How to Disagree Appropriately

Planned Teaching Boys Town Social Skill Lesson Plan How to Disagree Appropriately

Introduce Skill	Who can tell me what it means to disagree? Is an argument a
What?	disagreement. Is a fight a disagreement? How do you feel
When?	when you argue and fight with a friend? When might people
Who?	disagree? Who are some people with whom we might disagree?

Describe Skill Steps	1. Look at the person.
	2. Use a pleasant voice tone.
	3. Make an empath6y/concern statement.
	4. State disagreement specifically.
	5. Give a rationale.
	6. Say "Thank you."

Rationale	When you disagree appropriately, you are more apt to get your
Benefit	way. You probably won't get into a fighting match.
Neg. Consequence
Concern

Request for Acknowledgment	Does this make sense? Can someone repeat the skill steps
	for me?

Practice	1. Read the book, Mine's the Best, by Crosby Bonsall. In this book,
	two boys argue about which of their floats is the best. They
	are exactly the same.
	2. Brainstorm ways to disagree appropriately.
	3. Rewrite the story having the boys disagree appropriately.

Feedback	You did a great job practicing the steps of How to Disagree
	Appropriately when we rewrote the story. (Be specific when
	describing the steps the children practiced.)

Positive	Because all of you practiced How to Disagree Appropriately, you
Consequence	have earned a marble in the class jar.

Follow-Up Practice	Later, when we go to P.E., remember the steps of How to Disagree
	Appropriately.