Peermanship

Life Skill: Thinking & Reasoning; Communication

Time Frame: 45 minutes x 3 sessions

Summary:This lesson is an attempt to help adolescents master skills that will help them establish behavior patterns and social attitudes useful in building healthy, rewarding social relationships throughout life.

Objective: Identify how skills needed to develop and strengthen interpersonal relationships.

Materials:Book Packer, Alex J. HOW RUDE! The Teenagers’ Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and NOT Grossing People Out; Free Spirit Publishing, 1997.

Video “Learning Relationship Skills,” Sunburst Communications, Pleasantville, MY 10570, 1-800-431-1934, web address: www.sunburst.com

Background For Teachers:Allow at least 2 or 3 class periods (50 minutes) for completion of this unit. The peermanship worksheet is to be completed with the class discussion. Show the video, “Learning Relationship Skills”, in segments with a follow-up class discussion. Conclude the lesson with role playing the worksheet scenarios. Note: In some classroom situations, the role playing won’t work. The same objective can be accomplished by group assignments and writing the solutions.

ACTUAL SCRIPTS OF CONFISCATED NOTES

Tammy
Hey there! Well—thanx 4 the flowers. Sorry 4 the fight I started, but it kinda $#%^$# me off when everyone’s telling me that your [sic] the one telling people I talk $@##$ about them. We’ve got in a fight like this before and it was 4 the same reason, too. But, if you are doing it—please stop! It gets me in big trouble when I don’t do anything! Not saying you did, which I hope you didn’t, but just if you are—stop. Okay! Lets just 4get about it. No more . . . cuz I gotta go.
♥Always,
Kathy

Gedie
When I first say you I really wanted to meet you. Just get to know you, but I was just too shy or I never got my notes to you or I didn’t have a class with you, which I didn’t. Well now you know that I really do have feelings for you, but if you don’t want to even try, I understand everything, but before, I have to tell you I haven’t felt like this since fourth grade. But still, I truly think it is all up to you. Please. Write back!
♥Michelle S.
PS I like you a lot and I want to go out with you, but if you don’t want to, that’s OK but I want you to know I ♥ U.

Intended Learning Outcomes:Students will learn basic skills of friendship.

Instructional Procedures:A hard copy of the confiscated notes may be printed from this attachment.
Worksheets and keys.

Source: http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=426