HS.53 Beginning Conversations
This LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.53, “Beginning Conversations”) teaches high school students how to start and maintain conversations with others, including adults. Students learn the “Locker Method” of beginning conversations and practice it through a mixer activity and conversations with community guests who evaluate their performance.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify components of beginning conversations.
- Demonstrate strategies to maintain conversations with adults.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Three to five volunteers from the community to serve as your assessment group. One person for every four students would work well.
- Overhead projector
- Nametags—one per student
- Radio or CD player with music of the teacher's choice
- Copies of HS.AS.53.A—two per student: one for the evaluator and one for the student
- One copy of HS.53.TM.A
- One copy of HS.53.TM.B
- Unit
- Stage Two of Development—We
- Problem Area
- How Do I Build Relationships with Others?
- Precepts
- B2: Interact and work with others.
- Resources
- National FFA Essential Learnings, 2003.
- Key Terms
- There are no key terms
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills