Reading activity about bullying

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Name: ___________________________________________________________ N°: _________ Class: ________________ Date: _______________________
Approaching the theme: 
1) What do the images have in common? What do they show?
2) What are the situations present in the pictures? What do you feel when you look at them?
3) Do you have a friend that is living one of these problems?
4) Can you identify what is written on the last picture?
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· Pre-reading:
a) What is bullying?
b) Is it possible to lower one’s self-steem with words?
c) How can a person be affected by repetitive bad treatment and offenses? “Untitled” by bikeriderlondon via Shutterstock is licensed under CCO
Ugly
Fat
Worthless
Disgusting
Stop it!
What did I learn in school today?
1 – After observing the text characteristics – such as the use of an image (non-verbal language) along with the verbal language (words)– we can say that the text is a(n):
( ) poem
( ) newspaper clipping
( ) advertisement
( ) comic strip
2 – What do you feel when you look at the image? What is, in your opinion, the objective of the ad?
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3 – What is the target public of the ad? Why?
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4 – The advertisement above makes a social criticism. What is it?
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5 - Observe the sentences below. Write BU for bullying acts and SO for possible solutions for this problem. 
“Readind activity about bullying » by Suzane Morais da Veiga Silveira. 2021. This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0
( ) Call names and gossiping.
( ) Stop any rumors.
( ) Make hand signs or write evil messages.
( ) Stand up for the person.
( ) Intimidate , threaten or humiliate someone.
( ) Ignore or isolate someone.
( ) Tell an adult or encourage the person to do it.
( ) Offer support.
( ) Physical assaults, such as hitting and pushing.
( ) Don’t join in or watch injustice.
( ) Online or cyber embarassment. 
6 – Verbal language is the use of written or oral words as a form of communication and non-verbal language is another form of communication in which the code used is the simbology (signs, pictures, gestures, colors, sounds, or any other visual or sensorial signals). Check below the non-verbal elements present in the advertisement:
( ) the girl’s image
( ) the website address below
( ) the black color on the back of the picture
( ) the use of offensive words
( ) the hahstag on the left side of the picture
( ) the square cutting off the girl’s image in the half
7 – a) In the ad, we can notice some words used by bullies to discourage the girl: ugly, fat, worthless, disgusting. What are their word class (verb, adverb, noun, adjective, pronoun, preposition,...)?
 
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b) Let’s think about other words to qualify and empower the girl!
She is __________________________________________________________________________
8 – Write, in your own words, what bullying means to you:
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· Post-reading 
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· Acording to the infographic above, what can be the consequences of bullying at school? 
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· Why are the girls so affected by eating disorders?
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· In your opinion, why is bullying so present amoung kids and teenagers?
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· What can be done to solve school bullying?
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· Follow-up activity: 
Let’s start a campaign in our school using the hashtag #Stopthebeautymadness! We are going to make posters with empowering phrases and stick them on the walls. After that, we can take pictures and post them on the school’s website. 
Homework - Quiz: Are you a bully?
Many kids and teenagers bully other people in school and other places. Some people may not realize that what they’re doing is bullying. Ask yourself if you repeatedly hurt someone because they are younger, weaker, or less confident than you. Could you be bullying? Take this quiz to find out.
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1. Do you repeatedly make mean faces, bad hand signs to others or say bad words to others?
Yes 
No 
2. Do you spread rumors or say mean things about others behind their backs?
Yes 
No 
3. Do you help people who are suffering from bullying?
Yes 
No 
4. Do you whisper secrets to a friend in front of another person and then not share the secret with him or her on purpose?
Yes 
No 
5. Do you often make fun of others because they are “different” from you or your friends? (Maybe they have glasses, are poor, or are a different religion, for example.)
Yes 
No 
6. Do you hurt someone because you think it is funny? 
Yes 
No 
7. Do you punch, shove, or hit someone who is weaker than you?
Yes 
No