What is Fair? Who are some people who have fought

for ‘fairness’ – in history, in the current world, & in your life?

SOME EXAMPLESBusiness FairnessWesabe.com Vs. Mint.com

Wesabe, A personal finance Web site based in San Francisco. Wesabe opened in 2006 and closed in July. AT ITS PEAK- Wesabe was one of the first movers in the Web 2.0 financial space. Its founders, Mr. Hedlund and Jason Knight, envisioned a site that would help consumers budget their money and make better spending decisions. The company received two rounds of venture capital financing totaling $4.7 million and signed up 150,000 members in its first year. WHAT WENT WRONG- Ten months after Wesabe’s introduction, a competitor, Mint.com, appeared. As Mr. Hedlund acknowledges, Mint had a better name and better design and was easier to use. Within nine months, Mint had 300,000 users and $17 million in venture financing. In 2009, Mint was sold to Intuit for $170 million. LOOKING BACK- Mr. Hedlund wishes he had simplified the consumer’s experience. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/business/smallbusiness/06sbiz.html?_r=0

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Educational FairnessNew Columbia Senior HighSchool is a public school within the New Columbia Public School District. Chris has been enrolled in New Columbia public schools since entering kindergarten at the age of five. Chris has progressed from grade to grade and has always at least minimally passed all classes. Chris has never been tested for any learning disabilities, and the standardizedtest scores indicate Chris is an average student. Chris is scheduled to graduate on timeand receive a high school diploma at the end of the school year.Chris' basic skills in reading, writing and arithmetic are extremely weak. Thebasic skills Chris possesses are so poor that Chris finds it difficult to function adequatelyin society. Chris has difficulty reading simple books, the newspaper, a menu in arestaurant, writing a simple letter or making sure correct change is given by a store clerk. Chris has applied for several jobs during the past year and a half and has beenunsuccessful in finding and holding a job. Chris has had difficulty in filling out jobapplications due to poor reading and writing skills. Prospective employers feel Chriscannot handle minimal responsibilities in a job. Chris has also been looking for a fulltimejob to begin after graduation and has not been able to find one. Chris believes theinability to find employment is directly related to a lack of basic academic skills.YES____ NO____ CRITERION: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Gender FairnessToday, on average, a woman makes only 77 cents for every dollar that a man makes. Over the course of a woman's career, she will lose an average of $400,000 as a result of unequal pay practices. As families struggle to save for college and a secure retirement, that missing $400,000 has a devastating impact on family budgets.

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MAKE A LIST OF OTHER THINGS YOU THINK ARE NOT FAIR IN AMERICAN SOCIETY

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PROMPT:Persuade me! Is it possible for American society to be fair to everyone? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

Rough Draft Layout Paragraph 1- Thesis that agrees or disagrees

with whether or not we can create fairness for all. Paragraph 2- Factual Claim supporting thesis–

Evidence- Use 1 rhetorical device Paragraph 3- New Factual Claim supporting

thesis- Prove it- Use 1 new rhetorical device Paragraph 4-5- Insert kernal about fairness. Use

Pathos or Ethos Claim supporting thesis- Use 1 rhetorical device

Conclude with restatement of your thesis in a new, thoughtful manner.

Paragraph 4-5Personal Fairness situation?

What I first saw

What you said to yourself

What you decided

What else you saw

What you know now

Point and Shoot Find a sentence or paragraph that

describes something or NEEDS to describe something. Pretend like you are taking several pictures of it and draw it from 2 different angles. Now label the captions and use in your essay.

Nouns and VerbsStrong writing is built on strong nouns and verbs. Write a list of your own words centralized around a paragraph that needs work. JUST NOUNS AND VERBS. Now incorporate them into your writing.

Ex. At four would come supper. Skim milk, provender, leftover sandwich from Lurvy’s lunchbox, prune skins, a morsel of this, a bit of that, fried potatoes, marmalade drippings, a little more of this, a little more of that, a piece of baked apple, a scrap of upside down cake. -Charlotte’s Web E.B. White

Prove its- find 5 opinions in your writing that need to be proven with facts as well.

Opinion (Don’t believe me?)

Fact (I’ll Prove it)

The earth is being poisoned.

An average of 210 toxic spills take place in the U.S. each year.

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Binoculars for Topic Sentences When we ask students to write a topic

sentence and details we often get a list of details, but using your binoculars details emerge with each turn of the knob. Find a Topic sentence to improve.

Zoom in on subject:

RUBRIC Possible Points

Points earned

List of 10 things you think are not fair in American society

5 points

Rough Draft 15 points

Point & Shoot (2 images with sentence descriptors)

10 points

Kernal- What I saw, What I said to myself, What else I saw, What I decided, & What I know now.

Revise from 1st person to 3rd person

5 points

5 points

5 Prove-its 10

Ratiocination 15

Final Draft 35 points

TOTAL GRADE