1. Introduction to Bullying MS. RODRIGUEZ 9 TH GRADE ENGLISH I

2. WARNING:  Remember classroom protocols:  Be respectful.  If you do not know whether you should say something out loud, write down your question or comment and talk to me after class or during a break.  Understand that this is a sensitive subject.  If you feel uncomfortable at any time, please let me know privately.

3. Essential Question:  How does bullying effect students in school?  How can we prevent others from being bullied or harassed?

4. Bell Work 7/23  Recall a time when you or a friend were being bullied. How did this bullying make you or your friend feel? How did this effect you? Did you talk to a teacher about this problem? Was the situation resolved or brushed to the side and forgotten?  5-7 Sentences  Would anyone like to share what they wrote?

5. What is a bully/bullying? What is a bully?  A bully is “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.” What is bullying?  Bullying is “to act the bully toward; intimidate; domineer” someone.

6. What is cyber bullying and suicide? What is cyber bullying?  Cyber bullying “happens when kids bully each other through electronic technology” What is suicide?  Suicide is “the intentional taking of one's own life.”

7. What is self-harm and harassment? Self-harm  Self harm is “when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body.”  What kind of things or actions can cause someone to self-harm? Harassment  Harassment is “the act or an instance of harassing, or disturbing, pestering, or troubling repeatedly.”

8. Stop and think:  How do these words and these problems fit into high school?  Why should we be worried about these issues?

9. Likert Scale  A Likert Scale is a survey type that involves having students indicate levels of agreement or disagreement with a topic (Cole, 2009, pp. 151).  Read directions on worksheet and complete the handout individually.  You will not be graded on your answers, but that you complete it.  Flip you paper over when you are finished.

10. Activity:  I will read two to three statements out loud.  When I am finished and when I tell you to, find where along the line your answer fits and stand in the line.  You should be a level zero so there should be no talking while you are moving.

11. Book Talk: 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher Clay Jensen’s first love records her last words Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker – his classmate and crush – who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a first hand witness to Hannah’s pain, and learns the truth about himself – a truth he neve wanted to face. Read pp. 5-12 “I’ll never know”

12. Book Trailer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdNWbBM0DlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdNWbBM0DlI

13. Wrap Up:  Based on my book talk and watching the trailer, are you looking forward to reading the book?  What is your perception of this book?  How many have heard of, or read this book?  What do you think will happen in this novel?

14. Reminders:  Remember to clean up around you before you leave.  Make sure you bring your book tomorrow so we can begin reading.  Have a great day!