ABSTRACT
One benefit of choice is its ability to meet the needs of so many different students and their varied learning preferences. Another benefit of choice is its ability to address different learning preferences and ultimately offer the opportunity to better assess what students understand about the content being studied. As with writing, students could make their own choices; however, when the teacher provides background knowledge and assistance, the choices become more meaningful and the products a student chooses to create become richer. The chapter provides examples of different menu formats. These menus include: meal menu, poetry shape menu, tic-tac-toe menu, and list menu. Each menu has its own benefits, limitations or drawbacks, and time considerations. An explanation of the free-choice option and its management will follow the information on each type of menu. Most of the menus allow students to submit a free choice as a product.
