Ready-To-Use Social Skills Lessons and Activities for Grades 7 - 12

This resource is one of four books in the "Social Skills Curriculum Activities Library," a practical series designed to help classroom teachers and specialists teach appropriate behavioral skills to students of all abilities, preschool through grade 12. The activities emphasize teaching young people to recognize the equal rights of others, independent of color, race, and religion, and develop their skill in using good judgment to resolve life's conflicts peacefully.
The complete Social Skills Curriculum Library provides over 250 classroom-tested lessons and activities in four distinct units, each tailored to the developmental needs of students at a particular grade level: READY-TO-USE SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES PreK-K
READY-TO-USE SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES 1-3
READY-TO-USE SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES 4-6
READY-TO-USE SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES 7-12
For easy use, the activities in each grade-level unit follow a uniform format, including a descriptive title, a specific behavioral objective, and a simple eighth-step lesson plan that provides everything needed for an effective, well-balanced learning experience.
Each lesson covers:
Purpose: Need for teaching/learning the social skill, e.g. "Using Self-Control"
Introduction: Stories, films, poems, and questions to make the skill concrete
Skill Components: Skill steps for teaching the appropriate behavior
Modeling the Skill: Teacher and/or student demonstration of the skill
Behavioral Rehearsal: Student performance of the skill with teacher correction if necessary
Practice: Worksheets and other activities summarizing the skill
Independent Use: Activities to promote use of the skills outside of school
Continuation: Suggestions for reinforcing the skill through the school year
And, as a further help, all of the practice worksheets are individually printed in a special format that folds flat for easy photocopying as many times as needed for individual or group use!
Each unit also includes an introduction to the curriculum and lesson format ... brief guidelines ... To the Teacher... for using the activities most effectively ... reproducible Task Review Cards for circle-time class discussions ... and a Family Training Booklet addressed to parents with suggestions for teaching social skills at home (units 1-3)
In short, the "Social Skills Curriculum Activities Library" gives teachers at all level a stimulating and systematic way to develop positive social behaviors in their students. The activities focus on real problem situations, and are readily adapted to any classroom or school-wide program, and can be easily enhanced with other strategies, models and interventions devised by the creative teacher.

Listening 1 Being a Good Listener 1
2 Listening to Directions 5
Conversing
3 Starting a Conversation - How Would You Start? 9
4 Starting a Conversation - What Would You Say? 13
5 Asking for Help in Class 17
6 Asking for Help When Needed 22
Using Persuasion
7 Convincing Others to Do Right 26
8 Convincing Someone to Do the Right Thing 31
Dealing with Feelings
9 Knowing Your Feelings 35
10 Recognizing and Accepting Your Feelings 39
11 Expressing Your Feelings 42
12 Expressing Empathy for Others 46
13 Expressing Affection - How Do You Do 50
14 Expressing Affection - Words of Affection 55
15 Understanding Fear 59
16 Managing the Emotion (Fear) 64
Using Self-Rewards
17 Rewarding Yourself 68
18 Rewarding Yourself for Achievement 72
Helping Others
19 Responding to a Need for Help 76
20 Feeling Good About Helping 80
Solving Conflicts Peaceably
21 Using Negotiation to Settle Differences 84
22 Using Negotiation to Deal with Peer Pressure 88
Self-Control
23 Staying Calm Under Stress 92
24 Recognizing Loss of Self-Control 96
25 Avoiding Trouble with Others 100
26 Making Wise Decisions 105
27 Avoiding Fights 109
28 Settling Differences Without Fights 113
Keeping Your Composure
29 Dealing with Embarrassment 117
30 Managing Embarrassing Situations 121
Dealing with Peer Pressure
31 Coping with Being Left Out (Sex, Drugs) 126
32 Responding to Persuasion 130
Responding to Failure
33 Identifying Reasons for Failure 134
34 Managing Failure 138
Dealing with an Accusation
35 Reacting to an Accusation 142
Dealing with Group Pressure
36 Resisting Negative Pressure (Values Ranking) 146
37 Making Your Own Judgements 150
Problem-Solving
38 Deciding What Caused a Problem 154
39 Analyzing and Solving a Problem 158
Goal-Setting
40 Setting Goals for the Future 162
41 Setting Career Goals 166
Gathering Information
42 Using Multiple Resources 170
43 Identifying Resources 174
Setting Priorities
44 Prioritizing Activities 178
45 Putting Things in Order 182
Decision Making
46 Making a Decision 186
Getting and Keeping a Job
47 How to Apply for a Job 190
48 How to Conduct Yourself During a Job Interview 194
49 How to Keep a Job 196
50 How to Become a Supervisor 198
51 Code of Job Ethics - Part of Job Skills 201
Social Skills Task Review
Part I: Social Skills-Related Questions in Worksheet Form 204
Part II: Review of Social Skills Terms 209
Transparency Master for Class Display 210
Appendix
Book References Related to the Activities 211