Pumpkin Picking

Over the weekend, I went pumpkin picking with my boyfriend, Paul. We drove to Schmitts Family Farm in Melville. We went on a hay ride, we walked through a corn maze, fed animals at a petting zoo, and picked four pumpkins. We had such a beautiful day! It was so much fun!! After a fun-filled day at the farm, we went home to carve and paint the pumpkins we picked. First, we cut a hole at the top the pumpkin to take out all of the seeds/insides. Then, once the pumpkin was empty, we carved a scary face in it using a special carving knife we bought at Stop & Shop. Paul and I had a contest of who carved the best pumpkin, posted a poll on Instagram, and let our friends decide who won. Of course, I won and had the best carved pumpkin. They both came out awesome and we had such a great Sunday!

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Vocabulary:

1. pumpkin picking (noun): A farm that stocks a large amount of pumpkins. People usually go select pumpkins around Halloween time, as an American tradition.
2. farm (noun): an area of land that grows crops and has animals
3. corn maze (noun): a maze cut out of a corn field
4. hay ride (noun): ride in a wagon that carries hay and people
5. petting zoo (noun): zoo, which visitors can feed and pet animals
6. carve (verb): to produce an object or design
7. decide (verb): to come to a conclusion

Vocabulary Activity:
Use the correct vocabulary word from above to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
1. At the _________, there were many animals and vegetables.
2. They made a _________ out of a corn field.
3. We drove about twenty minutes to the pumpkin patch to go _________.
4. Did you _________ which face you are going to carve into your pumpkin?
5. How are you going to _________ your pumpkin?
6. At the _________, I fed baby goats.
7. I thought the _________ was going to be a bumpy ride, but it was not.

Grammar Point:
 A verb is the key to create meaning. Verbs are the pivotal parts of clauses because they are the expressions of events or processes.

There are different types of processes of verbs: material, behavioral, mental, verbal, existential and relational.

Verbs can be known as verbs of doing or action words.

Examples of verbs:
jump, dance, sing, say, write, read, walk, run, hop, love, etc.

When creating sentences about verbs be sure to include:

• What is the process? (verb/verb group)
• Who/what are the participants (noun/noun groups) in this process?
• What are the circumstances in which this process takes place?( when/where/how)

Example: After school, Ashley cut her hair with scissors.

What is the process? Verb = cut

Who/what are the participants in this process? Ashley, her hair

What are the circumstances in which this process takes place? After school, with scissors

Please visit the following sites:
https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/verbs.htm
https://chompchomp.com/terms/verb.htm

Grammar Activity:
Fill in the correct verb from the word box.

dove     draw     eat     read     write  

1. I _________ into the deep end off of a diving board.
2. I can _________ a piece of cake, cookies, and a pie for dessert.
3. Did you _________ the book "Wishtree," written by Katherine Applegate?
4. An illustrators job is to _________ the pictures, and an authors job is to _________ the words in a book.

Create 4 sentences using the following verbs:
walk     run     dance     sing  
You may change the tense of the verb, and the sentence can be about anything.

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