WebQuest
Title:
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad
Bully?
Created by: Deirdre Hall and Lady Lester
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Introduction
You walked into
the boys’ restroom to find your best friend, Al, pinned to the floor by some
oversized sixth grader. The boy is screaming at your friend and threatening to
knock his teeth out if Al doesn’t hand over his new CD player. What is
happening? Why is this happening? What
can you do to help?
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Task
In this project, you will have two tasks to complete.
1. Your first task will be to research information about bullies and their victims. You will use the Internet to discover facts about bullying. To assist you in completing this task, you will answer several questions about bullying.
2. Your second task will be to use the information you have gathered about bullying and write an expository paper. You will use the expository writing plan to complete this task.
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Process
Step
1. Read the following expository
writing prompt.
Expository Prompt
What is a bully? Explain to your teacher why people bully others. Explain how to deal with bullies. Give examples.
Step 2. With your group, use the Web Sites listed below to answer the following questions. These questions will give you the background needed to complete your expository paper.
1. What is the definition of a bully?
2.
What are the characteristics of a bully?
3.
Why do some people bully?
4.
What are the effects of bullying?
5.
What can you do if you are being bullied?
6.
What does the term “Kia Kaha” mean in terms of being bullied?
7.
What does the research from Kidscape, a charitable organization, show
about bullying?
8.
If you are being bullied, why is it better to be with a group of
friends instead of alone?
Web Sites:
Step 3. Use the information your group has gathered from your WebQuest to compose your individual expository paper. Use the expository writing plan to guide you in your writing.
Expository Writing Plan and Student Editing Checklist
Step 4. Complete the student-editing checklist. Use the word processor to complete the final draft of your paper.
Expository
Writing Plan and Student Editing Checklist
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Evaluation
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ________________________
For a printable copy of this
rubric click here.
Criterion for
Evaluation
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Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Accomplished 3 |
Exemplary 4 |
Score
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Quality of
Research
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No
questions are answered OR questions are answered with no supporting facts
from Web Sites. |
Not
all questions are answered OR questions are answered and minimally supported
by facts from Web Sites. |
All
questions are answered and mostly supported by facts from Web Sites. |
All
questions are answered and fully supported by facts from Web Sites. |
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Individual
Contribution
by performing the following WebQuest Activities:
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Minimal
or no participation in all activities. |
Participated
in some but not in all activities. |
Participated
in most activities. |
Participated
fully in all activities. |
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Quality of
Writing
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Standards: 1
– writes legibly in manuscript or cursive 2
– uses correct punctuation 3
– uses correct capitalization 4
– uses correct grammar 5
– uses conventional spelling for grade appropriate high frequency words 6
– conveys a meaningful message related to the mode/prompt 7
– organizes ideas in a logical, sequential manner 8 – includes a topic sentence(s), supporting details, elaborating
details, and a conclusion 9
– uses expanded (rich and varied) vocabulary words 10 – use figurative language (similes, onomatopoeia, personification, etc.) to enhance writing |
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Writing
demonstrates mastery of fewer than four of the ten standards. |
Writing
demonstrates mastery of any |
Writing
demonstrates mastery of Standard 8 and any |
Writing
demonstrates mastery of all ten standards. |
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Conclusion
In this WebQuest, you have gathered facts about
bullying and how to protect yourself if you are being bullied or if you know
someone who is being bullied. You have
learned how to use Internet sources to search for information and how to use a
word processor to write an expository paper.
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Additional resources for
students:
Books:
Talking About Bullying by Jillian Powell
Bullying by Pete Sanders
There’s a Boy in the
Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
Smart Moves: A Kid’s Guide
to Self-Defense by Christopher J.
Goedecke
A Children’s Book About
Being Bullied by Joy Berry
Nobody Knew What to Do: A
Story About Bullying by Becky Ray
McCain
The Ant Bully by John Nickle
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Teacher
Page
Subject Area: Counseling and Language Arts
Grade Level: 5th
Learner
Information:
The students targeted for
this WebQuest are fifth grade students.
The WebQuest could easily be adapted for fourth grade and older students
as well.
Curriculum
Standards:
Language Arts
6. Interpret passages of
print materials and demonstrate literal understanding.
11. Demonstrate the ability to
read and comprehend materials encountered in daily life.
22. Engage students in process
writing and monitor using self, peer, and teacher evaluation.
23. Write in a variety of modes to express
meaning.
Technology
Education
10. Demonstrate basic operations of a word
processor.
12. Use a variety of media and
technology resources to create and communicate knowledge products across the
curriculum.
14. Use the Internet to locate information.
Counseling
A:A2.3 Use communications skills to know when and how to ask for
help when needed.
PS:A1.9 Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups.
PS:B1.3 Identify alternative solutions to a problem.
PS:C1.6
Identify resource people in the school and community, and know how to seek
their help.
Notes for Teaching the Unit:
The counselor and the
classroom teacher will work together on this unit. The counselor will teach a lesson on bullying
to introduce the topic to the students.
The classroom teacher will then implement the WebQuest, making sure that
the students are clear about the expository writing plan.
Resources for teachers:
Web Sites:
Books:
A World of Writing: Elementary
Writing/Language Arts Curriculum by Mobile County Public School
Write
Where You Are!
by Rick Shelton
The Bully Free Classroom by Allan L. Beane
Stop Bullying by Stan Davis
The Bully, the Bullied,
and the Bystander: From Pre-school to High School: How Parents and Teachers Can
Help Break the Cycle of Violence by
Barbara Coloroso
Bullying Prevention
Handbook: A Guide for
Other Meanies: A Book That Takes the Nuisance Out of Name
Calling and Other Nonsense by Kate
Cohen-Posey
What to Do … When Kids Are
Mean to Your Child by Elin McCoy