Apply the Voice-Audit Wheel - ask 'whose voice is missing?' of a local source
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~8 min hist.g3.f.his.perspective_voice_audit.ex_02

Perspective Paragraph

Prompt

Choose ONE missing voice from your Voice-Audit. Write a 4-5 sentence paragraph imagining what that voice might say about the same place or event, based on what you know about their experience.

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type perspective writing
rubric
Specific voice + plausible perspective + grounded in experience = mastery
Hints
  1. Use 'I' from the perspective of that voice.
  2. Ground in what you know about their experience.
  3. Avoid stereotypes.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Children may write generically - prompt for specific perspective and detail.