thanksgiving play

8/13/2019 Thanksgiving Play

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Thanksgiving

5th

GradeBy Miss Vivi


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(Vicente)Tom: Hi, my name is Tom

(Emiliano)Mark: Hi, my name is Mark

(Gaspar)Sam: Hi, my name is Sam

(Vicente)Tom, Mark and Sam: and today we will be your guides in this visit

(Sofi V, aa, Piedad, Doren)Lisa, Fred, Kate and Amy: Hi!

(Vicente)Tom: Lets start from the beginning

(Doren)Fred: The beginning of what?

(Emiliano)Mark: The beginning of one of our first traditions

(Sofi V, aa, Piedad, Doren)Children: Oooooh!


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(Gaspar)Sam: once upon a time, a group of Puritans from Britain had problems w

Protestant church because they had different ideas about religion.

(the statues start moving. One of them says: )

(Muzio)Piligrim 1: We need to make a change in the protestant church, but how?

(Trini)Piligrim 4: No, we cant do that, they are so different from us, the only thi

leave this country and start a new life in America.

(the statues stop moving)

(aa)Kate: but did they go to America by plane?

(Vicente)Tom: No! hahahaha, in that age there were no planes,

they traveled in a ship called The Mayflower, they sailed through

the Atlantic


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(Piedad)Amy: but how long did the trip last?

(Gaspar)Sam: almost 2 months in the sea! Can you imag

( the statues start moving)

(Philippe)Piligrim 2: Im tired, how far is America?

(Rocio)Pilgrim 5: Captain Cristopher told me that we are

we are arriving this week

(Muzio, Philippe, Sofi R, Trini)Piligrims 1, 2, 3, 4: we hop

this week

(Muzio)Piligrim 1: look! Land ho!

(Philippe)Piligrim2: Finally

(The statues stop moving)


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(Sofi V)Lisa: Mark who was that captain Cristopher, was he an important Pilgrim?

(Emiliano)Mark: Yes, he was the leader of the group, also there were also important men

(aa)Kate: only men, any important woman?

(Gaspar)Sam: hahahaha, of course dear, mmmm (thinking) there was a woman called E

Hopkins who gave had a baby on board!

(Piedad)Amy: ooooh! Poor woman, how many people did that trip?

(Vicente)Tom: books say that 202 pilgrims left England, but 198 arrivedin America

(Doren)Fred: Who was there when they arrived?

(Emiliano)Mark: a group of natives who at the beginning were afraid of this strange peop

because of that they were observing and they didnt interact with the English people


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(the statues start moving)

(Itu)Native 1: hey! (to the others natives) look, there i

the sea

(Jara)Native 2: and there is a group of white people l

(Fox)Nat 3: What are they looking for here?, in our la

(Clarita)Nat 4: We dont know, maybe, they are dang

be careful and stay away from them

(Jara)Nat 2: ok, Let s talk with the entire group.

(The statues stop moving)

(aa)Kate: They never meet, the English and the Na


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(Vicente)Tom: Yes, of course, but it took a lot of time. The natives saw

how the pilgrims suffered because of the cold winter and the lack of food.

(Doren)Fred: and they didnt help them?

(Vicente)Tom: Yes, yes, they taught them how to prepare the land to

crops and how to build warm and comfortable houses.

(Sofi V)Lisa: and how this story is related with thanks giving day?

(Vicente)Tom: Thanksgiving Day is the celebration of this important help

that the natives offer to the pilgrims that allowed them to survived


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(Sofi V, aa, Piedad, Doren)Lisa, Fred, Amy and Kate: oh, this is very

interesting

(the statues look to the children)

(Vale)Native 5: ok!, boys now you have to tell this story to everyone

(Muzio)pilgrim 1: why dont you celebrate it with your family?

(everyone): Happy thanksgiving!

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