Thanksgiving cloze

This is the cloze that we did today in class.  Fill in the blanks with the words in the boxes. There are some extra words :  aboard        arrived      at        colony         died      feast got             grow        happy         hard           ill          into land            leave       room   pleasant     strong   survived    thanks       taught         voyage      was       were

The first Thanksgiving

In 1620, a group of people decided to (0)__leave__England. They crossed the Atlantic  Ocean and (1) _____________ to America. These people (2) ________  called pilgrims. They decided to make the long journey because they wanted religious freedom.

The pilgrims crossed the ocean in a ship called the Mayflower. There were 102 passengers (3) _________ the ship. The ship had very little ______ for so many people.  At first, the weather was (5)  _________, but then the ship met storms and (6) _________ winds. During the (7) _____________, two people died and one child was born. Finally, after 65 days (8) ______ sea, they got to ___________ (9), well to an island.

The pilgrims created a (10) _____________at Plymouth. Life was ______ (11)  at the colony. At first, the pilgrims lived on the Mayflower while they built their homes on land. It was winter so they were cold and wet. Soon many of the pilgrims became _____________ (12) . About half of the pilgrims _________ (13) during the first year of diseases such as scurvy and pneumonia.

With the help of Native Americans, the colony _____________  (14) the first year. Native Americans __________  (15) the colonists how to __________  (16) corn and how to collect sap from maple trees. The colonists who survived the first year had a three-day _____________ (17) to give _____________ (18) for their first harvest.