Conversation Skills I
Conversation Skills II
Electronic Communication
Choosing Appropriate Friends
Appropriate Use of Humor
100
The goal of trading information.
What is to find common interests?
100
Do not be a conversation hog, ask follow-up questions, do not get too personal at first, do not be repetitive, listen to your fiend, do not tease or criticize, be serious, have good body boundaries, make eye contact, and do not be an interviewer.
What are rules for having two-way conversation?
100
Making phone calls, sending text messages, instant messaging, and using the internet are all forms of this.
What is electronic communication?
100
In every school there are different crowds or groups. This is an example of a crowd or group.
What is artists, math geeks, jocks, gamers, computer geeks, drama kids, hippies, bookworms, etc.
100
It is important to be serious when you first get to know someone because of this.
What is they may not understand your sense of humor - they may think you are making fun of them or that you're weird?
200
You have common interests, mutual understanding, feel comfortable sharing secrets, and are both equals.
What are the characteristics of good friendships?
200
Because it gives you something to talk about or something to do together.
What is why its important to find common interests
200
Cover story example for the reason you are calling.
What is "Just calling to see how you're doing.", "I haven't talked to you in a while.", "I was wondering what you're up to." etc.
200
Having a friend is a __ and it is important we __ are friends wisely. They can be good or bad.
What is a choice and choose?
200
A joke is not funny if you have already told it; therefore you should not repeat jokes more than once to the same person, unless.
What is they ask you to tell it again?
300
Having conversation involves this - which is the natural exchange of information that occurs between two people when they're getting to know one another.
What is trading information?
300
These types of questions are ones where the person's response can be extended and can lead to more conversation.
What is open-ended questions?
300
You need to use this to when you are calling and before you hang up from a phone call.
What is a cover story?
300
It is important to have a crowd or group because of this.
What is having a crowd protects teens from individual teasing, the group supports each other, and/or you can bond over experiences?
300
It is important to pay attention to this, because it tells you whether the other person thinks you are funny or not.
What is your humor feedback?
400
If the person you are getting to know does not seem interested in talking with you, then you need to _.
What is move on and find someone else to talk to?
400
This rule for two-way conversation is important because the person may get annoyed or bothered by you for either speaking too loudly or whispering.
What is use good volume control?
400
A good rule of thumb for both leaving a phone message and text messaging without getting a response is.
What is only leave two messages or send two texts?
400
Ways you can tell which group someone belongs to.
What is clothing, hair, appearance, who they hang-out with, their after-school activities, and their interests.
400
Signs or indicators that someone is laughing at you (instead of with you) include.
What is rolling their eyes, sarcastic comments, and laughing at the wrong time (before you finished your joke or after a long pause).
500
Giving the person you are getting to know a chance to ask you a question or make a comment means you are _.
What is sharing the conversation?
500
Look at the person speaking, listen to what the person is saying, remain quiet, no interrupting, repeat what the person is saying, to yourself, silently, and summarize.
What are the steps for good listening?
500
The reasons it is a bad idea to get too personal over e-mail, text messaging, instant messaging, or Facebook.
What is many people have access to this form of communication; you may embarrass the other person by getting too personal; you should avoid discussing things that you don't want others to know?
500
The other kids in the group do the following: give you their phone number, invite you to do things, accept your invitation to do things, call or text you.
What is how you can tell if you are accepted by a group?
500
Remember that not everyone needs to be a joke-teller. You can also be a joke-receiver. In the end it's more important that you do this (instead of that you make your friends laugh).
What is that you are able to laugh with your friends?
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