After reading the Communication Skills story called “Josh Takes a Risk,” students will take part in a variety of follow-up activities to enhance the learning experience. Here is a story scenario you can use to help teach about the importance of making eye contact with your teacher and your classmates when you give a public speaking speech or performance.
Step 1: Read the story called “Josh Takes a Risk.”
Story Description: Imagine your teacher expects each student in the room to give a speech or perform a story. You, however, are feeling nervous or reluctant to perform. That’s the way that a boy named Josh felt.
Here is a story scenario you can use to help teach about importance of making eye contact with others when you do public speaking.
As you may be aware, many students would rather eat nails than get up in front of their classmates to do any kind of public speaking. Making eye contact with your teacher and the other students in the room is one technique that really helps build your comfort level in the long run. A boy named Josh did not believe that making eye contact could actually help him build his comfort level; however, when he finally took the risk to try it out, he found it actually worked for him as well.
Step 2: Have class participate in the role-play based on the story called “Josh Takes a Risk.”
Communication Skills role-play: Josh Takes a Risk
Step 3: Have class participate in discussion questions about this story.
Let’s Discuss Josh Takes a Risk
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