Good manners

Authors: Justyna KukułkaAndrzej Wilk

The WebQuest is designed for junior high school students to learn about good manners and savoir vivre within the eTwinning project 'Family lab'.

Duration: three weeks.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Tasks

Process

Sources

Evaluation

Summary

INTRODUCTIONWhat are good manners? Do you

behave according to them? In contemporary world deprived of values, knowledge of good manners by young people is highly desirable. Values such as: respect, tolerancy, honesty should be present in life and behaviour of every human being.

TasksDo you like travelling? Would you

like to go to a foreign country? Is

your answer is ‘yes’, you should

get to know rules obligatory in the

European society in order not to

be ‘an alien’. You can start your

education on this theme by

learning some social norms and

savoir vivre rules obligatory in

Poland as well as in other

countries like: Britain, Spain or

Germany (countries of our partner

schools). Only well educated

young people respecting good

manners and living in accordance

with them, are likely to achieve

success in future personal and

professional life.

•behaviour in public places ( cinema / theatre /museum/concert, means of transport, etc.)•good manners connected with phones•good manners in accordance to women •dos and don’ts (what to do and what not to do in order to behave properly)

You are supposed to collect the materials to create a PowerPoint presentation, video (Windows Movie Maker) or an album as well as a quiz or a crossword checking your classmates' knowledge after having studied your final product (the presentation, video or album). Try to select the materials and remember to use language which will be understandable for your mates. Remember! Perfect preparation prevents poor performance.

Good manners in Poland

Good mannners in Britain

Good manners in Spain

Good manners in Germany

- Divide into four groups- Each group will study one of the following aspects:

Process

What should each group do to create the final product of a high quality?Describe how to greet in a particular countryDescribe good manners while eating Describe social manners (time, invitatations, dress)Describe appropriate behaviour at schoolDescribe good manners in public places (cinema/theatre/musem/concert, means of transport, etc.)Mention about good manners while talking on the phoneSpecify good manners in accordance to womenWrite dos and don’ts (what to do and what not to do in order to behave properly)

Sources of informationTo collect some necessary information and photos

you can visit the addresses below. Remember to mention the sources you have used in your presentation. You can also use some books available in our library.

Good manners in Poland

Polish etiquettePoland's culture every day

Customs and etiquette Polish etiquettePoland's culture every day

Customs and etiquette

Good manners in Britain:

Acceptable behaviour in EnglandEating etiquette

Dos and don'ts in England

Good manners in Germany

German table manners, German etiquetteBehaviour and communication

Customs and business etiquetteSocial etiquette in Germany

Good manners in Spain

Guide to etiquette in SpainTips for livibg abroad – Spanish manners

Table manners in Spain

26-8 points - poor

9-10 points - satisfactory

11-12 points - well

13-14 points – very well

15 points - excellent

EvaluationThe final evaluation is the sum of received

points. Each group can get a maximum of 15 points. You will receive the following marks for the obtained number of points:

3456

Execution of tasks

Initial Developed Advanced

Substantive content

Points 1 - 3

Poor content, irrelevant

information, lack of essential information

Properly selected items of content,

taking into

account the most

relevant

information

Full selection of the contents of the analyzed

issues

Execution

Points 1 - 3

Negligent and unreadable

presentation, poorly selected

photos.

Clear and thorough

presentation, well illustrated

information.

Very interesting form of

presentation, very precise execution.

Linguistic corectness

Points 1 - 3

Numarous

linguistic and

spelling mistakes,

lack of

punctuation.

Minor linguistic

and spelling

mistakes.

High linguistic

corectness, the

materials almost

without mistakes.

Evaluation

GOOD LUCK !

Execution of tasks Initial Developed Advanced

Cooperation in a group

Points 1 – 3

Lack of or little involvement

in the work of the

group, lack of

cooperation

Good cooperation

and visible joint

action of all

people in the

group

Very good cooperation of all the group, clear

involvement of all the group members 

Presentation of the project

Points 1 - 3

Uninteresting and not very original

form of presentation made

by one person

Well presented presentation, most

of the group memebers

involved in the presentation

Very interesting presentation

original way of presenting,

involvement of all the group.

Summary

Thank you for all the work you have done. I hope that now you know good manners and will apply them in your life. And when you go abroad, people will recognise you as a good-mannered Pole representing our country and being pride for it.