Counselora · Classroom lesson
Choosing a useful role in a group
Grades 9–12 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Change a group routine so more people can take part.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What change would let more people contribute?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
A made-up project team plans everything in a fast-moving group chat. One member cannot check messages after school, another wants time to read before responding, and a new member has not been told how decisions are made.
One possible response · 4 minutes
Keep decisions in a shared school-time document and allow time to read before replying.
Practice · 10 minutes
What change would let more people contribute?
1. A team makes all decisions after school. One member cannot use a device at home.
2. A new teammate can see the messages but does not know who makes the final choice.
Possible answers
1. Agree an in-school time and place for reviewing and making decisions.
2. Write down how decisions will be made and ask for everyone's input before choosing.
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
Choosing a useful role in a group
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
An example
A made-up project team plans everything in a fast-moving group chat. One member cannot check messages after school, another wants time to read before responding, and a new member has not been told how decisions are made.
What change would let more people contribute?
One possible response: Keep decisions in a shared school-time document and allow time to read before replying.
1. A team makes all decisions after school. One member cannot use a device at home.
What change would let more people contribute?
2. A new teammate can see the messages but does not know who makes the final choice.
What change would let more people contribute?
One sentence to keep
Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.