Using Our Words Tool

Using Our Words Tool

By Scott Cortez

It is important to say the right thing at the right time, as it is to leave unsaid the wrong thing. -paraphrased from Dorothy Nevill

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Keywords

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• teasing

• voice

• words ​

• communicate

• communication

• helpful

• problem-solvers

• sincere​

Questions to focus on​

1. When other people do things you don't like, do you tend to communicate how you feel about that honestly and respectfully?

2. Why ​do you suppose it is often difficult to share our feelings with others when they upset us or do something we don't like?

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Poll

When other people do things you don't like, do you tend to communicate how you feel about that honestly and respectfully?

• Yes, I communicate with others how I feel honestly and respectfully

• No, I do not communicate with others how I feel honestly and respectfully

• Sometimes, I do communicate with others how I feel honestly and respectfully

Open Ended

Why ​do you suppose it is often difficult to share our feelings with others when they upset us or do something we don't like?

I think it can be difficult to share feelings with others when we are upset or do something we do not like because ......

The Using Our Words Tool helps us know which words to use to make things "right." When we use the "right" words, in the "right" way, at the "right" time, this helps us find a solution to the situation and become problem-solvers. When other people do things we don't like, it is important to know how to use words in ways that help.

Subject | Subject

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Poll

How many of you have used words in a way that made things get better?

• Yes, I have used words in a way that made things get better

• No, I have not used words in a way that made things get better

• Sometimes, I have used words in a way that made things get better depending on the person.

Open Ended

What are examples of "Helpful Words"?

Open Ended

What are examples of "Harmful Words"?