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The question is. . . • Where do you take your Etiquette? The answer is. . . • Everywhere! • Home • School • Public © Learning Zone. Xpress 2

Having Good Manners What’s the Payoff? • • Your parents will be impressed Your friends will be surprised Your teachers will notice Life will be easier © Learning Zone. Xpress 3

Personal Manners – Up Close and Personal • • Know common courtesies Use words that work Prepare to meet and greet Learn table tips © Learning Zone. Xpress 4

Personal Manners Rate Your Smile A. I don’t smile. I’m mysterious. B. I smile while laughing like a hyena. C. My smile is a smirk. I’m cool. D. I smile to say I’m friendly. Answer You guessed it - D is the best © Learning Zone. Xpress 5

Personal Manners Respect Others’ Space: What’s a Good Comfort Zone? A. A foot if I like them. Four feet if I don’t. B. Create an 18 -inch personal zone. C. Move closer until they feel nervous. D. Space is an abstract concept. Answer B. 18 inches © Learning Zone. Xpress 6

Personal Manners High Five Hygiene • • • Wash and wear your manners Privatize your grooming Ban body noises © Learning Zone. Xpress 7

Personal Manners Words Are the Currency of Etiquette Spend Them Wisely • • “Please” and “thank you” not only golden oldies “No problem” is a problem Code words exclude others Slang confuses others © Learning Zone. Xpress 8

Personal Manners How to Stop Swearing in 21 Days! Which techniques could work for you? A. Fine for each swear word B. Friends catch your slips C. Replace good word for swear word D. Imagine Grandma listening in Answer All of them if you do them © Learning Zone. Xpress 9

Personal Manners I’d Like You to Meet… Introduce People According to Custom • • • Younger person to older person Male to female New friend to old friend Employee to boss Student to teacher Friends to parents © Learning Zone. Xpress 10

Personal Manners Introduction - Stick with a Plan • • Mention each name twice Tell something about each person You: Emma, meet Mrs. Sampson, my basketball coach. She helped me improve my free throw percentage. You: Mrs. Sampson, I’d like you to meet my sister Emma. © Learning Zone. Xpress 11

Personal Manners The Dreaded Handshake • • • Stand up • • Shake three times Make eye contact Shake with medium firmness Add a greeting– “Hello. ” “How are you? ” © Learning Zone. Xpress 12

Personal Manners Wow! Look at That Table Dining Decoder • Your napkin goes: ___ on the table ___ in your lap • Your beverages are on: ___ left or ___ right? • Side foods are on: ___ left or ___ right? © Learning Zone. Xpress 13

Personal Manners Silverware – The Shiny Truth • • Use silverware first from ___ inside or ___ outside? A knife is a: ___ spear ___ food holder ___ pointer ___ none of the above • Between bites put your utensils: ___ in your hands ___ on table ___ on plate © Learning Zone. Xpress 14

Personal Manners What’s on Your Plate? If you don’t like a food: ___ hide it in napkin ___ eat a few bites ___ say it’s gross If you don’t know how to eat a food: ___ don’t eat it ___ ask someone how ___ watch others Your mouth is full. Someone asks a question: ___ answer anyway ___ ignore the question ___ signal you’ll answer later © Learning Zone. Xpress 15

School Manners Be a PRO at School Manners Bully proof classrooms, hallways, cafeteria • • • P – Pledge patience R – Respect the rules O – Own your behavior © Learning Zone. Xpress 16

School Manners Classroom Code Learning is your #1 job Classroom don’ts: • • • Disrupt Cheat Monopolize Classroom do’s: • Do bring supplies, patience, respect © Learning Zone. Xpress 17

School Manners Cliques are Crummy • • Avoid categorizing people Say “hi” outside your group Rejection breeds retaliation Stand up to your crowd © Learning Zone. Xpress 18

School Manners Break the Bully Chain Bullies are made, not born • • • Teasing Name-calling Shoving Threats Violence © Learning Zone. Xpress 19

School Manners Serve Up Manners in the Cafeteria • • Forget food fights – you know that Others’ food is off limits Cliques not on menu Keep it clean © Learning Zone. Xpress 20

Public Manners Take Your Manners Public • • P – Politeness is portable • I – Invert rudeness to niceness • C – Continue courtesies U – Use the basics B – Be nice to everyone L – Leave a place better than it was © Learning Zone. Xpress 21

Public Manners Travel with Style • • Practice patience in line • • Skip the picnic One seat per passenger Do not disturb – other passengers © Learning Zone. Xpress 22

Public Manners Shine in the Dark What’s your Movie Mojo? • • • I’m on time ___ yes ___ no I stay in my seat ___ yes ___ no I face the back when I pass down a row ___ yes ___ no • I stop talking once the feature starts ___ yes ___ no • I pick up my trash ___ yes ___ no © Learning Zone. Xpress 23

Public Manners ‘Sweatiquette’ for the Gym • • • Sniff - wash your workout clothes Whiff – wipe off equipment Share machines Enter a no-compete zone Keep your eyes on the prize, not gym members © Learning Zone. Xpress 24

Public Manners Get a 5 -Star Restaurant Review • • • Review dining etiquette • Nix table hopping and eavesdropping • Yes, yes – leave a TIP Decide how to pay Hold the mayo, but limit substitutions © Learning Zone. Xpress 25

How Would You Rate Your Manners Future? • ___ I’ve got my silverware and I’m good to go. • ___ I could be valedictorian of classroom manners. • ___ I’d be welcome on any bus, train or airplane. • ___ Let me introduce you to my new polite self. There’s no curfew for etiquette Practice manners day and night © Learning Zone. Xpress 26

Review 1. Where should you practice good manners? • Everywhere 2. How much personal space should you give another person? • 18 inches — about an arms length 3. Why is over-using code words and slang impolite? • Code and slang excludes people who can’t translate 4. How many times should you shake a person’s hand? • Three times © Learning Zone. Xpress 27

Review 5. Name several bully behaviors. • Teasing, name-calling, shoving, threats, violence 6. How can you be a PRO in the classroom? • Pledge patience. Respect rules. Own your behavior. 7. Why is it rude to eat messy food and drinks on a bus? • They could spill on the person next to you © Learning Zone. Xpress 28

Review 8. What two things should you towel at the gym? • Yourself and the equipment after you use it 9. Is it okay to ask for substitutions at a restaurant? • Yes, but just one or two 10. Are you ready to polish your manners? • YES! © Learning Zone. Xpress 29

Etiquette Activities • List five things you plan to do to improve your manners. • List five things you wish others would do to improve their manners? © Learning Zone. Xpress 30

Etiquette Resources Books • • Be the Best You Can Be • How Rude! The Teenagers’ Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out • • The How Rude! School Manners for Teens Emily Post’s Teen Etiquette for Dummies How to Behave: A Guide to Modern Manners for the Socially Challenged Social Smarts: Manners for Today’s Kids © Learning Zone. Xpress 31

Etiquette Resources More From Learning Zone. Xpress • Extreme Etiquette Series Video/DVD: o The Courtesy Challenge o The Netiquette Edge o The School Manners Adventure o Take Your Manners Public © Learning Zone. Xpress 32

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