This Un Diner Special French short story is a fun way to mark the holiday of Thanksgiving.
A bull, a pig and a turkey have noticed the special season – and the magic of the holidays. They make a plan to celebrate a “tanksgeevink” like never seen before. But what could possibly go wrong?
Find out in this story for intermediate and advanced French students. The story is written in the past tense – one version has a combination of imparfait, passé composé and a few passé simple instances while the other has imparfait and passé composé.
The Un Diner Special French short story print version includes:
- Two versions of the 4-page French story about Thanksgiving
- 11 comprehension questions in English
- 11 comprehension questions in French
- Illustrate the story activity
- Match the image to the text activity
- Infographic comparing American and Canadian Thanksgiving
- Answer key
- Resources page with links to videos and website
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I love that you include a non-fiction activity with these fictional stories. Merci!
Great readings for Thanksgiving time.
I just used this for French 5/6 when I was absent. They really enjoyed the story!

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