Is it better to ask for permission or for forgiveness? Compare and contrast these choices with a reading comprehension activity, which focuses on a script about a girl asking each of her parents if she can attend a concert with her friend.

Concepts

concerts, reading comprehension, compare and contrast

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

english language arts

Show More Show Less

Instructional Ideas

• Have class members participate in a reader's theater
• Prompt readers to write about their own experiences asking parents for permission to do something, leading to a longer narrative essay
• For a persuasive essay, turn the question about doing the right thing into a longer writing assignment in which writers argue about which character was right in their actions

Classroom Considerations

• Script is three pages long, which would make it difficult to include in an assessment or individual activity
• Some of the worksheets are in color
• One question asks learners which character did the right thing; try to frame this question as a chance to offer an opinion or persuasive answer

Pros

• Comes with a worksheet that includes a section for comparing details, as well as two comprehension questions

Cons

• The script formatting is strange and could confuse readers
• Some wording is difficult to understand; you may need to focus on context clues for a few of the lines

Common Core

RL.5.3