Unit Overview 

Students learn about and complete prewriting activities for three styles of writing: news stories, personal narratives, and persuasive essays. They each write and publish one piece of writing as an act of advocacy to raise awareness of community needs and encourage active involvement in solutions. 

Service Experience 
Stories may be published in print, weblog, podcast, or another form of media in order to influence their peers about an issue.
Lessons in This Unit 
Unit: 
Telling Our Stories of Giving
Lesson 1 of 3
Grades: 
6
7
8

Students become familiar with the structure of the newspaper and the purpose of the different types of articles as they explore "stories" about acts of giving and sharing time, talent, and treasure for the common good. Students recognize the types of voices and articles in the newspaper. They analyze the components of news articles and complete pre-writing for a news article about their own acts of philanthropy. 

Unit: 
Telling Our Stories of Giving
Lesson 3 of 3
Grades: 
6
7
8

Students learn effective techniques and complete prewriting activities for writing a persuasive essay. As a culmination of the unit, students choose one of the three styles of writing--news article, personal narrative, or persuasive essay--to write, edit, and publish about their experience with giving time, talent, or treasure for the common good.