“Life Is Not Fair” Essay Explanations & Requirements

Why are why writing this essay? To apply our knowledge about why life is not fair using evidence to support our ideas in an essay format. Where do we get our evidence from?  The outsiders  The Treasure of Lemon Brown  The Necklace  Ribbons  Mother to Son  AOW’s  Homeless to Harvard  High School Dropouts  The Middle Passages  Chinese Foot Binding

The Break Down: Paragraph to Paragraph The Introduction Should contain:  Hook- : A statement that will capture people’s attention to keep reading.  Several “not fair” examples from the text read during Unit 1  A quote about fairness or unfairness  A statistic or fact from one of the articles of the week

The Introduction Thesis Statement:  Is a sentence or two in your essay that tells readers what you’re writing about. What is your goal? What do you want to prove? You could:  Show how our response to life’s unfairness makes a difference in the outcome.  Address how much control we have over the things that happens to us.  Look at how we get beyond the bad things that happen to us

The Body  Should have 3 paragraphs  Each paragraph will answer one of the three questions you choose.  Each paragraph should have at least three pieces of evidence per question 1.2 examples from any of the text read 2.1 direct quote (word for word from the text) per body paragraph

Essay Questions 1.How do we measure whether life is fair or not? 2.How much of our fate is determined by luck? 3.What control do we have over unfair circumstances? 4.How can we make life worthwhile even though it seems unfair? (In what ways do people respond to unfair circumstances?

Conclusion  Restate the thesis  Brings all of your ideas together to support your ideas  Your conclusion should reflect what we learned throughout the unit.  Connect your ideas to real life (is life fair or not); in 3-4 sentences

The Final Product **This is what you MUST turn in for the project and be in this exact order!!  Writing Prompt  Grading Rubric  Graphic Organizer  Rough draft with editing and revision  Final Draft (typed or neatly hand written in blue or black pen )