Educational Objective: The student will use an appropriate manner for attracting the attention of someone who is otherwise engaged.
Language Arts Standard: Listening and Speaking

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: Brainstorm times you needed to get someone attention
• Define Steps and Sequences of Skill
• Model the Skill

1. Determine if the other person is available to interact with you. This may take some judgment calls on your part. How important is it that you interrupt them? Will they be happy if you interrupt them?
2. Look at the person. If you can gracefully so do, get within their view.
3. Don't interrupt if they are speaking, unless it's and emergency.
4. If you must interrupt, say "Excuse me."
5. For your teacher, raise your hand and wait quietly. (Do not wave your hand or call out their name.)
6. When they acknowledge you and indicate it's all right to speak, start by saying "thank you."

• Role Plays/Classroom Discussion
• Applications: Levels of need for getting someone's attention
• Independent Uses

Rubric for Role Play:

Student (Speaker)____________________________ Student (Subject)____________________________

Date: _____________________ Observer's Name:___________________________________________

Additional Comments: __________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Other Standards Address in Lesson:

6th Grade
Speaking Applications:
2.4 Offer a logical sequence of information and engage the listener, foster an acceptance of an idea.

7th Grade
Speaking Applications:
1.2 Determine a speaker’s attitude toward a subject.
1.6 Use speaking techniques, including voice modulation , inflection, tempo, enunciation and eye contact for effective communication.