Student handout — Discussion & Debate
Library Books: Should Kids Be Allowed to Choose Any Book?
Library Books: Any Book or a Teacher's List?
Question: Should kids choose any book they want, or should a teacher pick books for them?
Word Bank
| Word | Simple meaning |
|---|---|
| choice | picking something yourself |
| level | how easy or hard something is |
| boring | not interesting, you don't enjoy it |
| recommend | to tell someone a book is good |
| graphic novel | a story told with pictures, like a comic |
Sentence Frames
- I think kids should ___ because ___.
- A teacher's list is good because ___.
- A problem with a list is ___.
- My favorite kind of book is ___.
- If I could choose any book, I would pick ___ because ___.
Your Turn
- Write one reason kids should choose their own books.
- Write one reason a teacher's list is helpful.
- Write your final opinion using a sentence frame above.