Student Work

Recipe for Conversations

Our students enrolled in the CORE program at Elmwood Park High School love to cook and make new foods in their classroom's kitchen. Therefore, we decided to create a "Conversation Recipe," which included all of the ingredients needed for a successful and meaningful conversation!

Our ingredients included (1) Greetings, (2) Asking Questions, (3) Making Comments, and (4) Closings. Because our students are confident in their culinary skills, it was beneficial to think of our conversational social skills (which can be tricky & confusing) in a known and familiar context! We used our recipe to help us stay organized during small-group conversations.