Making a Respectful Appeal WEEK 14 - Part 1

We have reached the last chapter of our peace making study! I am proud of the way you have stuck with the program and worked toward completion. Great job!! We will celebrate more fully as we can gather together.


In our last chapter we learned how to use the communication pie tool to send and receive messages with people in our family. 

1. As a review exercise, write a paragraph that tells about what happened this past week each time you communicated respectfully. Write down what you said, how you said it, and how you listened, and how members of your family responded.

2. Play Simon Says with your family members. During the game the students should obey "Simon" only if he uses respectful communication when giving directions. Directions communicated disrespectfully are not to be obeyed.

3. Name the four pieces of the communication pie. (Words, tone of voice, body language, and listening skills.)

4. In preparation for this chapter, write down this definition for the word appeal in your notebook on a new, clean page: An appeal is a respectful request you make to others if you want them to consider your thoughts, feelings, or needs when they are making a decision.

An now . . . Introducing our new and final Bible memory verse:

God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

1 Peter 5:5

There is that word again: HUMBLE. I hope we all can exhibit humility in all we do.

Let's pray: 

Dear Lord,

I admit it is hard to act in humility when I'm angry or feel I've been wronged. Grow in me a spirit of humility and help me to resist the temptation to be argumentative and disrespectful. Help me to always seek your wise guidance and be willing to obey you as I learn to use the appeal process in the proper way. In Jesus' name, Amen!

Today we have a story about Tameka and Connie. Tameka wants to help but ends up in a bind. Follow along with the cartoon version on Workbook p. 12-2. Choose the "LISTEN IN BROWSER" button.

Tameka has to make a choice as to how she is going to handle this problem.

  • She could get angry and blame her parents.
  • She could lie to Connie about why she can't do the paper route.
  • She could decide to break her promise to deliver the papers but without telling Connie.
None of those sound like the right way to correct this situation. If Tameka choses to do what is right, she will appeal to her friend to be released from her promise. Pay attention and learn how to make a respectful appeal.

Making a Respectful Appeal

  • Have you ever felt afraid to talk to adults about decisions they make that affect you?
  • Do you ever feel like people don't care about what you think when they are making decisions?
  • Are there times when you wish you could explain your thoughts about what people are doing, but no one will listen?
  • Have you ever heard the word "appeal" used before? What do you think it means to make an appeal?

Anybody can make an appeal. You can appeal to anyone who is making a decision that concerns you, including:

  • Persons in authority (such as parents, teachers, policemen, government officials, church leaders, etc.)
  • Peers (brothers, sisters, friends, etc.)
  • Neighbors (anyone not already mentioned).

Tameka needs to make an appeal to Connie.

MAKING AN APPEAL

There are two parts to making an appeal. Look at Workbook p. 12-3. Work through the page, each student reading one sentence until you are all finished with the page, including the speech bubbles.

To review, an appeal has a HEAD ("I message") and a TAIL (a question).

In our next lesson we will cover when to make an appeal and a way to help you remember how to make a proper appeal.


Sande, Corlette. The Young Peace Maker Teaching Students to Respond to Conflict God’s Way, Illustrated by Russ Flint, Wapwallopen, PA 18660, Shepherd Press, 1997.


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