From Daily Communication by Linda Schwartz and Nancy McKinley
Ritualizing Function:
We are going to do a little role playing: Primarily for older students in speech..
1. Your new neighbors want you to feed the dog while they’re gone. You go over to meet them and the dog . What will you say?
2. Your grandfather sent you a gift for your birthday and you see him for the first time since opening the present. What do you say to him?
3. You just slipped into your desk in first period. You realize there is a new student sitting across from you. What could you say?
4. You answer the door and there stands a friend of you mother’s, However, your mother is not home right now. What will you say?
5. You friend has started talking with you after school about how awful the day was. However, you are concerned about getting to the after-school job on time. You politely want to get out of the conversation. What will you say?
6. You accidentally hit a ball through a window in a nearby house while playing with your friends. You go up to the house and to talk with the people inside. What will you say?
7. Your brother’s new friend comes over and you are in the same room together for a minute until your brother gets there. The friend is a year older than you, and you have never met. What will you say?
8. Your friend helped you finish a lot of homework last night. You see the friend the first thing today. And still feel grateful. What will you say?
9. You mother is talking with you about your chores that need to get done on the coming weekend, but you want to leave now to see your friends, What will you say?
10. You borrowed your friend’s jacket and ripped the elbow out. You friend is coming down the hallway toward you now. What will you say?
11. You parents made a tentative promise that you would baby sit children of old family friends. You need to call them to confirm the arrangement. What will you say?
12. There is a caller on the phone wondering if you or someone else in your family wants to buy magazines. You have just listened to the whole sales pitch and now want to say “no.” What will you say?
13. You helped a young child who fell off his bike. The bike is broken. Call the child’s parents. What will you say?
14. Your mother asked you to phone the doctor’s office to let them know that she is late, but on her way. She will be there in 10 minutes. What will you say?
15. You answer the phone and it is your dad’s friend. Your father is sleeping and does not want to be disturbed. What will you say?
16. Someone calls you and asks for Donna. You think it must be a wrong number. They call back a second time. What will you say?
17. You decide to call in a local radio station to request your favorite song and dedicate it to a friend. What will you say?
18. You wake up feeling terribly ill and decide to phone the school and let them know you will not be in today. What will you say?
19. You and your hungry friends are sitting at your house. You have just finished dialing the nearest pizza restaurant. What will you say?
20. Your friend is leaving on a trip tomorrow and you want to call him and wish him a good time. What will you say?
Ritual: greeting, leaving, thanking, apologizing
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