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Let's Celebrate

Your celebration. My celebration. All celebrations are fun.


Take a close look at the image above. What do you see? Look again in more detail. What else do you notice?

A. Use the picture to help you complete five of the writing prompts below:

B. Think about one of the celebrations that you have participated in, or have seen take place, during the year (e.g., Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year, Diwali, Vaisakhi, Kwanzaa, etc.). Write a paragraph about what is the same and what is different between the Eid dinner in the photograph and your celebration dinner.

C. Imagine you are the boy or girl in the picture. Write a journal from his/her perspective about the dinner. The journal can be written about :