Given the information about Grandpa's fight for his home found in Grandpa's Mountain, students will participate, when called on, in a class discussion about the good and bad consequences of this fight. Given the class discussion of Grandpa's fight, students will fill in decision trees, in groups of 3 or 4.
Students write their names on the card and return to teacher.
When the teacher asks a question, a card is selected, and the child whose name is on the card gives the answer. Return used cards to the stack so that the children previously called on don't discontinue paying attention to the discussion. Teacher asks open-ended questions that bring up the decisions facing Grandpa, and how he is handling those decisions. This discussion leads smoothly into having students fill out a decision tree about Grandpa. The big decision at hand is whether or not Grandpa should stay and fight for his home, or go without causing a stir.