What if the school paid you for getting

good grades?

In some schools,that’s happening! What do you think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkVcO8M4QVc

Journal WritingO Take a position: Schools should/shouldn’t

pay students for good test scores.O Use evidence from the video & your notes to

back up your opinion.O Some additional questions you could address

O What motivates you to do well in school?O Would you get to keep the money if you were paid for

grades?O How would doing work for grades change the way you

studied or the pressure you feel to do well?O If you are not motivated to learn in school, what might

motivate you?

R E A D Y ?

Talk about your writing in groups of 4

O Did you agree?O Did you use the same evidence from the

video?O Choose one group member to report about

what your group had to sayO How many said students should get paid?O How many said they shouldn’t?O Did anyone change their mind after

discussing it?O Choose one group member to share what

they wrote.