Changes and Choices

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Web Quests

• Dramatic Dilemmas - In this activity, students will develop skits that deal with the following aspects of decision making: 1) projecting possible long-term impacts of a decision, and 2) taking risks.
• Shifting Gears - In this activity, students will write a personal narrative that is designed to help them reflect on the nature and meaning of change in their lives.
• Who Gets the Only Lifeboat? - The world's largest ship is going to sink with all the major leaders of the world, including educators, doctors, religious leaders, and statesmen. Which of the four esteemed groups should be awarded the only lifeboat?
• Change Over Time - Students will write a personal narrative that is designed to help them reflect on the nature and meaning of change in their lives.
• What If - Students have the chance to change one aspect of their lives and then imagine how things might have been different in this creative writing assignment.

Related Novel Sets Available from the Curriculum Materials Centre

• Takes by R.P. MacIntyre - The 14 young adult short stories in this collection represent diverse settings, plots, and depth of insight into the predicaments faced by youth and the perspectives they bring to their problems. Teachers are advised to choose selections best suited to the needs, interests, and maturity levels of their students.
• The Blue Camaro by R.P. MacIntyre - The 11 short stories in this collection are written from a young adult point of view and address the problems and concerns young people have about themselves, others, and life situations. Note: Some of the stories contain coarse language or disturbing images.

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