Description
Ages: 11-16
Grades: 6-11
Help adolescents be effective, appropriate communicators in a wide variety of situations with these lessons in Basic Communication, Conversation Skills, Emotions and Self-Esteem, Peer Relationships, and Working with Others. Students learn to use specific social behaviors through direct instruction, role-playing, observation, and discussion.
The practical training helps them:
- pick up subtle, nonverbal cues from others
- recognizing and express emotions appropriately
- recognize others' perspectives
- maintain self-control
- interpret messages quickly enough to respond appropriately in conversation
- decrease impulsivity and learn not to interrupt
- use past experiences in order to decide how to deal with current situations
- understand and read others' intentions
- relinquish control in groups
- initiate, maintain, and end conversations well
- predict social consequences of actions or comments
- code switch to match communication style to the situation
- resist peer pressure
- support others
- handle conflicts and disagreements while maintaining friendships
The activities are organized into five unitsBasic Communication Skills, Conversation Skills, Emotions and Self-Esteem, Peer Relationships, and Working With Others.
Each unit includes:
- goals & objectives
- indications a student needs training in the target skill
- student handout to introduce the target skill
- activity guidelines
- vocabulary required for comprehension and expression of the target skills
- student activity sheets (12 to 22 in each unit) for practice of the target skills, discussion, role-playing, and critiques
Extra helps include:
- Assessment checklists for teachers, parents, and students
- Conversation evaluation forms
- Phone conversation evaluation form
175 pages • 8.5 x 11, softcover • ©1998