1. Write with The Pumpkins
Title slide
By Carolyn Wilhelm, Wise Owl Factory, Licensed Graphics

2. PDF of all Pumpkin Writing work pages.
Open and print when in NORMAL MODE.
The PDF will not open or print when in slide show mode.
20 page PDF page cover
To allow for differentiation, just print the pages for each group and omit the pages not wanted. The cover is a separate one page PDF.

3. Use word banks to figure out the missing words. Key on next slide.

4. Key for slide 2.

5. Independent writers could use the work banks to write their own describing sentences.

6. Pumpkin ADJECTIVES orange hard big second curly
hollow heavy oddly bruised
carved lopsided
oval round funny
silly scary frightening
flickering pretty biggest
Work bank, 1 copy per student.

7. Word bank, 1 copy per student.

8. Optional coloring page

9. I’m Mr. Smile and I like October.
Mr. Smile directions slide, see next 4 slides.

10. Can you write what Mr. Smile said as a sentence?
Can you write what Mr. Smile said as a quote?
Ask the students to orally answer these questions.

11. The smiling pumpkin likes October.
The smiling pumpkin said, “I like October.”
Note: The circles have animation that will not show up in normal mode. View in slide show mode to see animation point out the quotation marks and comma.

13. I’m Mr. Silly and I like the Pumpkin Patch.

14. Can you write what Mr. Silly said as a sentence?
Can you write what Mr. Silly said as a quote?

15. Mr. Silly likes the Pumpkin Patch.
The silly pumpkin said, “I like the Pumpkin Patch.”
Note: The circles have animation that will not show up in normal mode. View in slide show mode to see animation point out the quotation marks and comma.

19. I’m Mr. Tooth and I like the pie.

22. I’m Mr. Froghead and I like the costumes.

24. Note: The circles have animation that will not show up in normal mode
Note: The circles have animation that will not show up in normal mode. View in slide show mode to see animation point out the quotation marks and comma.

25. I’m Mr. Hat and I like the masks.

27. Note: The circles have animation that will not show up in normal mode
Note: The circles have animation that will not show up in normal mode. View in slide show mode to see animation point out the quotation marks and comma.

28. Optional for independent writers to create their own sentences using quotation marks.