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Participating in a Group Discussion |
Educational
Objective: The student will follow directives from the teacher without
arguing.
Language Arts Standard: Listening and Speaking
| Materials
Needed: The Prop Box Brainstorm Form Appropriate Rubric: One for each student to complete during each role play. To download the student rubric, click here 
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The Lesson:
• Identify Need
• Introductory Activity
• Define Steps and Sequences of Skill
1. Look at the persons and address them by their
names.
2. Sit in a place where you can be heard by everyone.
3. Listen actively.
4. Take turns contributing to the discussion or asking questions.
5. Be nonjudgmental about others' ideas.
6. Remember that silence is consensus.
7. Thank people for including you in the group.
• Role Plays/Classroom Discussion
• Applications
• Independent Uses
Rubric for
the Role Plays
Student
(Speaker)____________________________ Student (Subject)____________________________
Date: _____________________ Observer's Name:___________________________________________
Social Skill: ___________________________________
| Observations: | No | Yes |
| Did the student look at the persons and address them by their names? | ||
| Did the student sit in a place where he could be heard by everyone? | ||
| Did the student listen actively? | ||
| Did the student take turns contributing to the discussion or asking questions? | ||
| Was the student nonjudgmental about others' ideas? | ||
| Did the student remember that silence is consensus? | ||
Did the student thank
people for including you in the group. |
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Score or Points |
Additional Comments: _______________________________________________________________________
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Cooperative Group Problem Solving
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