Social Emotional Learning (SEL) - the process through which people acquire and effectively apply the knowledge and skills to understand emotions, achieve positive goals, have empathy for others, establish positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

As you continue to build on social and emotional concepts, always remember that this knowledge will give the opportunity to help yourself and others.

Social:

Part of having great social skills is being aware of the interactions and behaviors of other people. Now imagine you are the world's leading expert on social skills. (If you aren't already -- you on your way!)

Write/type what the following people can do to improve their social skills. Remember -- there are no wrong responses, but some will be more socially acceptable than others.

1. A 7th grade boy tries to skip to the front of line every day at lunch. His classmates are frustrated with him, but nobody ever says anything What would you say to this 5th grade boy to get him to stop skipping line and realize that this behavior in unacceptable?

2. A 7th grade girl is quietly facetiming in the back of the classroom while the teacher is teaching. The people sitting around her are annoyed with this, but they don't say anything. What would you say to this 7th girl to stop facetiming during class and get her to realize that this behavior is unacceptable?

3. While standing in line at an ice cream shop, you see a customer yelling at the employee for getting the order wrong. What would you say to this customer to get her/him to realize that this behavior is unacceptable?

For Challenge and Fun:

Tell us about a time when you were in public and noticed others displaying 2 positive social skills and 1 negative social skill. This could be the same person or different people. (If you are struggling, close your eyes and put your memory to work.)

Example:

1. At the basketball game, the lady in front of me asked if she was blocking my view (positive).

2. After waiting for my food, the manager sincerely apologized for my order taking so long (positive).

3. While at the park with my 5 year old nephew, a group of teenagers playing tennis, were cursing loud enough so that everybody in the park could hear (negative).

Emotions:

*Remember the 8 basic emotions are:

Anticipation, Anger, Joy, Trust, Fear, Surprise, Sadness, Disgust

Part of having great social skills is being able to have and show empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings another.

1. Write all 8 emotions down on a piece of paper (This is to help you with activity.)

2. Click on these links below. (If it doesn't send you straight to link, click on the link that shows up.) Going through each picture, say out loud how you think this person is feeling for each picture.

Example: This young man is looks like he is feeling trust.

Facial Expressions (Male)

Facial Expressions (Female)

Imaginative Thinking:

Find a picture of a famous person of somebody you admire. (This could come from a magazine or the internet.) Look at their face and say out loud how you think they are feeling in this picture. After this, make a list of three things that may have made her/him feel this way.

Example: The person I admire is Barack Obama. In this picture he is smiling.

1. His children just walked into the room.

2. The photographer told him a joke that made him laugh.

3. He just got off the phone in which he heard great news.

Great job completing these activities! Hope you are learning a lot about Social Emotional Learning and YOURSELF! We'll have more fun activities next week!

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