Bullying and Harassment links to English

Advice & problem solving

Advice & problem solving - pages 42–43

Sample questions - pages 43–44

Alternatives - page 43

Workbook activities - page 44

Role cards (template) - page 45

Level 5 Speaking and listening

At Level 5 students express creative and analytical responses to texts, themes and issues. They identify main issues in a topic and provide supporting detail and evidence for opinions. They critically evaluate the spoken language of others and select, prepare and present spoken texts for specific audiences and purposes. They use a variety of multimedia to support individual presentations in which they inform or persuade an audience. When listening to teachers, students ask clarifying questions and build on the ideas of others. They identify key ideas and take notes. They show an awareness of the influence of audience on the construction and presentation of spoken texts, and of how situational and sociocultural factors affect audience responses.

Level 6 Speaking and listening

At Level 6 students analyse critically the relationship between texts, contexts, speakers and listeners in a range of situations. When engaged in discussion, they compare ideas, build on others’ ideas, provide and justify other points of view, and reach conclusions that take account of aspects of an issue. In their presentations, they make effective use of the structures and features of spoken language to deal with complex subject matter in a range of situations. They draw on a range of strategies to listen to and present spoken texts, including note-taking, combining spoken and visual texts, and presenting complex issues or information imaginatively to interest an audience.

Speaking up

Exploring the options - page 46

Standing up for yourself - pages 47-48

Ingredients of an apology - pages 48-49

What can the bystander do? - page 50

Level 5 Speaking and listening

Level 6 Speaking and listening

Bullying, harassment, teasing: what does it mean?

Bullying, harassment, teasing: what does it mean? - page 57

'Being nobody' poem - page 58

Giving voice (worksheet - definitions) - page 58

Giving voice (worksheet - using poem) - page 60

Level 5 Reading

At Level 5 students read and view imaginative, informative and argumentative texts that explore information related to challenging themes and issues. They identify the themes and issues explored in these texts, and provide supporting evidence to justify their interpretations. They produce personal responses, for example, interpretive pieces and character profiles. They infer meanings and messages into texts, analyse how social values or attitudes are conveyed, compare the presentation of information and ideas in different texts, and identify cause and effect in informative texts.

Level 6 Reading

At Level 6 students read, view, analyse and discuss contemporary and classical imaginative texts that explore personal, social, cultural and political issues of significance to their own lives. They also read, view, analyse and discuss informative and argumentative texts such as current affairs and news articles, features, editorials, documentaries and reviews. They identify the multiples purposes for which texts are created. They explain how texts are shaped by the time, place and cultural setting in which they are created. They compare and contrast the typical features of particular texts. They synthesise information from different texts to draw conclusions.

Bundling & cluster mapping

How to - pages 61-62

Bundling and cluster mapping (worksheet) - page 63

Level 5 Reading

Level 6 Reading

What do poets say?

Small groups - page 64

Whole class - page 64

Jumbled poems (template) - page 66

Original poems (handout) page 67

Level 5 Reading

Level 6 Reading

Reading activity - let's tell a story

What is the message? - pages 68-69

How is it said? - page 69

Brainstorm - page 70

Level 5 Reading

Level 6 Reading

Level 5 Speaking and listening

Level 6 Speaking and listening

Level 5 Writing

At Level 5 students produce, in print and electronic forms, texts for a variety of purposes, including speculating, hypothesising, persuading and reflecting. They write extended narratives or scripts with attention to characterisation, consistency of viewpoint and development of a resolution. They write arguments that state and justify a personal viewpoint; reports incorporating challenging themes and issues; personal reflections on, or evaluations of, texts presenting challenging themes and issues. They edit their writing for clarity, coherence and consistency of style, and proofread and correct spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors.

Level 6 Writing

At Level 6 students write sustained and cohesive narratives that experiment with different techniques and show attention to chronology, characteristation, consistent view point of view and development of a resolution. They write argumentative texts dealing with complex ideas and issues and control the linguistic structures and features that support the presentation of different perspectives on complex themes and issues. They select subject matter and language to try and position readers to accept particular views of people, characters, events, ideas and information. They compose a range of other texts, such as feature articles or web pages. They plan and deliver presentations, sequencing and organising complex ideas, and proofread and edit their own writing for accuracy, consistency and clarity.

Writing for purpose & audience - let's make a story

Discussing bullying - pages 71-72

Getting started - page 72

Let's make a story (handout) - page 73

Brainstorm! (record sheet) - page 74

Level 5 Speaking and Listening

Level 6 Speaking and listening

Let's make a story

Developing their story - page 75

Completing the story - page 75

Level 5 Writing

Level 6 Writing

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

Level 5 Reading

Level 6 Reading

Level 5 Speaking and listening

Level 6 Speaking and listening

Inform, explain, instruct - tell it as it is

Preparing a short talk - page 81

Inform, explain, instruct (handout) - page 82

Prompt cards (handout) - page 83

Level 5 Speaking and listening

Level 6 Speaking and listening

Belonging

Warm-up games - the grouping game - page 99

Gang greetings game - mingle & greet - page 100

Conflict of wants – acting exercise - pages 100–101

Enter new kid – small group improvisation  - includes scenarios - pages 101–102

Mask it, move it  – replay scenes provided - page 102

Level 5 Writing

Level 6 Writing

Group project – design a drama

Group 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

Level 5 Writing

Level 6 Writing