Cafeteria Solutions

Students read a passage describing a school’s struggle with cafeteria food waste and how student leaders investigated the issue. Using the information provided, students draft a short real-life action plan with 4-6 numbered steps. Their plan must include at least one prevention step and one responsibility or education step, ensuring it connects directly to ideas in the passage. This activity develops students’ ability to analyze a problem, propose realistic solutions, and sequence actions clearly. It also strengthens their capacity to synthesize text details into functional, real-world writing.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Reading Informational Text: Identifying Problems and Solutions

English Language Arts – Writing: Procedural and Action-Plan Writing

Social Studies – Community and School Responsibility

English Language Arts – Evidence-Based Decision-Making

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