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READ
Bullying is one of the nastier, darker sides of human nature. We see it everywhere, from our early days at school to our place of work. What is it that makes bullies want to tease, hurt, humiliate and injure others? In many cases, people who are bullied take their own lives. It’s so sad this can happen in today’s society. But it does happen and it’s allowed to happen. Many terrible things happen in school – children are beaten every day. If this happened to an adult on the street, the bully would be called an attacker or mugger and would be arrested. In school it’s called “part of growing up”. The bully gets away with criminal assault; the bullied child suffers long-term physical or emotional damage.
Victims of bullies used to feel safe in their home. The school or office bully could not reach them there. This has all changed with cyber-bullying. Today, cyber-bullies victimize people online. They spread malicious gossip about them on facebook and other social network sites. Bullies blackmail people, threaten them, attack their families. They feel they have a lot of power hiding behind their computer. There are many websites to help those being bullied online. A good place to start is cyberbullying.us. The link is below. On this Anti-Bullying Day, take some time to look at this site and think about how harmful all forms of bullying are. Maybe one day we can put a stop to it.
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PHRASE MATCH
Match the following phrases from the article.
Paragraph 1
1.
darker sides
a.
to happen
2
take their
b.
or emotional damage
3.
it’s allowed
c.
growing up
4.
part of
d.
of human nature
5.
The bully gets away with
e.
own lives
6.
suffers long-term physical
f.
criminal assault
Paragraph 2
1.
cyber-bullies victimize
a.
forms of bullying are
2
They spread
b.
people online
3.
hiding behind
c.
being bullied online
4.
websites to help those
d.
a stop to it
5.
think about how harmful all
e.
their computer
6.
one day we can put
f.
malicious gossip
LISTENING GAP FILL
Bullying is one _______________________ sides of human nature. We see it everywhere, from our early days at school to our place of work. What is it that makes bullies _______________________ humiliate and injure others? In many cases, people who are bullied _______________________. It’s so sad this can happen in today’s society. But it does happen and it’s _______________________. Many terrible things happen in school – children are beaten every day. If this happened to an adult on the street, the bully would be called an attacker or mugger _______________________. In school it’s called “part of growing up”. The bully gets away with criminal assault; the bullied child _______________________ physical or emotional damage.
Victims of bullies _______________________ in their home. The school or office bully could not reach them there. This has all changed with cyber-bullying. Today, cyber-_______________________ online. They spread malicious gossip about them on facebook and other social network sites. _______________________, threaten them, attack their families. They feel they have a lot _______________________ their computer. There are many websites to _______________________ online. A good place to start is cyberbullying.us. The link is below. On this Anti-Bullying Day, take some time to look at this site and think about _______________________ of bullying are. Maybe one day we can put a stop to it.
WHILE READING / LISTENING GAP FILL
Put the words into the gaps in the text.
Bullying is one of the ____________, darker sides of human nature. We see it everywhere, from our early days at school to our ____________ of work. What is it that makes bullies want to tease, hurt, ____________ and injure others? In many cases, people who are bullied ____________ their own lives. It’s so sad this can happen in today’s society. But it does happen and it’s allowed to happen. Many ____________ things happen in school – children are beaten every day. If this happened to an ____________ on the street, the bully would be called an attacker or mugger and would be arrested. In school it’s called “part of ____________ up”. The bully gets away with criminal assault; the bullied child suffers long-____________ physical or emotional damage.
place term terrible humiliate nastier growing take adult
Victims of bullies used to ____________ safe in their home. The school or office bully could not ____________ them there. This has all changed with cyber-bullying. Today, cyber-bullies ____________ people online. They ____________ malicious gossip about them on facebook and other social network sites. Bullies blackmail people, threaten them, attack their families. They feel they have a lot of ____________ hiding behind their computer. There are many websites to help those being bullied online. A good place to ____________ is cyberbullying.us. The link is below. On this Anti-Bullying Day, take some time to look at this site and think about how harmful all ____________ of bullying are. Maybe one day we can ____________ a stop to it.
spread reach start feel put power victimize forms
CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD
Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.
Bullying is one of the nastier, darkly / darker sides of human nature. We see it everywhere, from our early / fast days at school to our place of work. What is it that makes / takes bullies want to tease, hurt, humiliate and injure others? In many cases, people who are bullied give / take their own lives. It’s so sad this can happen in today’s society. But it does happen and it’s allowed to happen. Many terribly / terrible things happen in school – children are beaten every day. If this happened to an adult on the street, the bully would be calls / called an attacker or mugger and would be arrested. In school it’s called “part of growing up”. The bully gets away / around with criminal assault; the bullied child suffers long-term physical or emotional damaged / damage.
