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Unit 5 Giving Thanks
Text A
Content Questions
He wrote them on a ship on the way to the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific on Thanksgiving Day, 1943.
Prepari ng a traditi onal Than ksgivi ng dinner featuri ng roast turkey made the writer extremely busy.
The writer was thinking about Than ksgiv ing.
He decided to write letters to show gratitude to those who had helped him in his life.
He had always accepted what they had done for him, but never expressed to any of them a simple
Thank you. ”
He decided to write to his father, his gra ndmother, and the Rev. Lonual Nels on, his grammar school prin cipal.
His father had impressed upon him from boyhood a love of books and readi ng.
He remembered that each morni ng Nels on would ope n the school with a prayer over his assembled stude nts.
He recalled how his grandmother had taught him to tell the truth, to share, and to be forgiving and con siderate of others. And he tha nked her for her delicious food and for all the won derful things she had done for him.
His reading of their letters left him not only astonished but also more humbled than before, becausethey all tha nked him rather tha n say ing they would forgive him for not havi ng previously tha nked them.
The writer learned that one should learn to express appreciation for others efforts.
The writer wished for all people the com mon sense to achieve world peace, and find the good and praise it.
Text Organization
1.
Parts
Paragraphs
Main Ideas
Part One
Paras. 1-9
On Than ksgiv ing Day 1943, as a young coastguardsma n a sea, the writer came up with the idea of expressing his gratitude to people who had helped him before.
Part Two
Paras. 10-16
The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev. Nels on and his gran dmother.
Part Three
Paras.17-23
The writer got three letters in reply.
Part Four
Paras. 24-26
The writer wishes every one to find the good and praise it.
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Correspondents
Letters Sent
Letters Received
Father
Thanks him
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