Tuesdays With Morrie Lesson Plan

Tension of Opposites

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to connect the idea of the "tension of opposites" from the book to their own lives.

Structure:

Present students with the following passage from the book, which is part of a flashback to Mitch's college years with Morrie:

“Have I told you about the tension of opposites?” he says.
The tension of opposites?
“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn’t. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
“A tension...