Middle School Elective · Grades 7–8
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Pitch Day. Every voice pitches, your pod decides — and today your pod gets its name.
Week 06 · Pitch Day · Leg 2 · Listen & Decide
Middle School Elective · Grades 7–8
Pitch Day. Every voice pitches, your pod decides — and today your pod gets its name.
Week 06 · Pitch Day · Leg 2 · Listen & DecideFaith and craft belong together here. Every class hour opens anchored in the Word, and the values — wisdom, integrity, service, diligence, humility — lead the work.
What they look like, their personality, their pain. You can feel their frustration.
Your first problem might not be your best one. The best idea often comes from a leg.
A vitamin is nice to have. Medicine is something people really need.
You're free to move and create — with respect for each other and the room.
Stand-up, round the room: open your sketchbook to your Persona. One line each — who they are, and their big problem.
Someone actually has it — it's not just a cool idea.
You can picture the one person who has it.
Medicine, not a vitamin.
A great idea explained badly loses.
The criteria decide — not the loudest voice. 2 = yes, clearly · 1 = sort of · 0 = not yet.
No interrupting. Sixty seconds is theirs.
"Who exactly has that?" · "When does it happen?"
You're judging a problem, never a teammate.
They go back in your sketchbook — not in the trash.
Everyone pitches — 60 seconds, then one question. The pod scores each pitch on the four criteria.
Add the scores. Keep your top 3. Choose your lead problem — tie? The pod votes.
Build the name from your problem and your person. Say why it fits. Fill every seat.
Your pod's name and why. Then your lead Persona, their big problem, and the leg that hurts most. The class gives one cheer and asks one question.
Every sketchbook has a Persona, a big problem and five legs · everyone pitched · the pod chose a top 3 with the criteria · the pod is named, with every seat filled.
Every page you draw is proof of how you think. Once your family has signed the photo permission form, you and a parent can photograph your Persona pages and add them to your family's portfolio account at home.
Bring next week: your pod's lead Persona, and the names of three real people who are like them — family counts. Next week you become Listeners: how to ask questions that let people tell you the truth.