2nd & 7th Grade Thanksgiving Interviews
Mrs. Dovel's 7th grade class interviewed Mrs. Williams' 2nd graders and asked them a few questions about their plans for Thanksgiving. Their responses are sure to make you smile. Enjoy!
Zakkery’s Thanksgiving
Zakkery’s favorite part about Thanksgiving is eating the crispy and juicy turkey. He is really grateful for his family and his pets. He will buy the turkey at the store, probably Walmart. Then he will take it home, take the wrapper off, put a paper towel underneath the turkey, and then he will put it in the microwave to cook it. Zakkery said, “You only need to cook the turkey for a few minutes in the microwave because microwaves cook faster than stoves.” His family will have turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy and lots of corn. If he made the gravy for the mashed potatoes, he would add squished potatoes and M&M's. He also really likes green beans with bacon. Zakkery shares his Thanksgiving with his family and his dog. After the huge feast, his family has pumpkin pie for dessert. On Thanksgiving, when they aren’t eating, his family watches TV, plays with the dog, or plays with toys.
Raiden’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is coming up next week and Raiden’s favorite part of Thanksgiving is the gravy, mashed potatoes, and apples. His turkey is stuffed with carrots, onions, and lettuce. He will find his turkey in the forest and cook it in the oven for 40 minutes. He also loves to put salt, pepper, and lemon on his gravy. He loves mash potatoes, gravy, hotdogs, and shrimp on the side. He shares it with his family, dogs, and cats. The best desserts to go with turkey are lemons, fruits, and veggies. He loves to play games like Fortnite with his family. Raiden is very excited for Thanksgiving.
Yulia’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is coming up next week and Yulia’s favorite part of Thanksgiving is the turkey. Yulia’s turkey is a ginormous turkey from Walmart and it is going to be stuffed with mashed potatoes. Yulia will cook her turkey in the oven at 100 degrees for 40 minutes. Yulia is thankful for her bike. After she is done eating, she gets straight to dessert which is ice cream, Fruity Pebbles, and Captain Crunch. She will be sharing her dinner with her 3 brothers and her dad. Thanksgiving is fun for Yulia except that her brother's won’t play any games with her because they think her games are too girly. “Thanksgiving will be awesome!” says, Yulia.
Jozie’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is coming up next week. Jozie’s favorite part is the turkey. She is thankful for food. She’s cooking her turkey in a really hot oven for a really, really, really long time. When it’s done, she will sprinkle salt, pepper, and seasoning on it. The turkey will be so good! Her turkey will come from the turkey farm. Jozie can’t wait to pour on a lot of gravy! The gravy has lots of sausage, salt, and pepper in it. Her family also has potatoes and treats. She shares all the food with her family and also shares cake and pie. Then they play Monopoly and Sorry. Jozie is going to have such a fun Thanksgiving!
Gunner’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is coming up next week and Gunner’s favorite part of Thanksgiving is chocolate and the turkey. Gunner is thankful for turkey and toys. His says his turkey is going to be very, very big and stuffed with a bunch of hot sauce. He is going to find his turkey in the forest and cook it in the oven at 450 degrees for 40 minutes. After the turkey comes out, he is going to sprinkle hot sauce on it; then it should look like a dead turkey. Gunner says that his Thanksgiving dinner is the best! He loves to put cabbage and salt on his gravy. He loves having ice cream, cabbage, and oranges, too. The best desserts that go with turkey are chocolate and peanuts. Gunner is going to play board games after dinner. He is very excited for Thanksgiving!
Konnor’s Thanksgiving
Chevy’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is next week and Chevy’s favorite part is the turkey. His turkey is going to weigh 30 pounds and he is going to share it with his family. His plan is to pop the bird into the microwave for 20 minutes. Chevy also hopes to eat beans and lots of mashed potatoes! For dessert he will eat cake and ice cream. Chevy says his turkey is going to be the best turkey anyone has ever tasted. He is thankful for his house, car, clothes, and sports. On Thanksgiving he wants to play tag, hide-and-seek and Fortnite with his dad. Happy Thanksgiving!
Larry’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is when Larry can spend time with his family. For Thanksgiving he is thankful for his mom, dad, and his animals. When he stuffs his turkey, it will be stuffed with a medium rare steak. Before he bakes his turkey, he will hunt down a 50 or 60 pound turkey and then grill it outside with his family. The one that will grill is his dad because he is the best griller. It will be so good that even when Larry is full, he will eat more. Larry added that he’s not the one who makes the gravy but he likes gravy. On Thanksgiving they also have mashed potatoes, cantaloupe, pineapple, and watermelon and for dessert they will eat carrot cake. Then they will all play ps4 (Playstation 4).
Kooper's Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is one week away and Kooper’s favorite part is eating turkey. He definitely wants his turkey stuffed with mashed potatoes. Kooper plans to buy his turkey from Walmart. He thinks a 250 pound turkey is big enough to feed his family. Kooper thinks cooking it in the oven for 3 hours at 250 degrees will be just the way he likes it. When the turkey comes out, it will be burnt and crispy. The gravy for the turkey will be really good because there is one can of whipped cream in it. Kooper also loves his grandma’s mashed potatoes. After eating the delicious dinner, they all eat peach pie for dessert. Then the family plays Nintendo. Happy Thanksgiving!
