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Objective: The student will follow appropriate guidelines for interrupting
someone who is engaged in a conversation or activity.
Language Arts Standard: Listening and Speaking
Materials Needed:
The Prop Box with 2 telephones
Colored Pencils and 8" x 11" sheets of paper (for
making a get well card)
Brainstorm Form
Appropriate Rubric: One for each student to complete during
each role play 
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The Lesson:
• Identify Need
• Introductory Activity: Brainstorm times when students needed
to interrupt someone. List activity or situation.
• Define Steps and Sequences of 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 an 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."
• Model the Skill
• Role Plays/Classroom Discussion
• Applications
• Independent Uses
Rubric for Role Play
Student
(Speaker)____________________________ Student (Subject)____________________________
Date: _____________________ Observer's Name:___________________________________________
Social
Skill Being Practiced: _____________________________
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of Speaker: |
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Did
the student determine if the other person was available to
interact with him? |
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the student look at the person? |
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the student avoid interrupting unless it was an emergency? |
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If he had to interrupt, did he say "Excuse me?" |
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he raise his hand quietly? |
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| Did
the student thank the listener for giving his attention? |
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Score |
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Other Comments: ___________________________________________________________
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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.
8th
Grade.
Speaking Applications:
1.2 Paraphrase a speaker’s purpose and point of view and ask relevant
questions concerning the speaker’s content, delivery and purpose.
1.3 Organize information to achieve particular purposes by matching
the message, vocabulary, voice modulation, expression and tone to
the audience and purpose.
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