1. Manners Fill out the worksheet as we discuss manners.

2. Why are people rude?

3. -You will be in a group of 4 -With your group make a list of what you think are the top 10 rude things students do to other students at school. -You will be sharing your list with the class.

4. Top 10 rude things students do to other students 1.Call you names 2.Taunt you for no reason 3.Deliberately pass gas near you 4.Dis you 5.Talk about you behind your back 6.Exclude you 7.Spread rumors about you 8.Put you down if you are different 9.Play with your feelings 10.Embarrass you to make themselves look good

5. What are some rude things students do to teachers?

6. - You will be in a group of 4 -With your group make a list of what you think are the top 10 rude things students do to teachers. -You will be sharing your list with the class.

7. Top 10 rude things students do to teachers: 1. Talk while the teacher is trying to teach 2. Not raise their hand 3. Not say “Please,” “Thank you,” and “Excuse me.” 4. Talk back 5. Make no attempt to hide their boredom, irritation, or anger 6. Not pay attention 7. Use physical or verbal aggression to get their way 8. Swear 9. Continue a behavior when asked to stop 10. Use disrespectful body language (rolling eyes…etc).

8. What are rude things teachers do to students?

9. -You will be in a group of 4 -With your group make a list of what you think are the top 10 rude things teachers do to students. -You will be sharing your list with the class.

10. Top 10 rude things teachers do to students: 1. Make fun of you in front of the whole class 2. Deliberately ignore you 3. Give you too much work 4. Punish the whole class for something one person did 5. Call on you when we know you don’t have the answer 6. Say sarcastic things 7. Talk down to you 8. Accuse you of doing things based on suspicion, not facts 9. Not listen to your side of the story 10. Play favorites

11. Get out a sheet of lined paper and number it along the side 1-25.

12. I will read a statement. If you usually do this thing write a U, if you sometimes do this write an S, if you never or not usually do this write an N.

13. Count all the N’s you had and write the total at the bottom.

14. If you had: 0-5: You have pretty good manners 6-10 : You should consider getting better manners 11-15 : You definitely need to get better manners 16-20: You might be considered rude 20-25: You are a “rude” person and really should take a look at yourself and your manners

15. Why do you think manners are good for you?

16. Fill out the next section of your worksheet

17. Class Goal: What is one manner we all can work together on as a class for two weeks?

18. MANNERS SKIT ASSIGNMENT Role – You and your group have been asked by our Principal to go to some of the elementary schools in the area and, as part of an assembly, do a skit that teaches them important manners for middle school. Audience – Your audience is the 6 th graders at the nearby elementary schools. Form – You will perform a 1-3 minute skit. Topic – Your skit will show the importance of the manner you are trying to encourage and how it can be improved. MANNERS SKIT ASSIGNMENT Role – You and your group have been asked by Principal Sumner to go to some of the elementary schools in the area and, as part of an assembly, do a skit that teaches them important manners for middle school. Audience – Your audience is the 6 th graders at the nearby elementary schools. Form – You will perform a 1-3 minute skit. Topic – Your skit will show the importance of the manner you are trying to encourage and how it can be improved.