Bulling

Welcome to our class
BEFORE YOU READ
Activity 1 : Lead - in
Watching some pictures & answer the questions
What is a bully?
What is bullying?
when you`re being treated in a way that is completely unacceptable
when you`re being treated badly more than once by people who you spend a lot of time with

What is bullying?
What is a bully?
A bully is a person who uses his/her strength to frighten or hurt weaker people.
A bully is just a person or several people who are treating you in ways that are unacceptable.
A bully is a person who is not very good with her/his social skills and who is treating someone in ways he/she shouldn’t be.
What should you do if you are being bullied?
What should you do if you are being bullied?
-The most important thing is to talk to people about it as soon as you can and make sure that the people you talk to about it are going to help to make it stop.
-It`s not acceptable to be treated in ways that you`ve been treated in the past and it needs to stop right now and not continue.
What should you do if you are being bullied?

- Do NOT fight back! This is the worst thing you can do when dealing with bullies. This will create more repercussions.
- Make yourself invisible. Stick to your own group of friends and try not to be too extroverted.
-Don`t react to the bully`s rude remarks. If he/she calls you names or bags you out, don`t ignore him/her, just smile and walk off. You need to make sure that you do not express any distress.

Does bullying only happen to children?
Does bullying only happen to children?
It`s important to know that bullying could happen to anybody, any time, anywhere.
Is bullying a big problem?
UNIT 15

Activity 2
Checking Vocabulary

Matching
BEFORE YOU READ
Match the words with the definitions
1.the act of coming back and hurting someone as a punishment for what that person did before

2. someone who commits a crime

3. talk about the affairs of other people

4. a person who suffers because of someone else
b. gossip (n)
c. victim (n)
d. retaliation (n)
a. criminal (n)
IDIOMS
to call someone names
to stick up for someone
to tattle on someone
IDIOM
They started making fun of him. They call him names
IDIOM
to call someone names :
to laugh and make fun of someone by giving him rude nicknames
IDIOM
The young could not stick up for himself. He couldn’t protect himself
IDIOM
to stick up for someone:
to protect someone even when it is dangerous to do so
IDIOM
to tattle on someone
IDIOM
They also need to tell adults if they see someone bullied. This doesn’t mean they are tattling on someone or gossiping.
IDIOM
to tattle on someone:
to tell what someone did behind that person’s back
Complete the sentences below with the following words
victims criminals bullies
bullying retaliation gossip
victims criminals bullies
bullying retaliation gossip
Don’t believe all the (1)________ you hear.
A terrorist bombed to attack in (2)_________ for recent arrest.
He was put in a cell with several hardened (3)______
School (4)________ can make other children’s lives a misery and their (5)___________ takes different forms. Often they will use their physical size to bully those who are smaller and weaker than themselves. They will threaten their (6)_________ with a beating if they don’t do as they say.
gossip
retaliation
criminals
bullies
bullying
victims
Use the idioms to complete the sentences

to call someone names
to stick up for someone
to tattle on someone
to tattle on someone to call someone names
to stick up for someone

1.Little children often __________ their siblings. They tell their parents everything their brother or sister did wrong.
2. My brother often used to __________me. He would stop anybody who trying to hurt me.
3.In school, children_____________. They say she is fat and has four eyes
tattle on
stick up for
call her names




Activity 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE



WHILE YOU READ
I. Read the passage and choose the item ( A, B , C or D ) that best answers each of the questions about it
1. How does the author explain the term
“ bullying?”
(A) By describing a general situation
(B) By giving examples
(C) By describing something that happened to him
(D) By describing a true event
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2. What probably happened to the bullied student in paragraph 1 after he got home?


(A) He told his parents what happened.
(B) He stopped going out.
(C) He got lower grades in school.
(D) He changed his look
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3. Who is most likely to get bullied?
(A) An outgoing person
(B) A talkative person
(C) A confident person
(D) A lonely person
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4. According to paragraph 2, why is it important to stop bullying from happening?
(A) Because violence is wrong.
(B) Because victims can hurt themselves.
(C) Because it is a serious social problem.
(D) Because bullies will hurt even more people.
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5. What is the topic of paragraph 4?
(A) Types of bullying
(B) Psychological bullying
(C) The difference between beating and psychological bullying
(D) Reasons behind bullying
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6. Bullies are usually_______.
(A) Confident
(B) Strong
(C) Not confident
(D) Criminals
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7. Who else does the author think is a bully?
(A) A child who is taught that violence is not good
(B) A child who tattles on someone
(C) A child who likes to gossip
(D) A child who does not tell adults about other bullies
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8. Some children do not want to attend school because of

(A) difficult work
(B) fear of teacher
(C) fear of bullying
(D) boring work
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Activity 2

GAP-FILL
WHILE YOU READ
II. Fill in the following paragraph using some of the new vocabulary and idioms from the reading passage
victim withdraw prevent calling someone name stick up for himself
victim withdraw prevent calling someone names stick up for himself
Bullying is a serious social problem. It can mean beating someone or (1) ___________________.
Even making fun of someone is very hurtful. The (2) _________or bullied person is usually shy. He cannot (3) __________________ and protect himself. When he is bullied, he (4) _________ from social life. He stops going out, and becomes even more lonely and isolated. It is important that adults (5) _________ bullying from happening. Only they can solve the problem by taking to the people involved.
calling someone names
victim
stick up for himself
withdraws
prevent




Activity 3
GAP-FILL

WHILE YOU READ

I. Fill in the blanks using the new vocabulary you learn in the passage.

1. I prefer going to school __________.
A. on foot B. by foot C. walking D. by walk
2. Ella was __________ after telling a lie.
A. shame B. shameful C. shamefully D. ashamed
3. People have __________living in a foreign country.
A. alone B. loneliness C. isolated D. separate
4. The weather prevents us _________ going out.
A. to B. from C. by D. at
5. Teachers are warm and ________ people .
A. care B. careful C. caring D. careless
VOCABULARY TEST
1. I prefer going to school __________.
A. on foot B. by foot C. walking D. by walk
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2. Ella was __________ after telling a lie.
A. shame B. shameful C. shamefully D. shamed
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3. People have __________living in a foreign country.
A. alone B. loneliness C. isolated D. separate
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4. The weather prevents us _________ going out.
A. to B. from C. by D. at
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5. Teachers are warm and ________ people .
A. care B. careful C. caring D. careless
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II Use the following words to fill in the blanks.

silence depression caring rumors insecure
silence depression caring rumors insecure
1.___________is the opposite of unconcerned.
2._____________ is a psychological problem.
3._________ are gossip that is not true.
4._________ happens when no one is talking.
5.__________is the opposite of confident
Caring
Depression
Rumors
Silence
Insecure
Discussion
AFTER YOU READ
DISCUSSION
With your partner, discuss your answer to the questions below.

Discussion
Bullying is a big problem , what do you think are the causes of it?
What do schools do to deal with bullying?
Bullying is a big problem what do you think are the causes of it?
1. Bullying is can be caused by a lot of reasons
1. Jealousy ( the bully might be jealous because somebody else might be more pretty or popular.)
2. Maybe the bullies had been victims of other bullies or been abused by their parents or outside family members.
3. Maybe they want to impress someone or want to be the center of attention.



2. What do schools do to deal with bullying?
What do schools do to deal with dealing?
Teaching the students about what bullying is, as well as its effect on victims.
Developing classroom and school rules that show that bullying will not be accepted.
Teaching students how to decrease the chances that they will become victims of bullying.
Teaching them ways to handle it if they are bullied.
Teaching them that they must report bullying whenever they see it happening.
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