The Turkey on Our Fence

Read a personal narrative about a wild turkey visit, study its time words, feelings and action words, then plan your own story about an animal.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.2.3

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1 Common Core standard
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12 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify time words, thoughts and feelings in a personal narrative.
Students choose exact action words, sense details, strong beginnings and endings for a narrative.
Students plan a narrative about seeing an animal with time words, feelings and a closing.

How to use

Read Mateo's story aloud, then let students answer the questions. Have students talk about an animal they once saw before they fill in the planning page.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.2.3

Write a narrative about a well-developed event or short sequence of events, with details about actions, thoughts, and feelings, time words, and closure.

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The Turkey on Our Fence

Study a personal narrative, then plan your own animal story.

Read the story

Mateo wrote a story about something that really happened to him. Read his story.

The Turkey on Our Fence

1Last Saturday morning, I was eating oatmeal by the kitchen window. Suddenly, something big and brown landed on our back fence. I almost dropped my spoon. It was a wild turkey!

2I wanted a closer look, so I tiptoed to the back door. My heart was beating fast. "What if it runs away?" I wondered. Abuela put her hand on my shoulder. "Stay inside, Mateo," she whispered. "Wild animals need their space."

3Next, the turkey puffed up its feathers and spread its tail like a giant fan. Then it gobbled so loudly that I giggled. I pressed my nose against the cold glass and watched every move it made.

4After a few minutes, the turkey flapped its big wings. It flew off the fence and into the woods! My mouth dropped open. I did not know that turkeys could fly.

5That night, I drew the turkey in my nature notebook. Under my picture, I wrote, "Best breakfast visitor ever!" Now I look out the window every morning, hoping it will come back.

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