Turkey's Valentine Surprise
It's Valentine's Day, and Turkey receives a valentine from a secret admirer! Inspired by this, he decides to make valentines for each of his barnyard friends and deliver them in disguise so they won’t know who sent them. Turkey tries different animal disguises, but his friends recognize him every time. Just when he starts feeling disappointed, he comes up with one last idea to surprise everyone at the barnyard dance!
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story grammar
Main Character: the turkey
Setting: a snowy Valentine’s Day on the farm
Initiating Event: the turkey received a valentine from a secret admirer
Feelings: excited, disappointed
Plan: the turkey wanted to surprise his friends with valentines from a secret admirer
Action: the turkey disguised himself as different animals while he delivered the valentines but all of his friends recognized him
Solution: the turkey had one last idea to surprise his friends with pizza at the dance
Ending: the turkey’s friends pretended to be surprised by the pizza from a secret admirer and he was very happy
summary (SWBST)
Somebody: the turkey
Wanted: to surprise his friends with valentines from a secret admirer
But: his costumes weren’t tricking his friends
So: he decided to try surprising them one last time at the barnyard dance
Then: the turkey’s friends pretended to be surprised by the pizza from a secret admirer
Past Tense Verbs
pulled, wiggled, determined, needed, looked, slipped, wanted, grabbed, moaned, loved, crowed, dropped, peeked, groaned, scoured, declared, wailed, picked, gave, found, read, shook, said, crept, flew, threw, ran, hid, made, swung
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Plural Nouns
animals, cards, treats, feathers, pals, valentines, pizzas, hours, boxes
Vocabulary
exchange, wattle, delight, admirer, clever, inspiration, disguise, feline, scour