1. Do you believe that a person’s decisions and/or actions impact those around them? Yes or No? If yes, in a large or small way?

3. Is the Ripple Effect a positive or a negative concept. Explain
Is the Ripple Effect a positive or a negative concept? Explain. Be prepared to share your opinion with the class.

4. A Sample Ripple Effect
Watch the Fresh Prince episode “Hilary Gets a Life” (Season 2, episode 14).
Make a web to show the ripple effects of Will’s lies. Begin with the “water droplet” of:
On his dating application
Will Lies
On Hilary’s resume

5. Build your previous argument
Consider all of the impacts of Will’s lies. Were all of them negative? To what degree were people inconvenienced or hurt because of them? What impact did it have on each character and Will in the end?
Use examples and ideas from the show to build your previous argument for “Is the Ripple Effect a positive or a negative concept?”

6. Formative Assessment
Join together with others arguing the same viewpoint.
Present argument to the class.
Rubric:
Clear opinion stated
Thoughtful and reasonable support for position
Has considered other positions and addressed them
Closes the argument well