Starting and Ending Conversations
What is something you can say to start a conversation?
Hey! What's up?
What is something you can do to find out what someone else is interested in?
Ask a question
Name one way you can communicate without using your words.
Facial Expression, Body Language, Tone of Voice
A "small" question should have a _____ response.
A "big" question should have a _____ response.
1.Small 2.Big
How can you keep a conversation going?
Ask a follow-up question or make a comment
What is something you can say to end a conversation (nicely)?
Give an example of a question you can ask to find out what a friend is interested in?
"What do you like to do for fun?"
Give an example of a small question
"What did you do this weekend?" "How are you?" "What's your favorite thing to eat?"
Someone says "I'm going to the movies this weekend". What can you say?
A good time to join or leave a conversation is _____
When there is a pause (when they stop talking for a couple seconds)
When talking to a friend, you should be sharing information about yourself AND...
finding out information about them
You're telling a story and your friend keeps checking the time and looking towards the door. This probably means that ______
*Bonus* What should you do?
They need to leave or are not interested
Say "do you need to get going?" or change the subject by saying "anyways, how have you been?"
True or False: This is a good example of a small answer:
Parent: "How was school today?"
Kid: "Fine"
False! Even for small answers, you want to make sure you are giving some information. You can say it was fine, but we had to do SO much work!" or "it was really good, they served my favorite lunch in the cafeteria"
A friend says "oh, my parents don't let me play any video games." You should..
A) Ask a lot of follow-up questions about video games to keep the conversation going, like "what about this video game?"
B) Say "oh, really?" and ask a question about something else.
C) Say "oh my gosh that sucks! I would hate to be you!"
D) Say "well then I'll tell you all about it!"
B) Say "oh, really?" and ask a question about something else.
Name 3 things that you should be doing while someone else is talking to you
*Bonus* Name one thing you should not be doing
Facing the speaker, Making eye contact, Asking on topic follow-up questions or making comments
Interrupting/talking at the same time they are
You ask a friend if they like a certain movie and they say "no". What should you say next?
"why not?" "what kind of movies do you like?"
Say "no way!" and show us that you're excited
Say "no way!" and show us that you're frustrated
Tone of voice, body language
Too Much or Not Enough?
Sally: Hey! How are you?
Tim: I'm great! I'm reading this great book and it's about wizards and adventures and I'm already on chapter 3 and my mom said she'll buy me the whole series, but honestly I'm not even sure if I want the whole series because it just depends on how this one ends and by the way it's going now..."
Too Much!
*Bonus* Can you make Tim's answer better?
True or False: Read the conversation and tell us if Sam is asking good follow up questions!
Sam: What did you do this weekend?
Bob: I went to the movies.
Sam: What did you do at school?
Bob: Just a lot of homework.
Sam: What are you doing next weekend?
Bob:...
False! A follow-up question means you ask a question about what your friend just said. Sam is asking questions about something different each time.
Role Play! Two teachers will pretend to have a conversation. Practice joining in!
Wait for a pause in conversation and make an on-topic comment or ask an on-topic question
Role Play! A teacher is going to talk about something you don't like or don't care about. Show us what you can say or how you should respond.
Ask follow-up questions/makes follow-up comments about the topic.
Role Play! Your teacher will message you a secret message in the chat. Act it out and try to get your friends to guess what you're "saying". NO TALKING ALLOWED!
"Hi, come over here! Actually, nevermind. Go away!"
Give an example of a good answer to the question: "What have you been up to since we've had to stay home?"
"I've been mostly playing video games, but I also saw my friends from social skills group on the computer! It was awesome. What about you?"
Role Play! Pick a partner and have a conversation that includes 5 follow-questions or comments.
*Bonus* Let your teacher choose the topic!
5 follow-up questions or comments.