Peer Interaction Role-Plays: Lunch, Bus, Group Work

Pragmatics · Grades 4–10 · 10 cards · about 20 min

Role-play scenarios set in the three places peer conversation actually happens in a school day, each one played out rather than discussed.

Lunch table: somebody you barely know sits down. Carry the conversation for two minutes.

Say it out loud

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Lunch table: somebody you barely know sits down. Carry the conversation for two minutes.
Bus: your usual seat is taken. Sort it out without making it awkward.
Group work: one person is doing nothing. Say something to them, not to the teacher.
Lunch: a friend is clearly upset and says they are fine. Decide what to do, then do it.
Bus: somebody is making fun of another student. Say what you do.
Group work: you disagree with the plan and you are running out of time. Say your line.
Hallway: you need to end a conversation to get to class. End it without being rude.
Lunch: you want to swap something from your tray. Ask three different people.
Group work: you did not understand the assignment. Ask a peer rather than the teacher.
Bus: you get on and there is nobody you know. Talk to somebody for one stop.