“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.”

Write down what that means to you—do you agree?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY

Write down how your thoughts have transformed—or any connections you can make.

• Feel powerful

• Feel in control

• Don’t have any friends

• They were bullied

• Story time….

Why Do People Bully?

• Say “Stop”. Stand up for yourself; know that you don’t deserve that kind of treatment.

• Report bullying.

• Do nice things for the bully. Kindness changes a cold heart.

• Stand up for someone else. Be an active bystander.

How Can You Solve a Bullying Problem?

o Introduction of characters& Settingo Problem

o Climax (high point of story)

o Resolution/conclusion

Climbing Story

Setting: School Beginning: Introduce bully (name, description, detail)Roger – rough and tough and liked to pick on kids.

Problem: Introduce victim (name, description, detail)Grayson small and had short little arms and short fingers.

Interaction: Describe bullying taking placeEvery day at recess, Roger and his friends made fun of Grayson’s short arms

How the problem was resolvedOne day Roger’s rare Yu-Gi-Oh card fell through a crack between the fence and storage box. Grayson was the only kid who had arms small enough to get it out.

Ending: Describe how things are different nowRoger stopped calling Grayson names and bugging him about his short arms. They started trading Yu-Gi-Oh cards together.

Bullying Story Box

o Five paragraphs (minimum)o Triple-Scoop Wordo No Robot Writing!!

o Add Detailso Third-Person Perspective

o Watch verb tense (past tense throughout)o Simileso Voice

Your Goal is to write about your topic in way that will get

someone to think DIFFERENTLY…transformation of thought.

Your Bullying Story