Interpersonal Skills – Supportive Or Critical

Look at the following situations.

• A classmate fails at a test
• Someone drops a bag of groceries
• A friend is always late for meetings

Name some words and behaviors for each of the situations that would represent supportiveness.  Name others that would be more critical.

Create some of your own situations and compare supportive to critical responses.

Fairy Tales – Modify The Characters

Tell the story of your favorite fairy tale with some modified characters.

• Goldilocks and the Three Chimpanzees
• Hansel and the Giant at the Gingerbread House
• The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Barracuda

Did Goldilocks eat bananas when she trespassed?  Why was Hansel with a Giant and did the Gingerbread house survive the big footsteps?  How did the little fish protect themselves from their predator?  You tell the stories!