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Date: Nov 21, 2005
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THE ARTICLEBullying in British schools has reached epidemic levels. Last week, England’s Commissioner for Children said nearly every child was affected by the problem. Education ministers are keen to reverse the worrying trend, especially as today is the start of Anti-Bullying Week. Politicians are thinking about fining the parents of bullies up to $1,700. Schools minister Jacqui Smith said: “This will send a strong message to parents that schools will not tolerate a failure to take responsibility for bullying.” Other proposals give teachers the right to restrain students “through reasonable force” where necessary. Ms. Smith said: “Bullying should never be tolerated in our schools, no matter what its motivation.” She added that: “Children must know what is right and what is wrong.” She said children must know what will happen if they cross the line. She spoke after many recent cases of violence in schools. Twelve-year-old bullies have slashed their victims with knives and used iron bars to beat students unconscious. One child was told she would be “dead meat” if she returned to school. It seems many of Britain’s schoolchildren are more interested in tormenting and injuring other students than learning. WARM-UPS1. THE BAD KIDS: Write down the names of some of the bad kids from when you were at school. In pairs / groups, talk about the bad things these students did. Did their bad behavior affect you? Did you ever behave badly at school? 2. BULLYING: In pairs / groups, talk about bullying. Were you bullied at school? What kind of bullying did you see? Who was the biggest bully? Did you bully a younger brother or sister? Is there bullying in your office? What would you do if these things happened to you?
3. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. For more conversation, change topics and partners frequently. 4. COMMENTS ON BULLIES: (1) Read the comments below about bullies. Agree or disagree with them with your partner(s). (2) Rewrite the sentences so they match your own opinions. Add an extra sentence to each opinion. (3) Change partners / groups and read and talk about what you wrote.
5. BULLY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with bullies. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGODD WORD OUT: Delete the incorrect word from each of the groups in italics. Bullying an epidemic in the U.K.Bullying in British schools has reached / got to / graded epidemic levels. Last week, England’s Commissioner for Children said nearly / almost / all every child was affected by the problem. Education ministers are keen to reverse / severe / turn around the worrying trend, especially as today is the start of Anti-Bullying Week. Politicians are thinking about fining the parents of bullies up to $1,700. Schools minister Jacqui Smith said: “This will send a powerful / strength / strong message to parents that schools will not tolerate a failure to take responsibility for bullying.” Other proposals give teachers the right to restrain students “through deadly / acceptable / reasonable force” where necessary. Ms. Smith said: “Bullying should never be tolerated / accepted / totaled in our schools, no matter what its motivation.” She added that: “Children must know what is correct / write / right and what is wrong.” She said children must know what will happen if they cross the line. She spoke after many recent cases / examples / bags of violence in schools. Twelve-year-old bullies have slashed their victims with knives and used iron bars to knock / win / beat students unconscious. One child was told she would be “dead meat” if she returned to school. It seems / appears / sums many of Britain’s schoolchildren are more interested in tormenting and injuring other students than learning. LISTENINGListen and fill in the spaces. Bullying an epidemic in the U.K.Bullying in British schools has _________ epidemic levels. Last week, England’s Commissioner for Children said nearly every child was _________ by the problem. Education ministers are keen to reverse the worrying trend, especially as today is the start of Anti-Bullying Week. Politicians are thinking about _________ the parents of bullies up to $1,700. Schools minister Jacqui Smith said: “This will send a strong message to parents that schools will not _________ a failure to take responsibility for bullying.” Other proposals give teachers the right to restrain students “through _________ force” where necessary. Ms. Smith said: “Bullying should never be tolerated in our schools, no matter what its _________.” She added that: “Children must know what is right and what is wrong.” She said children must know what will _________ if they cross the line. She spoke after many _________ cases of violence in schools. Twelve-year-old bullies have slashed their _________ with knives and used iron bars to beat students unconscious. One child was told she would be “dead meat” if she returned to school. It _________ many of Britain’s schoolchildren are more interested in tormenting and _________ other students than learning. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘recent’ and ‘case’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. ODD WORD OUT: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. STUDENT “BULLYING” SURVEY: In pairs / groups, write down questions about bullying.
6. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
AFTER DISCUSSION: Join another partner / group and tell them what you talked about.
SPEAKINGBULLYING SOLUTIONS: Do you agree with these solutions to stopping bullying in schools? Discuss the pros and cons of each with your partner(s).
HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information on Anti-Bullying Week in the UK. Share your findings with your class in the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things? 3. ANTI-BULLYING POSTER: Make an anti-bullying poster explaining the different kinds of bullying offences and the punishments for each offence. Show your posters to your classmates in your next lesson. Did you all think of similar things? 4. LETTER: You have been bullied for the past year. Write a letter to the bully explaining your feelings. Ask the bully some questions. Show what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all write about similar things? ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
ODD WORD OUT: Bullying an epidemic in the U.K.Bullying in British schools has reached / got to / Ms. Smith said: “Bullying should never be tolerated / accepted /
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