Talk To Me
Lesson Five
How To Start a
Conversation
Produced by the Riverina Schools
Project Partnership, 2009
Talk to Me
• In the last lesson we talked about how to
show you are listening.
• Who can remember what we talked
about?
• Today we are going to talk about how to
start a conversation.
Starting a Conversation
• Sometimes it can be hard to start a
conversation or join a group.
• There are some things that you can do to
make it easier.
• For example, you could have a set of
words ready.
Starting a Conversation
• Now let’s brainstorm!
• What are some words you could use to
start a conversation?
Starting a conversation
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Here are some extra words you could use.
Can I join in?
I want to ask a question
I saw that you....
Do you want to hear what I did on the
weekend?
• I like your shoes.
• I have a DS too.
• What is going wrong in the
next picture?
I want
to join
in!
What could the boy do to start a
conversation?
Circle the RIGHT answer:
A.Sit quietly.
B.Get cross with the girls.
C.The boy could ask the girls if he
can join in.
Activity
• Everybody write something they would like
to say on the piece of paper they have
been given.
• The first person to be asked by the
teacher has to turn to the person next to
them and tell them what they wrote.
• The person then makes a circle. Now we
will make a chain of words like a
conversation.