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LESSON PLAN

SUBJECT AREA: EDUCATION: BULLYING (Multi-Text Reading)

 General objectives for written comprehension (READING)

- Be highly dependent, adapting style and speed for different purposes.

- Possess and use a wide variety of active lexis at Reading and Writing, although
some difficulties with idioms are acceptable. *mainly educational domain, as reflected in ISE II

Specifications document

 Specific objectives

- To gain familiarity with the examination format and the topic itself.

- To give students strategies for answering three sets of questions, such as join a
text to a statement, T/F statements and gap-filling.

- To give students strategies to scan, skim texts for specific information,

summarize and answer questions.

- To extend B2 vocabulary related to famous people, early memories and

personal values and ideas

- To motivate students so that they can have opinions and preferences on the
topic.
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- To make them aware to identify signs of bullying

-To express and expand ideas according to the timing –twenty minutes
recommended-.

 Timing: four sessions (50 minutes each).

SESSION 1

All activities can be found at

Reading Text

Bullied kids at higher risk of mental health problems

A new study says that children who are bullied by other kids could have mental health
problems when they are adults. The study found that bullied children are more likely to
suffer from depression and anxiety in adulthood than children who suffered child abuse.
Researchers found that the children who experienced only bullying were 1.6 times more
likely than those who experienced only child abuse to have mental health problems or to
have tried to harm themselves. Researcher Dr Dieter Wolke said society often thinks
bullying is a normal part of childhood. He said: "Being bullied is not a harmless rite of
passage or an inevitable part of growing up; it has serious long-term consequences."

Bullying poses a serious issue around the globe. In Britain, about 16,000 children stay at
home and do not go to school because they are often bullied. Their exam results suffer
and so do their chances of going to university or getting good jobs. Bullied children may
also suffer from other problems. They can have serious illnesses, an inability to focus on
one thing for a long time, poor social skills, and have trouble holding down a job or
staying in a relationship. Catherine Bradshaw, an expert on youth violence, said parents
and schools needed to do more about recognising and preventing bullying. She said
parents needed to teach their children how to communicate well with other children.

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1505/150501-bullying.html
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READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

 QUESTIONS

1. Is bullying a serious problem according to the text?

Justify your answer WITH YOUR OWN WORDS.

2. The text names another usual phenomenon among children, minor to

bullying. Could you tell what is it?

3. What are the academic consequences of bullying, according to the text?

4. In the expert’s opinion, is society aware of bullying?

5. What should parents teach their children to do?

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 QUIZ
1. When could bullied children have
mental health problems?
a) as adults
b) as teenagers
c) before they are 16
d) from the age of three

2. What are bullied children likely to

suffer from apart from depression?
a) poor hearing
b) poor sight
c) anxiety
d) obesity

3. How much likelier is it that bullied kids

will have problems?
a) 81.6 times
b) 10 times
c) two times
d) 1.6 times

4. What is Catherine Bradshaw an expert

on?
d) confidence
a) communication
b) social skills
c) youth violence
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SESSION 2

 PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1. bullied are who Children kids other by .

2. depression likely to Children suffer are from more .

3. part of childhood Society often thinks bullying is a normal .

4. growing inevitable of up An part .

5. big problem Bullying around is the a world .

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WRITING

WARM-UP: BULLIED: how can we prevent children being bullied? Complete

this table with your partner(s).

Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Solutions How? / What? Pros Cons

The police

Parents

Schools

Other students

Security cameras

Internet
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SESSION 3

 SHORT CORRESPONDENCE: LETTER

Write a letter to an expert on bullying. Ask him/her three questions about
bullying. Give him/her three of your ideas. Write a script beforehand, and do
not forget connectors.

(150 words approximately)

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 ESSAY
Bullying should be a crime. Discuss.
(250 words approximately)
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SESSION 4

SPEAKING

 Please watch this breath-taking video on Bullying and talk about your
impressions. Then, try to answer these questions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYVvE4tr2BI

1) Did you enjoy watching this video? Why/not?

2) Is bullying a forgotten problem?

3) What does society need to do to stop bullying?

4) Should bullying be a crime?

5) Do you feel yourself identified with the bullied girl?

6) Is bullying simply a part of childhood?

7) Should bullied children go to the police and get the bully arrested?

8) What should parents do about bullying?

9) How can we teach bullies their actions are wrong?

10) What questions would you like to ask a bully?

 Divide the class in two groups, A and B.

Group A: you are a bullied person. You feel sad and miserable all the time, your
marks are lower, you do not want to go out, you receive threatening Whatsapp
messages, etc. Everything in your life is a chaos because of bullying. Try to
explain yourself and convince the other group bullying is a serious social issue to
avoid and punish strongly by the law.

Group B: you are the most popular person at the high school. Everyone wants to
be your friend. You think bullied people are losers and keep on others’ bullying
behaviours. You consider this is not a problem, just a joke to make fun. Try to
justify your ideas and convince the other group bullying does not exist, therefore
people should not be so sensitive.
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*BULLYING HOMEWORK: make a poster about bullying. Show your work

to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

ANSWER KEY

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. Yes, it can cause serious health problems.
2. Child Abuse.
3. Exam results.
4. Society’s attitude towards bullying is changing slowly. However, this is not
enough for her.
5. Communicate (well) with other children and respect everyone.

QUIZ
1. a
2. c
3. d
4. c

CORRECT ORDER

1. Children who are bullied by other kids.

2. Children are more likely to suffer from depression.
3. Society often thinks bulllying is a normal part of childhood.
4. An inevitable part of growing up.
5. Bullying is a big problem around the world.