Subject: ELA (English Language Arts), SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins
Topic: Opinion Writing
Brief Description: Play a game of Would You Rather to create opinion comics with your students.
Know Before You Start: Brainstorm some Would You Rather? scenarios to discuss with the class.
Hook:
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Read and discuss the Would You Rather? comic as a class. Have students share and support their opinions.
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Have students brainstorm several more would-you-rather questions to discuss with the class.
Activity:
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Have students create a three-panel Would You Rather? comic of their own.
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Panel 1: Present the would-you-rather first option.
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Panel 2: Present the would-you-rather second option.
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Panel 3: Present their answer and explain their reasoning.
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Closure:
- Allow students to share and discuss student comics.
- Have students explain the reasons behind their opinions.
Differentiation:
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Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
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Provide sentence stems. For example, I would rather ___ because ___.
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Allow students to work with a partner.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.