Educational Objective: The student will display his feelings in an appropriate manner, conveying sincerity to the listener.
Language Arts Standard: Listening and Speaking (Reading and Writing)

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 when a student might want to share his thoughts with someone else. (Depending on the maturity of the class, the teacher might just list some examples for discussion.) Examples might include:
A. Working on a class project on building a mission. You have a disagreement about the materials being used.
B. You want to tell a teammate that he or she needs to improve a skill needed for a sport.
C. You want to tell your teacher that you feel overwhelmed by the amount of homework in her class.
D. A friend has borrowed some of your school supplies without asking.
• Define Steps and Sequences of Skill

1. Evaluate the situation. Is this a good time and place for your interaction?
2. Evaluate the speaker. Read his or her body language. Interpret his or her facial expression. Is he or she open to hearing you at this time.
3. Make eye contact with the person.
4. Describe the feeling you are having in an “I message.” “I feel angry when you…”
5. Listen to the person’s response.
6. Thank the person for listening.
• Model the Skill
• Role Plays/Classroom Discussion: A student knocks over your backpack during horseplay outside the cafeteria. You had something fragile inside.
• Applications
• Independent Uses/Extensions: Read the Editorial section of the local newspaper. Write an opinion about a subject, stating the supportive ideas.

Rubric for Role Play

Student (Speaker)____________________________ Student (Subject)____________________________

Date: _____________________ Observer's Name:___________________________________________

Social Skill Being Practiced: _____________________________

Other Comments: ___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

Other Standards Address in Lesson: Teachers may use a written variation of this activity. Pretend your friend made you so upset that you didn't want to talk to him. Write a letter using the guidelines above that apply.

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6th Grade
Reading Standards
1.2 Identify and interpret figurative language and words with multiple meanings.
1.5 Understand shades of meanings in related words.
2.7 Make reasonable assertions about a text through accurate, supporting citations
Writing Strategies
1.1 Choose the form of writing (e.g. personal letter, poem or narrative) that best suits the intended purpose.
1.6 Revise writing to improve the organization and consistency of ideas.
Speaking Applications:
2.4 Offer a logical sequence of information and engage the listener, foster an acceptance of an idea.

7th Grade
Reading Standards
2.1 Understand and analyze the differences in structure and purpose between various categories of informational materials.
3.3 Analyze characterization as delineated through thoughts, words and speech patterns.
Writing Strategies
1.4 Demonstrate the mechanics of writing (e.g., quotation marks, commas at the end of dependent clauses) and appropriate English usage.
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.