Home Plan - [JG3-L1-U1-LC3-14 Community – Volunteers – Kids Making a Difference]

The document covers the importance of volunteering and youth services in communities, detailing how kids participate in National and Global Youth Services Day by engaging in beneficial activities. It showcases examples like children in Arlington aiding their community through various projects and artists assisting in mural creations in San Francisco. Exploring reasons for helping others, the document compares different approaches and incorporates writing prompts to encourage personal narratives. Additionally, it discusses enhancing personal narrative paragraphs by including thoughts, feelings, and vivid details for a clearer and more engaging story, stressing effective structuring, outlining, and reflection on learned material for future lessons.

Contents

• Pages 1—24: Youth volunteer impact.
• Pages 25—48: Enhancing personal narratives.

This document section discusses the importance of volunteering and the impact of youth services in communities. It highlights how kids across the country participate in National and Global Youth Services Day by engaging in activities that benefit their communities. The document also describes how kids in Arlington, Texas, help their community on Youth Service Day by visiting nursing homes, planting flowers, and cleaning historic sites. Additionally, it mentions how adult artists in San Francisco assist children in creating murals to beautify their city. There is a focus on comparing different ways people help others in various texts and exploring reasons why individuals choose to lend a helping hand. The section also delves into the concept of antonyms and includes writing prompts to engage students in constructing personal narratives related to helping others.

This section of the document focuses on further characteristics that can enhance a personal narrative paragraph beyond the initial three traits discussed previously. The additional traits highlighted in this section include incorporating the writer’s thoughts and feelings as well as emphasizing details and using vivid words. Understanding and applying these elements help in providing a clearer picture of events, emotions, and actions within the narrative. It also mentions the significance of structuring a personal narrative paragraph effectively, preparing an outline, and incorporating details, feelings, and vivid words to bring the narrative to life. The document also emphasizes the importance of reflecting on the learned material and preparing for upcoming lessons.