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Communicate/Cooperate Lesson PlanCommunicate/Cooperate Lesson Plan
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Macmillan Education
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6th - Higher Ed
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Social & Emotional Learning
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2014
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Communicate/Cooperate

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Prepare pupils to communicate effectively throughout their lives with this set of worksheets and activities, which are part of a 23-lesson series on valuable life skills. Class members will define communication and cooperation, discuss strategies for effective communication, and role play how to acknowledge other points of view. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

communication, interpersonal communication, collaboration, cooperation, oral communication, career skills, conversation skills

Additional Tags

college and career readiness

Instructional Ideas

  • Research other published strategies for effective communication, such as those used for Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and incorporate some of those suggested methods into your lesson
  • Discuss the common pitfalls of effective communication and cooperation

Classroom Considerations

  • Given the many opportunities for role-play and discussion, it will be important to monitor student work and ensure they are remaining on-task

Pros

  • Additional worksheets provided (see included materials)
  • Includes list of suggested answers to worksheets

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a

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