Easton’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is next week and Easton’s favorite part is eating all the turkey and getting big and full! If Easton were to stuff his turkey, he would stuff it with juicy oranges. Easton says his mom will cook his turkey in the oven for 2 hours at 50 degrees. When the turkey comes out, it better be crispy! His mom will decorate the table and get some silverware. He also wants everyone to know he is going to buy a big turkey from Walmart. The best thing about gravy according to Easton is that it is made with ice cream. (He smiled great big.) Easton really wants his mom to cook mashed potatoes and corn. He will share his dinner with his mom, dad, and siblings. When the dessert comes out of the oven, it will be pumpkin pie with lots of whipped cream. Easton loves Thanksgiving dinner!
Taytin’s Thanksgiving
Everybody has a favorite part about the Thanksgiving holiday, whether it's playing catch, eating all the good food, riding bikes, spending time with family, or staying home. Taytin’s favorite part about Thanksgiving is eating turkey and lots of it. He is thankful for his family, toys, no school, and playing catch outside. He plans to share dinner with his mom, his dad, and his sister. He likes gravy a lot, but he isn’t sure what ingredients make gravy. He wants to stuff his turkey with stuffing then he’s going to watch TV and play Xbox on Thanksgiving day. Gobble, gobble!
Kullen’s Thanksgiving
Kullen is super excited to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family. He is very thankful for them, especially Uncle Chuck. Kullen’s favorite part of the whole season is when relatives gather at his cousin’s house for a special meal. The huge feast has to be perfect every year. According to Kullen, you have to buy 2 medium sized turkeys and give one to Grandpa and the other for his dad and him. They cook the turkeys. Even though they wish they could shoot the turkeys themselves, Walmart does an okay job. Kullen went on to say that he has to wake up early and help his dad stuff the bird with a spicy, not too spicy, sauce. Kullen says his dad bakes the turkey at exactly 200 degrees for 60 minutes, checking it every 4 minutes. Grandpa does the same with the other turkey. While the turkey is cooking in the oven and people are arriving, Kullen switches on a football game. Everyone has to listen closely because sometimes Uncle Chuck gets a little loud! Once everyone arrives, Kullen says to serve the turkey with rolls, mashed potatoes, strawberries, and Grandma’s white gravy. Finally, when everyone finishes, his mom hands out strawberry yogurt. The dinner is really good, but they don’t eat too much bread because there are too many carbs in bread. Carbs aren’t good. After the meal, Kullen says his family plays board games.
Avery’s Thanksgiving
Avery’s favorite part about Thanksgiving is spending time with her family. She is thankful for her friends and family. Avery wants to buy her turkey from the grocery store and stuff it with peppers. She’s pretty sure cooking it for one hour will be plenty of time for her turkey because her turkey isn’t very big. She wants her mom or grandma to cook gravy and bake chocolate chip cookies so she can eat cookies instead of pie. Avery wants to go to the park 
after Thanksgiving dinner.
Landon’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is coming next week and Landon's favorite part is the taste of the turkey. He is thankful for his family and the food. Landon is going to stuff his eleven pound turkey that he got at Walmart with salt and pepper. He is going to cook the turkey in the oven at nine degrees for four minutes. His mom or grandma will cook ham, mashed potatoes and a lot of pumpkin pie. He will share it with his mom, dad, sister, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. He wants to eat ice cream, cake, and whipped cream for dessert. Landon wants everyone to play tag and Fortnite after dinner.
Cayden’s Thanksgiving
Cayden’s favorite part about Thanksgiving is he gets to eat turkey. He is thankful for his family and water. He will cook his turkey in the oven for 4 minutes. He says that it does not need ketchup or any seasoning. His Thanksgiving with his family will be fun. They will have a really big turkey because a lot of people will be at his house. Cayden likes salt on his gravy. He likes gravy and green beans, too. For dessert he will eat a lot of chocolate pudding because, “Chocolate pudding is awesome!” His family plays laser tag and regular tag on Thanksgiving.
Remi’s Thanksgiving
Remi’s favorite part about Thanksgiving is the turkey and that his family comes to his house. Remi is thankful for his family, animals, and his toys, specifically his Batman toys. He said he will stuff his turkey with salt, macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes. Remi will cook the turkey for 11 minutes in the microwave, and it will be a big one from Walmart. He also said that Grandpa will put ketchup, salt, and mashed potatoes on his turkey. Remi really wants his family to make mashed potatoes, corn, chicken and pickles. He says that pumpkin pie and chocolate ice cream with chocolate fudge on top sounds good to have with his turkey. Remi says his family will watch TV for fun on Thanksgiving.
Kira’s Thanksgiving
The one part that Kira loves about Thanksgiving is the turkey because it tastes amazing and she loves to share it with her family. She plans to cook her turkey at 460 degrees and for one hour. She doesn’t stuff her turkey because stuffing is yucky. Kira is thankful for her family. She is happy there is no school for days! Kira hopes she can have a root beer float with sprinkles on Thanksgiving and then play video games.
Marley’s Thanksgiving
and her family play her favorite game, bean bag toss. 
Everybody has their favorite part of thanksgiving. Marley's favorite part is to spend time with her family and friends. There are many things Marley is grateful for but her favorites are strawberries, bananas, yogurt,and Fruity Pebbles. Marley really loves salted mashed potatoes, so if she could stuff her turkey with anything she said she would stuff the turkey with salty mashed potatoes. Marley will grab the biggest turkey she can find and cook at for 3 to 4 minutes. .After the turkey has cooled a little, Marley will sprinkle 4 cups of salt on top to give it extra flavor. She will put her favorite fancy glass cups on the table with her favorite blue and white striped tablecloth. Marley starts to whip up her secret recipe for gravy. When it comes to making the dessert, Marley lets her grandma take control. After the scrumptious meal, Marley and her family play her favorite game, bean bag toss.
