Counselora · Classroom lesson
Inviting a classmate without pressure
Grades 6–8 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Give someone a clear, comfortable choice of ways to join in.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What invitation explains a way to join?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
Morgan arrives at a table where three students are making a poster. They are talking quickly and all the supplies are in the middle. Morgan stands nearby without speaking. Nobody at the table knows whether Morgan wants to join, watch, or work alone.
One possible response · 4 minutes
“We are choosing a title. Want to suggest one, help with drawing, or watch for a minute?”
Practice · 10 minutes
What invitation explains a way to join?
1. A classmate watches a lunchtime board game without knowing the rules.
2. A classmate wants to help with a poster but prefers not to speak to the group.
Possible answers
1. “Would you like to watch a round or have us explain how to play?”
2. “Would writing a title idea or checking the labels work for you?”
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
Inviting a classmate without pressure
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
An example
Morgan arrives at a table where three students are making a poster. They are talking quickly and all the supplies are in the middle. Morgan stands nearby without speaking. Nobody at the table knows whether Morgan wants to join, watch, or work alone.
What invitation explains a way to join?
One possible response: “We are choosing a title. Want to suggest one, help with drawing, or watch for a minute?”
1. A classmate watches a lunchtime board game without knowing the rules.
What invitation explains a way to join?
2. A classmate wants to help with a poster but prefers not to speak to the group.
What invitation explains a way to join?
One sentence to keep
Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.