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Bodymapping - bullying behavioursI remember - pages 23-24 Sharing & comparing - page 24 Bullybodies: brainstorming bullying behaviours - pages 24-25 Identifying reasons for bullying - page 26 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Is it OK to tell? Effects of bullyingIs it OK to tell? Effects of bullying - page 27 Sample questions - page 28 Is it OK to tell? (worksheet) - page 29 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Discrimination gameBrainstorm discrimination - definitions & ‘labels’ - pages 30-31 Grouping - ranking labels - page 31 Pictorial version - page 32 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 10 - identifies, considers and appreciates cultural expression in texts 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Researching bullyingBullying survey - pages 33-34 Dear Dorrie letters - page 34 Reporting on survey results - page 34 Whole school survey extension task - page 35 Surveys (template) - page 36 Recorders (record sheets) - pages 37-41 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Advice & problem solvingAdvice & problem solving - pages 42-43 Sample questions - pages 43-44 Alternative for small group - page 43 Workbook activities: - page 44 • Create comic strips to solve problems • Role-play a problem being solved • Write letter, write a song or poem Role cards (template) - page 45 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Speaking upExploring the options at this school - page 46 Standing up for yourself - pages 47-48 Ingredients of an apology - pages 48-49 What can the bystander do? - page 50 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Designing a friendly environment campaignDesigning a friendly environment campaign - page 51 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 3 - responds to and composes texts in different technologies 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 10 - identifies, considers and appreciates cultural expression in texts 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Bullying, harassment, teasing: what does it mean?Bullying, harassment, teasing: what does it mean? - page 57 ‘Being nobody’ poem - page 58 Giving voice (worksheet) - page 59 Giving voice using poem (worksheet) - page 60 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Bundling & cluster mappingHow to - pages 61-62 Bundling and cluster mapping (worksheet) - page 63 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
What do poets say?Small groups - page 64 Whole class - read poems, compare and discuss - page 64 Jumbled poems (template) - page 66 Original poems (handout) - page 67 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 8 - makes connections between and among texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Reading activity - let’s tell a storyWhat is the message? - pages 68-69 How is it said? - page 69 Brainstorm - how to pass messages on to younger kids - page 70 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Writing for purpose & audience - let’s make a storyDiscussing bullying - pages 71-72 Getting started - page 72 Let’s make a story (handout) - page 73 Brainstorm! (record sheet) - page 74 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Let’s make a storyDeveloping their story - page 75 Writing a story for younger children, illustrating and sharing Completing the story - page 75 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
What do the newspapers say?Read it, talk about it - page 76 Comprehension questions - page 77 Improvise a play about it! - page 78 Newspaper articles (handout) - page 79 Improvise a play (scenarios handout) - page 80 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 8 - makes connections between and among texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Inform, explain, instruct - tell it as it isPreparing a short talk - page 81 Inform, explain, instruct (handout) - page 82 Prompt cards (handout) - page 83 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
StatusWarm-up games - pages 90-91 Power pairs - bullying tableaux - pages 91-92 ‘Human Guinea Pig’ scenarios - page 92 Sample questions - page 93 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Scenes from storiesWarm-up games - pages 94-95 Storytelling - remember and visualise - pages 95-96 Collecting material - sharing stories - page 96 Making a scene from a story - page 96 Coaching for liberation - page 97 Workbook - letters of advice/journal writing - page 98 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
BelongingWarm-up games - page 99 Greetings game - mingle and greet - page 100 Conflict of wants - acting exercise - pages 100-101 Enter new kid - small group improvisation - pages 101-102 Mask it, move it - page 102 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
The Inside storyWarm-up games - page 103 Inside the bully - sub-text exercise - page 104 Inside/outside - creating tableaux and a text collage - page 105 Creating a text collage - page 105 Sample questions - page 106 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Standing up for yourselfWarm-up games - pages 107-108 Paired protests - role-play assertiveness - pages 108-109 Hidden thoughts - a technique for exploring sub-text - page 109 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Fantasy - reality - nightmareWarm-up games - pages 110-111 Nightmare-fantasy-reality - page 111 | 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |
Group project - design a dramaGroup project - design a drama - pages 112-113 Use naturalistic and anti-naturalistic techniques to devise a short drama on the theme of bullying (several lessons) Ideas for student feedback - page 113 | 1 - responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2 - uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts 3 - responds to and composes texts in different technologies 4 - uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts 5 - makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence 6 - draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts 7 - thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts 9 - demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it 10 - identifies, considers and appreciates cultural expression in texts 11 - uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning |





