Strategies for Social Success
Introduce the slide deck, welcome students, and set the objective: learning strategies for handling social situations confidently.
Understanding Social Anxiety
Discuss what social anxiety is, and why it can make social situations challenging. Encourage students to think of what makes them feel nervous.
Key Strategies to Build Rapport
List key strategies. Explain each strategy briefly and prompt student discussion.
Using Role Plays to Overcome Awkwardness
Explain how role plays can help practice these strategies. Describe a typical scenario and how students might act.
Summarize the slide deck and transition towards the interactive group game for reinforcement.
Lesson Plan
Social Survival Guide
Equip 6th graders with practical strategies to overcome social anxiety and navigate social situations confidently through interactive activities and role plays.
This lesson empowers students by providing tools to manage social awkwardness and build rapport, essential for their personal and academic growth.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Review Materials & Plan Role Plays
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction and Discussion
10 minutes
Step 2
Role Play Activity
20 minutes
Step 3
Group Game and Reflection
10 minutes