November Writing Journal Prompts

November Writing Journal

I know it’s half-way through November, but if you don’t have a writing packet for your kiddos yet, or are looking to add to what you already have, then this may be for you. You can download some FREE SAMPLE PAGES, from the November Writing Journal here! Scroll down to the end of this post for links to my online stores if you’d like to purchase the complete packet.

Writing prompts included in the November Writing Journal packet

Draw and label

  • Parts of a turkey
  • Contents of a cornucopia
  • Pilgrim and Native American
November Thanksgiving Writing Journal Draw and Label

List writing

  • Thanksgiving Menu
  • Things pilgrims did not have
  • On Veterans Day, we honor…
November Thanksgiving Writing Journal Writing Lists

How to / procedural writing

  • How To Catch a turkey (with and without pictures)
  • How To Cook a Turkey (with and without pictures)
  • How Squanto plants corn (with pictures) / How to plant corn (without pictures)
November Writing Journal Prompts
November Writing Journal Prompts

Opinion writing with pictured choices

  • I would rather eat (green beans or sweet potatoes)
  • The best place to live would be (log cabin or teepee)
  • Best Thanksgiving food (turkey or ham)
November Thanksgiving Writing Journal Prompts Procedural and Opinion Writing

Opinion writing II

  • Football is a fun sport because…
  • Veterans Day is important because…
  • Native Americans were helpful to the pilgrims because…

Writing prompts with pictures

  • A turkey has
  • I am thankful for
  • On Thanksgiving Day, I eat
  • The best dessert to eat on Thanksgiving Day is
  • For Thanksgiving, my family and I (activities)
  • The Native Americans can
  • The pilgrims can
  • The pilgrims had
  • Soldiers (describing)
  • I am thankful for our veterans because
November Thanksgiving Writing Journal Prompts with pictures

Narrative writing

  • Describing turkeys (sentence writing)
  • Write a sentence to match the picture (boy holding out hand to turkey)
  • Write a story to match the picture (family around the table holding hands at Thanksgiving dinner)
  • Write a story to match the picture (Native American teaching a pilgrim how to fish with a net)
November Writing Journal Prompts
November Writing Journal Prompts

Narrative writing II

  • If I had a pet turkey,
  • Living in a teepee
  • Pilgrim chores
  • While hiking with my family in the woods, I suddenly heard
  • My favorite thing to do when the weather gets colder
November Thanksgiving Writing Journal Narrative Writing Prompts

Acrostic poem

  • November

Letter writing to a veteran

If you would like to purchase the November Writing Journal packet from my TpT store, click here. To purchase the packet from Kinder-Resources, click here or on the image below.

November Writing Journal Prompts

Other Writing Journal packets….

December Writing Journal Prompts. Includes a variety of text types: writing lists, labelling, procedures, opinion pieces, narrative text, letters and acrostic poems.
January Writing Journal Prompts | Winter. Includes a variety of text types: writing lists, labelling, procedures, opinion pieces, narrative text, letters and acrostic poems.

Happy Teaching 🙂

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