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__**Purpose **__ The lesson plan on bullying will teach third-fifth grade students the skills needed to understand bullying. __**Target audience** __ The target audience who will learn about bullying is third-fifth grade students __**Theme and curricular objectives** __ The information on bullying taught in this lesson will support reading and writing standards from the Georgia Performance Standards and character education. **Georgia Performance Standards** **ELA3R3** The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. **ELA4R1** The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. **ELA5R1** The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. **ELA3W1** The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. **ELA4W1** The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**ELA5W1** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman;">The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Character Education** ** Topic **** : **** Respect for Others ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Standard : ** Altruism: concern for and motivation to act for the welfare of others. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** 11.1 ** Civility and cheerfulness: courtesy and politeness in action of speech. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** 11.2 ** Compassion, kindness and generosity: concern for suffering or distress of others and response to their feeling and needs. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** 11.3 ** Courtesy and cooperation: recognition of mutual interdependence with others resulting in polite treatment and respect for them.

__ **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Instructional activities ** __
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Watch the video on bullying
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Create a KWL chart about bullying
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Read a book about bullying. A few examples are:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Blubber// by Judy Blume
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Dealing with bullying// by Marianne Johnston
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Nobody knew what to do// by Becky R. McCain
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Stop picking on me// by Pat Thomas
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//The Berenstain Bears and the bully// by Stan Berenstain
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Amelia takes command// by Marisa Moss
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Bullies are a pain in the brain// by Trevor Romain
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Chrysanthemum// by Kevin Henkes
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Pinky and Rex and the bully// by James Howe
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Thank you, Mr. Falker// by Patricia Polacco
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//The hundred dresses// by E. Este
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Arthur's April fool// by Marc Brown
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Talk about what it means to bullied and what to do if you are in that situation
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Write a personal narrative about a time you were bullied or a time you were being a bully, or a bullying situation you witnessed

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Assessments** __
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Groups can role playing situations that involve bullying. They will include a solution to the problem in the role play situation. The groups will create a story board and then make a video of their role play situation on bullying. The video and story board will be like the one used at the beginning of the bullying lesson. The groups will be provided with a rubric that will be used to grade their video project on bullying.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Students can finish filling out the L part of the KWL chart
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will be graded on their personal narrative