Naam: ……………………….………………….

Klas: ………………

Bullying at school
Mean Girls
Activity 1
a Watch the film ‘Mean Girls’.

b Answer the questions of the teacher.

Activity 2
Bullying is NEVER OK!
Watch the short film and fill in the gaps. Use the following words.

pushing teasing feelings rumours social

bullying (3x) physical verbal power

……………………………………………. can happen to anyone and it can happen anywhere.

You can be bullied about how you look, what you are good at, or not good at, where you
come from, or who your friends are.

Bullying can be:

 …………………………………….. – someone hurting or shoving you or stealing your
belongings,
 ………………………………. – teasing and name calling or someone saying mean
things about you
 ……………………………….. – being left out of a group or someone sending you
nasty messages or images.

But bullying is NOT the same as when you don’t get on with someone or you have a fight
one time. That’s not okay, but it’s not …………………………………………...

Bullying is when someone uses ‘……………………………..’ they have over you to try to hurt
or upset you again and again. Anyone can bully another person.

Bullying can be someone with lots of friends spreading ……………… about someone with
only a few friends, someone who is good at sport or at schoolwork regularly
…………………………………. someone else who isn’t, a strong kid ……………….. a smaller
kid over when a teacher is not supervising, a confident person calling a quiet person names
to stop them joining in lunch time games, or when someone keeps on sending nasty
messages to someone else in a chat group online.
You might feel scared, worried or sad. These sorts of ………………………………….. can
stop you from enjoying things, doing your school work, wanting to go to school and even
sleeping. Even people who see …………………………………… happening to other people
can feel worried or sad.

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Activity 3
Text ‘Bullying is NEVER OK!’
a Read the text ‘Bullying is NEVER OK!’. Indicate the sentence with true or false.
Correct it, if necessary.

True False

Bullying can only happen at school.

……………………………………………………………………………..
 
Teasing someone is a form of verbal bullying.
……………………………………………………………………………..
 
Sending nasty messages is a form of physical bullying.
……………………………………………………………………………..
 
Bullying is the same as when you don’t get on with someone.
……………………………………………………………………………..
 
Someone, who uses ‘power’ to try to hurt or upset you again and
again, is bullying you.
……………………………………………………………………………..
 
……………………………………………………………………………..

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Activity 4
Vocabulary: Bullying
Fill in the crossword with the English translation of the word.

ACROSS (horizontaal) DOWN (verticaal)

1. verdrietig 2. agressief
5. macht 3. geweld
6. roddels, geruchten 4. overstuur
7. mondeling 8. pesten
9. (iemand) steunen 11. slaan
10. cyberpesten
12. gedrag
13. roddelen

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Activity 5

The roles within bullying: Do we all play a role in bullying?

Write the following words in the right place:
the child who is bullied – the child who is bullying – the bystanders

The roles within bullying are:

………………………………………: they attend

(bijwonen) the bullying.

………………………………………………….: he/she does the

actions of bullying.

……………………………………………: he/she suffers

the bullying.

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Activity 6
The forms of bullying?
Bullying is usually described by the types of behaviours (e.g. give a nickname,
isolation, …), so we talk about three types of bullying.

There are three types of bullying behaviour:

Combine the following texts:

A When we use our body to a He is lying and spreading

1 Verbal bullying
hurt someone. rumours.
B When we use the others to b He is saying or writing
2 Physical bullying
hurt someone. mean things.
C When we use words to
3 Social bullying c He is hitting and kicking.
hurt someone.

d He is calling names.

e He is leaving someone out

on purpose.
f He is taking and breaking
someone’s things.

Types of bullying

2 3
1
………….. ………….. …………..

Examples ………….. ………….. …………..

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Activity 7
Vocabulary
a Match the words and their synonyms.

1 the power a the force, the brutality

2 the violence b the rumour
3 the gossip c to bully
4 aggressive d the authority, the control
5 the misuse e the repeat
6 the disagreement f the abuse
7 to intimidate g violent
8 the repetition h the dispute

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
……. ……. ……. ……. ……. ……. ……. …….

b Match the words and their definitions.

1 a bystander a the way in which a person acts towards others.

b a form of bullying that is done with the intent to hurt somebody’s
2 physical bullying
reputation.
c a person who is standing near, but not taking part in what is
3 verbal bullying
happening.
d a form of bullying that hurts someone’s body or damages their
4 social bullying
possessions.
5 cyberbullying e a form of bullying that is done by speaking.
f a form of bullying someone online by sending or posting mean
6 spread rumours
messages usually anonymously.
7 to ignore g to tell a lot of people information that may or may not be true.

8 the behaviour h not to pay attention.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
……. ……. ……. ……. ……. ……. ……. …….

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Activity 8
Grammar: The present continuous
Types of bullying: Put the verbs in the anti-bullying sign next to the correct picture of
bullying. Make a sentence with the verb. Use the present continuous.
(Zet de woorden uit het verbodsteken naast de juiste prent op de volgende pagina. Gebruik
de present continuous.)

Example: (to make fun of someone) He is making fun of someone.

to tease someone

to spread rumours about

someone

to call names
to hit someone
to try to make others
to kick someone not like someone

to push someone

to say mean things to upset

someone
to leave someone out on
purpose

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Physical bullying

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

Verbal bullying

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

Social bullying

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………..

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Activity 9
The movie ‘Mean girls’

a What types of bullying do you see in the film?

 Verbal bullying
 Physical bullying
 Social bullying

b Put the scenes of the film in the right chronologic order.

(Nummer de scenes uit de film in de juiste volgorde, schrijf het nummer in het juiste vakje.)

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c Indicate the right answer.

* The most of the scenes happen …

 at a shop.
 at school.
 at home.

* The students are …

 in the nursery school.
 in high school.
 in primary school.

* The most popular clique of the high school is …

 The Art Freaks.
 The Plastics.
 The Asian Nerds.

* The leader of the clique ‘The Plastics’ is …

 Gretchen.
 Regina.
 Karen.

* The pupils wear …

 uniforms.
 normal cloths.

d Answer the following questions.

* Who is being bullied in the beginning of this film? Why?

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* How do they bully her?

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* Who become her friends?

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* Who start bullying Regina?

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* Why does Janis hate Regina?

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* Why does Cady hate Regina?

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* Who has the main ‘power’ at school?

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* Regina has a Burn Book. Which colour is this book?

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* What kind of book is this? What is written in this book?

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* Who turns out to bully the most? Why?

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* As the film progressed Cady’s personality changes? How?

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* What happens at the end of the film? Do you find this a good ending? Why?

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Activity 10
Song ‘Dare to be different’

a Listen to the song ‘Dare to be different’. Put the following feelings in the right
column:
happy – sad – smiling – pleased – unhappy – lonely – cheerful – scared – joyful - hurt

In the beginning the girl is … At the end the girl is …

………………………………………………… …………………………………………………
………………………………………………… …………………………………………………
………………………………………………… …………………………………………………
………………………………………………… …………………………………………………
………………………………………………… …………………………………………………

b What kind of bullying do you see in the video of the song?

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c Where does the bullying take place?

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d Why is the girl sad in the beginning of the song?

 She has bad results at school.
 She is in love with a boy, but he does not want to be her boyfriend.
 The pupils of the class find her ‘different’.
 She finds maths difficult.
 Her parents do not like her.

e Why is the girl happy at the end of the song?

 She has good results at school.
 Her parents like her very much.
 The pupils of the class accepts her.
 She has many friends.

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