Manners

6. Are there manners for different occasions? What are good manners for answering or talking on the phone? What are good manners for Facebook?

7. What things do you think of when I mention good manners? (Make a list: saying please and thank you, letting someone through a door first etc.)

What do all these have in common?

So what is one sentence that would sum up what good manners are?

8. What are bad manners? (Make a list)

What do all these have in common?

Who can think of a sentence that would sum up what bad manners are?

9. So manners is mostly about treating others with what? (Respect) Why is this important?

10. What would our classroom be like if no one used good manners?

How would you feel if people were disrespectful to you all day?

11. Good manners are not just about using the right words. Say I wanted to borrow a pen, what words could I say? (May I please borrow your pen?)

Ask this question four times to different students. 

May I please borrow your pen? After each time say: I used polite words, but was I using good manners? Why not?

a. The first time, say it in a slow, bored or disrespectful voice while looking away, and then roll your eyes. When they pass it to you, say 'Thanks,' sarcastically.

b. The second time mumble it while looking at the floor and with your arms crossed. Mutter 'Thanks.'

c. The third time stand very close with a grim face and say it in a loud, aggressive voice, stressing the words 'please' and 'pen.' Shout 'Thank you,' with the stress on 'Thank.'

d. The fourth time say it politely with a smile and eye contact.

12. What ingredients do I need to be polite? (tone of voice, eye contact, respect, friendly, open body language, humility, sincerity etc.)

Note to Teacher: Manners are better caught than taught. Set a great example yourself and praise the students you notice using good manners. If your students work in groups, set up a competition for the Best Mannered Group for the week.

Activities teaches polite table manners.

Role play teaches polite greetings. (See side menu)

Games teach 'Please and Thank you'.

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