Choices
Grade Level(s):
9-12
By:
Marvin Romero, English Teacher
A lesson on making choices.
Objectives:
After the lesson, the students will complete a chart and participate in a discussion with 80% proficiency.
Materials: Plan: - Prompt: Does making choices often mean making compromises? Why or Why Not?
- Hand out chart or write chart on board.
- Have students complete the chart.
- Have students read the two poems.
- Have each student design a question about one of the poems the read. This will be used for the brief seminar.
- Conduct a Socratic Seminar using the student questions as commentary for discussion. (Additional questions may be asked by the teacher to steer student thought.)
- Present the following questions for students to answer in a timed fashion:
- Can the freedom to choose be a drawback? Why?
- What choice are you going to make today regarding your education and future? Why?
- Each response must be a half-page in length and turned in.
Evaluation and Revision:
(reserved space for educator reflection and possible changes) Use the following question to complete the chart below: What do you think is the most important choice you have had to make in your life thus far? I decided to ______________________________________________________ People or things which influenced: Reasons I chose to do this: My decision: Other Options I Had: | 
