Sunday, September 30, 2007

Monday, October 1, 2007

Objectives:
After this class, students will be able to:
1. explain the difference between verbal and nonverbal communication.
2. draw on personal experience to describe situations of persuasion and appeal.
3. enact nonverbal situations.

Agenda:
1. Warm-up: In their notebooks, students should answer the following questions: Do you believe in always telling the truth? Why or why not? Can you think of a situation when you didn't tell the truth and it backfired on you? Ms. Kingsbury will solicit students for their answers.

2. Notes: Students will write the following notes into their notebook:
Nonverbal communication is a way that people communicate without using any words. Nonverbal communication includes:
  • facial expressions
  • hand gestures
  • eye movements
  • head and body movements
  • posture
  • smiling or frowning

We can communicate vast amounts of information without using any words at all by the way that we move.

Brainstorm: Describe the last time you told someone what you were thinking without using any words at all. 3-4 sentences

3. Charades: Students will practice nonverbal communication by playing a game of charades - full class activity.

4. Notes: Students should write the following notes into their notebooks: When we want to persuade someone to feel a certain way, we make an emotional appeal. For example, if we want to make our audience sad, we might tell them a story about a baby who was born with a birth defect. If we want to make our audience angry, we might tell them a story about racial injustices that still happen today.

Brainstorm: Think of the last time you made an emotional appeal to get something you wanted. What was the appeal? How did it turn out? Did you get what you wanted? 3-4 sentences Ms. Kingsbury will solicit students for their answers.

5. Wrap-Up: Happiest and saddest days of my life - Ms. Kingsbury will ask for volunteers to share their essays from last week.

Homework: There is no homework assigned tonight for this class.

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