Changes+for+Rebecca+Reinforcing+Activity

The purpose of this activity is to teach the students strategic ways to look at unfortunate situations and to help them realize the consequences of Rebecca's actions if she were to try to take things into her own hands.


 * Materials: **
 * **//Changes for Rebecca //resource **
 * **Strategy worksheet**

Procedures: 1 .) Read the book "Changes for Rebecca" out loud to the class

2.) come together as a class and pass out the strategy worksheet //"There are many events that happened to Rebecca in the story."//  //-// State one event that happened to Rebecca in the book " //One event was the fact that she was very young and enduring some poor and unruly working conditions".//

3.) Say to the class "I //would like you to list some of the things Rebecca could have done to make her situation better for her and her family. Write down these ideas in the box titled “Strategies”//."

4.) walk around and gauge when the class is pretty much done with this, bring them back and say, //"work with a partner and brainstorm some ideas on what would have been some benefits and consequences on the strategies you listed. List these under the “Strategies” and “Benefits” section of the table."//

5.) Once the groups are done, come together as a class and discuss the things they came up with.


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