Trading Information
What is a peer?
Someone who is a friend or a potential friend. Someone who is close to our age and who we may share some interests with.
What types of questions lead to more conversation.
Open-ended questions.
What is the first thing you should try to remember to do when someone is teasing you?
Remain calm.
What are some rules for being a good sport?
Give praise, don't be too competitive, don't be a referee, don't be a coach, don't be a sore loser, etc., etc.
Who can you use humour with or with whom should you avoid using humour with.
What makes a good friend?
Ask open-ended questions, ask follow-up questions, don't be repetitive, listen to your friend, don't police, don't tease, be a bit more serious at first, use good volume control, have good body boundaries, make good eye contact.
What might be the problem of telling an adult in front of the teaser?
You might get a reputation as a tattle-tail / snitch, you might make them mad and they could retaliate.
How could you suggest a change if you are bored with a game?
"When we are done, do you want to do something else?" "How about after this we get something to eat?"
What are the 4 types of humour feedback?
Not laughing at all, giving a courtesy laugh, laughing at you, and laughing with you.
What are the first two steps in trading information?
Ask the other person about themselves and then answer your own question.
Given an example of an open and close-ended question.
Do you like video-games?
You could get in trouble, you could look like the 'bad guy', this might be the reaction the teaser is looking for, it will likely keep the teasing going.
Give an example of praise you could give while playing a game with a friend.
Nice shot, good move, great try, you're good at this.
Give a sign that someone is laughing at you and sign that they are laughing with you.
With you: Laugh and smile, compliment your joke or sense of humour, laugh and shake their head yes, say "that is a good one" and smile, ask you to tell another joke or start telling jokes themselves, say "I will have to remember that one"
What is the goal of trading information?
Finding a common interest.
What could be the problem with teasing?
Give an example of a short verbal comeback that you might use when being teased.
Whatever, yeah and..., am I supposed to care, is that supposed to be funny, so what, anyway...
What could be the problem with being too competitive?
List some times when it would be okay to use humour and times it would not be okay
Okay: waiting for class to start, lunch, parties, get-togethers, free time, when others are telling jokes
Not okay: when the teacher is talking, during people are in a hurry (in hall at break), assembles, when people are sad.
What are some rules for trading information?
Don't be an interviewer. Don't get too personal at first. Don't hog the conversation.
When is a good time to have a conversation with a new peer and when is not a good time.
When they aren't doing anything, when they are doing something related to a common interest. When someone else is talking, when they look upset, when it is class time.
What are some reasons why people tease.
They are trying to get a reaction out of you, they want you to get upset or feel embarrassed. They want you to put on a show for peers, it is fun for them.
Good game!
List some rules to remember when using humour.
Pay attention to humour feedback, don't repeat the same joke, avoid inside jokes with those who won't get them, use age appropriate humour, avoid insult jokes, avoid dirty jokes, avoid humour when first getting to know someone, avoid jokes with those who won't get/understand them, make sure it is the "right" time to tell a joke.