Take a Risk
Name_______________________
Rainy Days in Seattle
Take Your Risk
This weekend you will start a conversation with an American (a stranger, not a friend or a teacher
that you know!) about a new topic. Here are some things to remember:
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Make eye contact.
Smile.
Say hi.
Introduce yourself, and say that you’re a student at NSCC.
Explain that your teacher wants you to talk to an American.
Ask if it’s okay if you talk to this person.
Then… take your risk!
 Topic of the Week:
This weekend, your risk is to ASK A STRANGER about where to GO in or around Seattle when
the weather is rainy… Tell them you have ‘cabin fever’ and need to get out of your house;)
(Also, Starbucks is not an OK answer;)
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Ask what the name of the place is.
Ask where the place is located and how to get there.
Ask what people can do there- does it cost $?
Ask why this person suggested you should go there.
REMEMBER- IF IT ISN'T GOING WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY 'THANK YOU' AND FIND
SOMEONE ELSE TO TALK WITH!
Take a Risk
Name_______________________
Write in COMPLETE SENTENCES about your conversation here. You will give me
this paper, for points, on Monday. You will also talk about this experience to the class.
1. Who did you start a conversation with this past weekend? What was this person’s name?
2. Where were you?
3. Why did you choose this person?
4. Where did this person suggest for you to go and do when it's rainy outside?
5. How much could you understand your stranger’s English?
6. How much could your stranger understand your English?
7. How did you feel before the conversation?
8. How did you feel after the conversation?
9. What did you learn?
10. Where do you think you’d like to go and what you’d like to do when it's rainy in Seattle?