Good manners

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Good manners

• Authors Justyna Kukulka
• Andrzej Wilk

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• 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.

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• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Tasks
• Process
• Sources
• Evaluation
• Summary

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INTRODUCTION

• What 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.

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Tasks Do 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.
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• 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 donts (what to do and what not to do in
  order to behave properly)

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

• Good manners in Poland
• Good mannners in Britain
• Good manners in Spain
• Good manners in Germany

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• What should each group do to create the final
  product of a high quality?
• Describe how to greet in a particular country
• Describe good manners while eating
• Describe social manners (time, invitatations,
  dress)
• Describe appropriate behaviour at school
• Describe good manners in public places
  (cinema/theatre/musem/concert, means of
  transport, etc.)
• Mention about good manners while talking on the
  phone
• Specify good manners in accordance to women
• Write dos and donts (what to do and what not to
  do in order to behave properly)

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Sources of information
To 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 Germany
• German table manners, German etiquette
• Behaviour and communication
• Customs and business etiquette
• Social etiquette in Germany

• Good manners in Poland
• Polish etiquette
• Poland's culture every day
• Customs and etiquette Polish etiquette
• Poland's culture every day
• Customs and etiquette

• Good manners in Britain
• Acceptable behaviour in England
• Eating etiquette
• Dos and don'ts in England

• Good manners in Spain
• Guide to etiquette in Spain
• Tips for livibg abroad Spanish manners
• Table manners in Spain

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Evaluation
The 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
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• 6-8 points - poor
• 9-10 points - satisfactory
• 11-12 points - well
• 13-14 points very well
• 15 points - excellent

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Evaluation
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.
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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.
GOOD LUCK !
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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.