Victims of bullies used to feel safe / safety in their home. The school or office bully could not reach them here / there. This has all changed with cyber-bullying. Today, cyber-bullies victims / victimize people online. They spared / spread malicious gossip about them on facebook and other social network sites. Bullies blackmail people, threaten them, attack their families. They feel they have a lot / loads of power hiding behind their computer. There are many websites to help those being / were bullied online. A good place to start is cyberbullying.us. The link is down / below. On this Anti-Bullying Day, take some time to look at this site and think about how harmful all forms of bullying are. Maybe one day we can put / take a stop to it.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Bullying is one of the nastier, (1) ___ sides of human nature. We see it everywhere, from our early days at school to our place of work. What is it that makes bullies want to tease, hurt, humiliate and (2) ____ others? In many cases, people who are bullied (3) ___ their own lives. It’s so sad this can happen in today’s society. But it does happen and it’s allowed to happen. Many terrible things happen in school – children are (4) ___ every day. If this happened to an adult on the street, the bully would be called an attacker or mugger and would be arrested. In school it’s called “part of (5) ___ up”. The bully gets away with criminal assault; the bullied child (6) ___ long-term physical or emotional damage.
Victims of bullies used to feel (7) ___ in their home. The school or office bully could not reach them there. This has all changed with cyber-bullying. Today, cyber-bullies (8) ___ people online. They (9) ___ malicious gossip about them on facebook and other social network sites. Bullies blackmail people, threaten them, attack their families. They feel they have a lot of power (10) ___ behind their computer. There are many websites to help those being bullied online. A good place to start is cyberbullying.us. The link is (11) ___. On this Anti-Bullying Day, take some time to look at this site and think about how harmful all forms of bullying are. Maybe one day we can (12) ___ a stop to it.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
1.
(a)
darkly
(b)
darker
(c)
darkness
(d)
darken
2.
(a)
injure
(b)
injures
(c)
injury
(d)
injuries
3.
(a)
make
(b)
fake
(c)
bake
(d)
take
4.
(a)
beating
(b)
beats
(c)
beaten
(d)
beat
5.
(a)
growth
(b)
grows
(c)
growing
(d)
grown
6.
(a)
suffers
(b)
abuses
(c)
sends
(d)
hurts
7.
(a)
safety
(b)
safe
(c)
safely
(d)
safes
8.
(a)
victims
(b)
victimizing
(c)
victim
(d)
victimize
9.
(a)
spared
(b)
speed
(c)
spread
(d)
speared
10.
(a)
hiding
(b)
standing
(c)
working
(d)
coming
11.
(a)
down
(b)
below
(c)
decreasing
(d)
less
12.
(a)
get
(b)
have
(c)
be
(d)
put
SPELLING
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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brerliet things happen
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an atetckar or mugger
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physical or amnoteilo damage
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could not recha them
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spread malicious sgipso
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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
Number these lines in the correct order.
( )
allowed to happen. Many terrible things happen in school – children are beaten
( )
mugger and would be arrested. In school it’s called “part of growing up”. The bully gets away with criminal
( )
computer. There are many websites to help those being bullied online. A good place to start is cyberbullying.us. The link is
( )
assault; the bullied child suffers long-term physical or emotional damage.
( )
Victims of bullies used to feel safe in their home. The school or office bully could not
( )
reach them there. This has all changed with cyber-bullying. Today, cyber-bullies victimize people
( )
all forms of bullying are. Maybe one day we can put a stop to it.
( )
every day. If this happened to an adult on the street, the bully would be called an attacker or
( )
online. They spread malicious gossip about them on facebook and other social network sites. Bullies blackmail
( )
people, threaten them, attack their families. They feel they have a lot of power hiding behind their
( )
their own lives. It’s so sad this can happen in today’s society. But it does happen and it’s
( 1 )
Bullying is one of the nastier, darker sides of human nature. We see it everywhere, from our early days at school to our place of
( )
work. What is it that makes bullies want to tease, hurt, humiliate and injure others? In many cases, people who are bullied take
( )
below. On this Anti-Bullying Day, take some time to look at this site and think about how harmful
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
1.
human nature One of the nastier , darker sides of.
2.
early our From work of place our to school at days.
3.
lives bullied take People their who own are.
4.
things in terrible happen school Many.
5.
gets bully The assault criminal with away.
6.
to used bullies of Victims safe feel.
7.
all bullying changed with This cyber has -.
8.
gossip malicious Spread facebook on them about.
9.
a They lot feel of they power have.
10.
how forms are about all bullying Think harmful of.
DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. 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 about bullying. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Anti-Bullying Day. Write about what happens around the world. Include two imaginary interviews with people who did something on this day.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. POSTER: Make your own poster about Anti-Bullying Day. Write about what will happen on this day around the world.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
ANSWERS
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