Module (10) Continued
Anti-Cyberspace Bullying Training – Part 1
Weeks 19 and 20
“HATEFUL WORDS” – Poem
Do you have any idea how much hateful words hurt those kids you’re spewing them out to?
If you are a bully who uses them, you need to know they hurt deeply and could scar a kid for life. Is that what you really want to do?
It may seem like innocent fun when you’re bullying other kids. The truth is it’s not!
If you’re a bully, because of the negative impact you can have on another kid, you must immediately stop!
I once thought bullying was cool, too, so I would say hateful words to other kids just to see how they would react.
I would say hateful words to their face. I would say them behind their back.
Then, out of nowhere, I heard the same kind of hateful words, meant for me.
I didn’t like it a bit; in fact, I was hurt and angry as can be.
So, I immediately stopped using hateful words. I’m so glad I did.
No one deserves to hear hateful words, especially coming from another kid.
Al Johnson
Remind students: Select your favorite words or phrases in the poem. Copy them onto your “My Favorites” at the end of your workbook! Practice repeating them over and over again, so you are ready to confidently respond to a bully.
“HATEFUL WORDS” VOCABULARY – Discuss the meanings of the following words/phrases, and how they are used in the stanzas of the poem for a clear understanding of the Theme/Main Idea of the poem and the author’s intent:
- Spewing
- Scar a Kid for Life
- Innocent Fun
- Out of Nowhere
- No One Deserves
In their workbooks, students will write their responses to the following: (Page 71).
- The effect that hateful words used online can have on someone.
- Have you ever had hateful words said to you online, and if so, how did it make you feel?
- Have you ever used hateful words against someone online? If so, was it a wise thing to do? Was it a hurtful thing to do?
- How would it make you feel if those words were said about you? (Be honest!)
- Who deserves to have hateful words posted against them online? Why?
Students write the possible theme and hidden message(s) in the above illustration as it applies to bullying.
“SOCIAL SKILLS TOO” – Poem
Students primarily learn academic skills in school.
However, we must teach students social skills, too.
Students learn lots of social skills from caring and loving parents as they grow.
Students need to build on social skills taught in the home. There are real-world social skills, too, they must know.
When a child decides to bully other kids, it is obvious that he/she lacks social skills.
Even if kids aren’t bullies, but use profanity and foul language a lot, as so many kids do, they are lacking social skills.
If a kid is disrespectful to parents, Teachers, and other adults, they lack social skills.
It’s apparent a kid would not become a bully if he/she possessed proper social skills.
Learning math, English, reading, writing, and science are all important vital academic subjects’ kids must learn and do.
However, it is just as important and vital for kids to be taught, and properly retain social skills, too.
Al Johnson
Remind students: Select your favorite words or phrases in the poem. Copy them onto your “My Favorites” at the end of your workbook! Practice repeating them over and over again, so you are ready to confidently respond to a bully.
“SOCIAL SKILLS TOO” VOCABULARY: Discuss the meanings of the following words/phrases, and how they are used in the stanzas of the poem for a clear understanding of the Theme/Main Idea:
- Real-World Social Skills
- Obvious
- Lacks
- Profanity and Foul Language
- Lacking Social Skills
- Disrespectful
- Proper Social Skills
- Possess
- Vital
- Acquire
In their workbooks (page 73), students list:
- Positive online social skills behaviors
- Behaviors showing a lack of online social skills
Both are to be discussed by the class
