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Activity 10 Role-Play Cards: Bully Tactics! (1)

Story While playing on the
Story Sandra was walking home from
school one day when she heard
1 basketball court with two
friends, you were approached
3 Caroline, a student monitor, start
by some of the older kids teasing Joseph, one of the younger
who want to play a game of basketball with children who was walking in front of her. Sandra
two teams. They asked if your friends couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Joseph
would play on their team. You asked which was upset and turned around to tell Caroline
team you were going to be to stop teasing him and then Caroline started
on and one of the girls swearing at him. The younger children then
laughed and said ran away and Sandra saw that they were crying.
that you weren’t As they ran away, Caroline started throwing
good enough stones at them. Caroline was one of the head
to be in the monitors at school as well as the sports captain.
team and It seemed strange for her to behave like that,
that you as she looked friendly during school assemblies.
may as well Sandra then saw
go and find Caroline turn to her
something friend, saying, “No
else to do! one will believe them,
after all, we are
student monitors!”

Story
Story
2 Joel, a boy in your class, is
You are playing handball at

playing on the tennis court at 4 recess with some of your

friends. Simone, a girl from
morning play with some of his friends. another class, and some of her
Another boy, Rex, wants to join in but Joel friends line up to play. Simone deliberately
says to you that he is useless at hitting the gets you out when it is her turn and laughs.
ball. Then, Joel starts hitting the ball very You get angry and throw the ball at her when
hard in Rex’s direction. You are sure some she is not looking and she falls over. Simone
of the shots are directed straight at Rex. then runs over to the teacher with her
Rex gets upset and the others laugh. friends and they all say that you
threw the ball at her for no reason.

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Activity 11 Role-Play Cards: Bully Tactics! (2)

Story Katrina is twelve and is the school
Story
Simon is in a split class at school
5 swimming captain. Two of the girls
in Katrina’s class at school are
7 and not very popular with the
kids in his grade. He seems to
jealous of her success at enjoy teasing a couple of boys
swimming and have started spreading in the grade below. He puts them down in
rumours that Katrina has been shoplifting front of other students and often scribbles
from the school cafeteria. They have also on their work that is displayed around the
started telling certain students that she has classroom. He writes nasty comments next
been cheating off other students’ work during to their names and seems to do this only
class. for a reaction from other students.

Story Story
Kelly is new to the school and
Miranda is in fifth grade and lately
6 has not had time to make new
friends as she is training for the
8 she and her friends have been
demanding that some of the third
state gymnastics trials. During
graders hand over their lunch
math, Kelly answers all of the teacher’s
money. Miranda tells them that she will get
questions correctly and the teacher is
her older sister and her high school buddies
pleased. Another student, Gabrielle, is
to bash them up after school if they don’t pay.
getting tired of Kelly being a know-it-all.
She also said that if they tell the teacher about
She pulls Kelly’s hair when they are sitting
it they would be asking for trouble. Miranda
on the mat. Kelly turns around but doesn’t
warned the younger children that she knows
know who did it. Later that day, Gabrielle
where they all live and she will come around
imitates the teacher praising Kelly as Kelly
to their house with her friends.
walks past.

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Activity 12 Role-Play Cards: Bully Tactics! (3)

Story
Story Alex is in the sixth grade and is
Leon is in the fifth grade and

11 not doing very well at school. He 13 has managed to annoy all of

his friends by telling lies. No
has noticed that someone has
one wants to play with him
written nasty things about him on
during school play times or on the
the backs of the washroom doors. He thinks
weekend. He has got his big bully brother
that it is Peter, a boy in his class. Peter has
Bradley to help him make new friends.
been spreading stories about Alex and says
Bradley, who is in high school, has told
that Alex still wets the bed, which isn’t true.
some of the boys that they better play with
Leon otherwise he will get his “gang” onto
them.

Story Violet is new to her school and

Story
Samantha is in the fourth
14 has had trouble making friends
with the girls in her class. She has
12 grade and sits in a group with started bullying two of the
younger girls at the school. She has told them
Carrie and Charlotte during
class. She has started copying the girls’ that they have to play with her at lunchtime
work and has been using their ideas in the school yard. Violet makes up the rules
when the teacher asks questions during as she goes along and tells the two girls that
lessons. She has also started stealing their they are silly. The girls are too scared to say
markers and pencils. Samantha has anything to Violet as she is a lot bigger than
warned the girls that if they tell on her, them and is really mean.
she will get her dad involved. Samantha’s
dad is the town policeman and the girls
are very scared of him. Story Evan lives next door to Samuel
15 and they both attend the same
school. Samuel’s parents are
from another country. Evan
thinks that they are too different to live in
his street, as they don’t speak English very
well. Evan tells all of the other kids in the
class that Samuel’s family are weird. He
even makes up stories about what goes
on and tells the other kids who laugh.

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Activity 13 Opinion Time - Bully Tactics

) Think back to the role-play cards. There were 15 stories altogether.

Which story did you think was the most serious?

Explain in detail the reasons for your choice. Story #
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Now decide which story was the least worrying:

Again, give reasons for your choice. Story #
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In groups of four, compare your answers.

Did most people have the same opinions as you? Write down some interesting points that came out of
your discussion.
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