Rewrite for Cooperation

This worksheet helps students in upper elementary and middle school strengthen cooperation, communication, empathy, and conflict-resolution skills by analyzing and revising a short peer dialogue. Learners identify negative language, poor teamwork, and unproductive responses, then rewrite the entire conversation using respectful tone, problem-solving strategies, clear dialogue structure, and positive social interaction skills.

Learning Goals

• Conflict Resolution Skills – Practice identifying unhelpful communication and transforming it into respectful, solution-focused dialogue.
• Social-Emotional Learning Focus – Build empathy, cooperation, perspective-taking, and responsible decision-making.
• Dialogue Writing Practice – Strengthen sentence structure, voice, tone, and realistic conversational flow.
• Critical Thinking Application – Evaluate social situations and choose language that promotes teamwork and mutual understanding.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators with classroom-ready SEL and ELA integration.
• Flexible Use – Works well for classroom lessons, small groups, counseling activities, or independent practice.
• Open-Ended Responses – Encourages creativity, reflection, and authentic student voice.
• Supports Diverse Learners – Helpful for social skills instruction, behavior support, and communication modeling.

This printable worksheet supports students as they practice respectful communication, cooperative problem-solving, and effective dialogue writing in realistic situations. By rewriting negative interactions into positive exchanges, learners develop empathy, emotional awareness, and stronger interpersonal skills. Ideal for both classroom instruction and homeschool settings, this activity provides meaningful practice with social-emotional learning, conflict resolution, and written communication.

This worksheet is part of our teamwork and cooperation worksheet collection.