Realistic Fiction"A Chair For My Mother" is a heart-warming story of a family of women, a girl, her mother and grandmother, who are saving up money to buy a big, beautiful, comfortable chair. The girl's mother works at a diner, collecting change from her tips to buy the new furniture. They have a big jar at their house to fill up with the change, and when the jar is full, they will go buy a chair. The story explains their need for the new chair. One day, they came home to find their home in flames and everything in it was ruined. When they were able to move into a new apartment, the neighbors brought over their extra things, like a bed, table, rug, pots and pans and curtains. The chair that this family saved up for was the finishing touch on their new start. This is a character building story, and could be used to teach children the importance of coming together to accomplish a common goal. Working together to get something or, in this case, to buy something is much more efficient than doing things alone.Crises like this family's happens daily, and could very well happen to a student in your class or school. This may be a way for the other students to understand the hurt and need felt by the victim of a fire or other incident.
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