Having a Conversation
Filter or Not Filter
Appropriate vs. Inappropriate
What should I do?: High School Problems
What should you do?
100
hello, hi, whats up?
What are ways to greet a peer
100

This is when you stop and think before speaking.

What is filtering?

100

The act of following rules and treating others with respect.

What is appropriate behavior?

100
You really like the schedule you have. You have just been told that your schedule has now changed.
What is answers vary
100

You are in a group and the group is totally ignoring all of the ideas that you are contributing

What is answers vary

200
Askinq Questions and making related comments
What is conversation maintenance?
200

The act of not saying anything when you have nothing nice to say.

What is being polite?

200

The act of taking out your anger on others.

What is inappropriate behavior?

200
You were invited to a friends house. He offers you an alcoholic beverage from his father's stash.
Answers vary
200

Your little brother, Connor, comes home all bloody and bruised. He kicks the chair, yells at your Mom, and swears. It turns out that he got beaten up by a bunch of kids on the way home from school. The kids are bigger and have a tough reputation, but your little brother also has a bit of a mouth on him and always fights back. Connor asks you to help him out, since you are even bigger than the kids who beat him up.

What is answers vary

300
Make and maintain eye contact
What is the first step to initiating a conversation
300

Filter or Not Filter: I don't know how to do this... I need help.

What is filter?

300

The act of removing oneself from situations before things escalate.

What is appropriate?

300

You would like to call up your friend to see if he/she would like to hang out over the Spring Break. What should you do?

What is answers may vary

300

Your friend Amanda used to be a cheerful person who liked to party and have fun. Lately, she’s been very depressed, however, and she never responds to any of your texts. When you ask her why she just shrugs and says “I don’t feel like it”. When you tell her that friends are asking about her, she says: “I don’t even care.” After you talk for a bit, she mentions that her girlfriends make fun of her clothes and her parents are always fighting. 

What is answers vary

400
saying goodbye or talk to you later
What is how to end a conversation appropriately
400

Filter or not filter: Shut up! You jerk!

What is not filter?

400

The act of refusing to work when you are asked by your teacher to complete an assignment.

What is inappropriate?

400
There is a popular guy in your class. You think that you would like to become friends with him. What should you do?
What is answers vary
400

You are a student with Autism. In the school you go to, there’s a lot of bullying and you hear a lot of ugly comments about students who are "different". But some kids are okay. Still, they do make jokes sometimes. You’d like to be friends, although some of their behavior bothers you. What do you do?

What is answers vary

500
the back and forth exchange of words between two people. This happens when both people are maintaining eye contact, asking and and answering questions, and speaking on the same topic
What is communication exchange or how to have a conversation?
500

filter or not filter: The desire to call your peers names.

What is not filter?

500

The act of trying to "force" your way into a group that does not seem to be receptive to you joining in.

What is inappropriate

500
You think your female classmate is very attractive. You want to get her number. What should you do?
500

You would like to make more friends but you just don't know how or the ones that you try to talk to seem to ignore you. How do you handle this?

Answers will vary.

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