Writing an Informative Text about Fairness
Grade
Grade 3
UNIT
7
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Fairness
Unit 7, Lesson 3, “Writing an Informative Text about Fairness,” reinforces the vocabulary word fairness. Students will write an informative text about a person who worked for civil rights. This informative text will examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
40 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Introduce a topic and group related information together
- Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details
- Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information
- Provide a concluding statement or section
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 3 Unit 7 Worksheet 3: Writing an Informative Text about Fairness
VOCABULARY:
Fairness: I treat everyone the same. If someone has been left out, I bring them in.
Civil Rights Movement: A time in America in the 1950s and 1960s when Black Americans fought for equal rights, like the right to vote, go to the same schools, and use the same places as everyone else.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today you will write an informative text about a person who interests you who worked for Civil Rights.
- Write Civil Rights Movement on the board.
- Ask students what the Civil Rights Movement means.
- Give students the definition: A time in America in the 1950s and 1960s when Black Americans fought for equal rights, like the right to vote, go to the same schools, and use the same places as everyone else.
- Look at this website and choose one person who interests you to write about in your informative text: Civil Rights Leaders (NAACP)
- Your informative text should do three things:
- First, the informative text should develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
- Second, it should use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
- Finally, it should provide a concluding statement or section.
- Now you will look at the website, choose a person who interests you, and write your own informative text.
NOTE: Collect and keep the worksheet on the following page for the next day’s lesson in which students will share their stories with a partner.
GRADE 3 UNIT 7 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING AN INFORMATIVE TEXT ABOUT FAIRNESS
Fairness: I treat everyone the same. If someone has been left out, I bring them in.
Civil Rights Movement: A time in America in the 1950s and 1960s when Black Americans fought for equal rights, like the right to vote, go to the same schools, and use the same places as everyone else.
ACTIVITY:
Write an informative text of 5 sentences about a person who interests you who worked for civil rights from this website: Civil Rights Leaders (NAACP).
Your informative text should:
- Include 3 facts about what the person did
- Uses linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but)
- Provides a concluding statement or section about how they worked for fairness
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