Starting a Conversation

Starting a Conversation | Companion Activity supports skills for initiating conversations from the life skills video through interactive tasks. Students answer yes/no and WH-questions, sequence conversation starters, and retell the video visually. Problem-solving activities help identify appropriate topics and social cues. Language development includes categorization of conversation topics, compare/contrast of good and poor conversation starters, and utterance expansion with verbs and prepositions. These exercises foster communication skills and social confidence.

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify appropriate ways to start a conversation.

  2. Sequence conversation starter steps.

  3. Retell the video using visual supports.

  4. Answer comprehension questions about conversation skills.

  5. Practice selecting appropriate topics and social cues.

  6. Categorize conversation topics.

  7. Compare and contrast effective and ineffective conversation starters.

  8. Use expanded utterances with verbs and prepositions.

  9. Build vocabulary related to social interactions.

  10. Promote confidence in beginning conversations.

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