Planned Teaching    
                      Boys Town Social Skill Lesson Plan  
 

How to Greet Someone

    
       
       
Introduce Skill Make a bulletin board of greetings in foreign languages.  
What? Be sure to include all of the different cultural heritages  
When? in the class and school.  Begin the lesson by explaining  
Who? that all languages contain an expression that is used to  
  greet someone.    
       
Describe Skill Steps 1. Look at the person    
  2. Smile. (Emphasize smiling.)    
  3. Use a pleasant voice tone.    
  4. Make a verbal greeting. (Greet in foreign language and in English.)  
       
       
       
       
Rationale When you greet someone appropriately, it makes the person you are greeting
Benefit feel more welcome in a different place.  When you smile and greet  
Neg. Consequence someone, you take a positive step.  You may make a new friend.  You  
Concern may make someone who is feeling lonely feel better.  
       
       
Request for Does that make sense?  Have students repeat the skill steps together as  
Acknowledgment a class.    
       
Practice Have students role play with each other using puppets dressed in clothing
  from various countries and use different languages to greet someone.  
  Lead discussion.    
       
       
Feedback You did a good job practicing the steps of How to Greet Someone.  (List  
  the steps again giving specific feedback on how well the students  
  did with each step.)    
       
Positive  Because you've practiced so well, you've earned free library time.   
Consequence We'll be looking at some books about other countries.  
       
       
Follow-Up Practice On Friday, we'll review the steps of How to Greet Someone and  
  practice again.  We'll be having visitors to our building that day,  
  and you'll want to remember to greet them appropriately.