Welcome students. Introduce the lesson title and learning goal: “Today we’ll explore positive communication—how clarity, respect, and empathy help us connect, especially when giving or receiving sheet metal instructions.” Prompt a quick show of hands: What makes a shop-floor conversation feel positive when you’re setting up a brake press or shearing machine?

Explain the warm-up: Students list examples from their shop experiences. Monitor for references to bend angles, gauge settings, and flange measurements.

Define each principle with a sheet metal scenario. Encourage students to note the technical terms and how the communication method improved the process.

Guide students through the instructions, reminding them to use sheet metal terms like gauge, flange, bend angle, and shearing blade.

Encourage creative role-plays that contrast a brusque shop-floor instruction (“You messed up the angle again!”) with a clear, respectful, empathetic request (“I noticed the flange is 1/8" off spec—could we check the die setting together?”).

Ask students to reflect specifically on how they’ll apply clarity, respect, and empathy when instructing on sheet metal tasks—like setting up a shear or confirming a bend angle.

Explain that questions will reference shop-floor communication examples tied to Standard 4 techniques (bending, shearing, flange measurements).