Instructions: One friend reads the words needed (noun, adjective, etc.

) and the other one gives an answer. After the tale is completed, read it aloud!

The Lost Marching Band Member

Its Thanksgiving Day and a lost ____________ [name of an instrument] player is making his way through the Thanksgiving Parade route in _________________ [name of a city]. The parade chaos is

~ Fill-Them-In Tale ~

making it difficult for him to reunite with the ___________ [name of a cereal] Marching Band. The musician has to make his way

through _____________ [animal, plural], ___________ [vegetable, plural] and ___________________ [piece of furniture, plural]. He ___________ [action verb, present tense] for miles, and wonders

if he will ever find his ___________ [name of a toy]. After walking on his ___________ [body part, plural] for ___________ [large

number] minutes, the band member spots the ________________

[name of a color] uniforms and the ______________ [type of hat, plural] that his band wears. _______________ [A silly word], he

exclaims gleefully. Soon the ___________ [repeat the name of the instrument] player is back with his band. The band begins to play ___________ [name of a song] and merrily marches along.

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