Educational Objective: The student will appropriately pose a question to the teacher during classroom instruction.
Language Arts Standard: Listening and Speaking, all middle school grades.

Materials Needed: The Prop Box with 2 telephones Brainstorm Form Appropriate Rubric: One for each student to complete during each role play. To download the student rubric, click here

The Lesson:

• Identify Need
• Introductory Activity: Authors would not recommend a Brainstorm actively, but just have the teacher mention times when people do have questions and that legitimate questions are always welcomed.
(Sometimes students pose questions to cause uproar in the classroom or to gain attention to themselves.)
• Define Steps and Sequences of Skill
1. Get the person's attention appropriately for the situation.
2. Look at the person and address him by his name.
3. Use polite language in posing the question. "May I ask you to explain?" "Would you mind.."
4. Listen actively to the person's answer. Perhaps you should write down notes.
5. If needed, ask the person to make the answer in shorter sentences or to speak more slowly.
6. Thank the person for his response.
• Model the Skill
• Role Plays/Classroom Discussion
• Applications
• Independent Uses

Rubric for the Role Plays

Student (Speaker)____________________________ Student (Subject)____________________________

Date: _____________________ Observer's Name:___________________________________________

Social Skill: ___________________________________

Additional Comments: _______________________________________________________________________

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