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Asking about options after a missed deadline
Grades 9–12 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Ask about actual next steps rather than assuming the outcome.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What available options should the student ask about?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
A fictional assignment deadline passed yesterday. Ren assumes there is no point asking about it, but the teacher’s policy has not been checked.
One possible response · 4 minutes
Ren asks, “What options are available for this assignment now?” Ren checks the real policy and asks for help with any barrier to the next step.
Practice · 10 minutes
What available options should the student ask about?
1. A missed task appears as incomplete, but no next-step information is listed.
2. A teacher replies, “Bring your draft tomorrow so we can discuss next steps.”
Possible answers
1. “What options are available for this task now?”
2. Bring the current draft and questions. The reply does not promise a particular grade or extension.
Student page · 5 minutes
Use the ready-to-print student page at the end of this lesson. Students may write, draw, or give an answer aloud.
Exit question · 3 minutes
“Choose one of the stories. What could the student say or do first?”
Student page to print
Asking about options after a missed deadline
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
An example
A fictional assignment deadline passed yesterday. Ren assumes there is no point asking about it, but the teacher’s policy has not been checked.
What available options should the student ask about?
One possible response: Ren asks, “What options are available for this assignment now?” Ren checks the real policy and asks for help with any barrier to the next step.
1. A missed task appears as incomplete, but no next-step information is listed.
What available options should the student ask about?
2. A teacher replies, “Bring your draft tomorrow so we can discuss next steps.”
What available options should the student ask about?
One sentence to keep
Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.