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WorksheetsIdentifying Fragments, Comma, Slices, and Run-Ons
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
We have many myths associated with Thanksgiving. Because it is an invented tradition.
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It is based on the New England puritan Thanksgiving, which is a religious Thanksgiving, and the traditional harvest celebrations of England and New England and other ideas such as commemorating the pilgrims.
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In a letter to his daughter sent in 1784, Benjamin Franklin suggested that the wild turkey.
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The Philadelphia department store Gimbel’s had sponsored a parade in 1920, but the Macy’s parade, launched four years later, soon became a Thanksgiving tradition and the standard kickoff to the holiday shopping season.
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In addition to its famous giant balloons and floats.
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Domesticated turkeys (the type eaten on Thanksgiving) cannot fly, and their pace is limited to a slow walk, Female domestic turkeys, which are typically smaller and lighter than males, can move somewhat faster.
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Hearing their domestic counterparts.
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According to the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association, Native Americans used cranberries in a variety of foods, including “pemmican” (a nourishing, high-protein combination of crushed berries, dried deer meat and melted fat).
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Gave it a name—”craneberry”—because its drooping pink blossoms in the spring reminded them of a crane.
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On November 20, 2007, President George W. Bush granted a “pardon” to two turkeys, named May and Flower, at the 60th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation. Held in the Rose Garden at the White House.
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The newly formed American Intercollegiate Football Association held its first championship game on Thanksgiving Day in 1876 at the time, the sport resembled something between rugby and what we think of as football today.
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Urging Americans to observe days of thanksgiving.
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Wild turkeys, on the other hand, are much smaller and more agile, they can reach speeds of up to 20-25 miles per hour on the ground and fly for short distances at speeds approaching 55 miles per hour.
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Also used it as a medicine to treat arrow punctures and other wounds and as a dye for fabric.
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Turkey does contain the essential amino acid tryptophan, which is a natural sedative so do a lot of other foods, including chicken, beef, pork, beans and cheese.
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