About bullying

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• Leerjaar 3

About bullying

• explain vocab
• watch a short film (5-6 minutes)
• quiz

First

Work in teams, so you can help eachother.

Team 1: Hazel en Eleonora

Team 2: Merijn en Wouter

Team 3: Brent en Jasper

Preparation

Fill in the preparation worksheet.

Make sure your team fully understands, translate if you need to.

Watch the video

I'll show the video twice.

You may read along if you want to.

After the video, you will answer some questions about it.

1. Why were they bullied?

Which of these 5 reasons do the speakers give? Write them down

• because he/she was tall
• because he/she was an easy target
• because he/she was shy
• because they had blue hair
• because they wore glasses
• for no reason/things that were not true
  

2. Why do bullies bully?

Which 5 of these reasons do the speakers give? Write them down

• it's easy to do what the group does
  
• someone is different from them
• someone tells them to be a bully
• it's something to do when they're bored
• it makes them feel better than or more superior to others
• they're jealous
• they're angry
  

3. How bullying changes your life.

Which 6 of these changes do the speakers talk about? Write them down.

• it knocks your confidence
• you don't want to go to school
• you might bully other people
• you feel upset all the time
• you want to help others in your situation (by becoming a therapist)
• you laugh about it because it's stupid to bully
• you stop before you say things to others
• you become violent
  

4. Gap fill

I mean - you know - kind of - like - like - like - yeah

Fill the gaps with these words.

"Oh yeah, definitely, erm _________1________ I was bullied a little bit in my earlier high school experience. _________2_________ I had blue hair and ________3_________ I wore the fingerless gloves and everything, so it's..... it's difficult but ... _______4_______, like, I ended up going to therapy for a little while, so ________5_________, I've met a lot of people who have gone through bullying and it's like one of those things you have to _________6_________ help each other out..... _________7_________.

The correct answers are

1g, 2a, 3e, 4h, 5f, 6c, 7b, 8d

Q1: because they were tall, because they were an easy target, because they had blue hair, for no reason/things that weren't true.

Q2: it's easy to do what the group does, someone's different from them, it's something to do when they're bored, it makes them feel better than or more superior to others, they're jealous.

Q3: it knocks your confidence, you don't want to go to school, you feel upset all the time, you want to help others in your situation (by becomind a therapist), you laugh about it because it's stupid to bully, you stop before you say things to others.

4. Gap fill, answers

I mean - you know - kind of - like - like - like - yeah

Fill the gaps with these words.

"Oh yeah, definitely, erm ___I mean ___ I was bullied a little bit in my earlier high school experience. ___Like____,  I had blue hair and ____like_____ I wore the fingerless gloves and everything, so it's..... it's difficult but ... ___you know____, like, I ended up going to therapy for a little while, so ____like_____, I've met a lot of people who have gone through bullying and it's like one of those things you have to ____kind of____ help each other out..... ____yeah__.