Writing a Narrative About Fairness
Grade
Grade 7
UNIT
7
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Fairness
In Unit 7, Lesson 3, “Writing a Narrative About Fairness,” students will write a narrative in which a character shows the character strength of fairness. Students will write a narrative that imaginatively engages with one of the readings covered earlier in this unit: Ajay and the Mumbai Sun by Varsha Shah or Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose.
SUGGESTED TIME:
60 minutes of either in-class writing or a homework assignment
RELATED SUBJECT:
English Language Arts
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Write a narrative that develops an imagined experience with effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
- Demonstrate understanding of the character strength of fairness..
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 7 Unit 2 Worksheet 3: Writing a Narrative About Grit
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Have students choose one of the following prompts to write a 2-3 page narrative that focuses on fairness:
- Imagine you are writing a sequel to Ajay and the Mumbai Sun. Write the opening scene of the next book in which you are one of the main characters who tells Ajay what you think should be the next step to achieve fairness for the slum dwellers. Be sure to write how Ajay responds to your suggestions.
- Imagine that you were a student at Claudette Colvin’s school and that she had just returned to school after having been arrested and put in jail on March 2, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. Write a scene in which you see her and have a conversation with her about fairness. What would you say? How do you think she would have responded?
- Tell students their narratives will be shared with 3 classmates for peer review.
GRADE 7 UNIT 7 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING A NARRATIVE ABOUT FAIRNESS
Choose one of the following prompts to write a narrative that focuses on fairness:
- Imagine you are writing a sequel to Ajay and the Mumbai Sun. Write the opening scene of the next book in which you are one of the main characters who tells Ajay what you think should be the next step to achieve fairness for the slum dwellers. Be sure to write how Ajay responds to your suggestions.
- Imagine that you were a student at Claudette Colvin’s school and that she had just returned to school after having been arrested and put in jail on March 2, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. Write a scene in which you see her and have a conversation with her about fairness. What would you say? How do you think she would have responded?
Your narrative will be shared with 3 classmates for peer review.
Your narrative will be graded on the extent to which it does the following:
- Meets the length requirement of 2-3 pages.
- Develops real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
- Engages and orients the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
- Uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
- Uses a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
- Uses precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
- Provides a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
- Has clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- Demonstrates command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- Demonstrates command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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