Exercise sheet
WARM-UP
A. Brainstorming – can you think of words that are related to “bullying”? Write down at
least 5 of them. Define this term.
Bullying
B. Look at the pictures, describe them and characterize which type of bullying it is. Talk
about possible causes of this behaviour. Answer the questions:
● Where does it happen?
● When does it happen?
● Who are the bullies?
● Who are the victims?
● What may be the reasons to bully?
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TEXT-BASED EXERCISES
C. Write numbers of the paragraphs which match to these headlines.
Characteristics of bullies and victims ___
Definition of bullying ___
Consequences of bullying ___
School intervention ___
Types of bullying ___
D*. Match these words from the text with their definitions:
1. Hurt the activity of using the internet to harm or frighten another person
2. Bully someone who hurts or frightens someone else mostly at schools
3. Victim conversation about other people’s private lives that might be unkind or not true
4. Gossiping someone that has been hurt, suffered because of the actions of someone else
5. Powerful to cause emotional or physical pain to someone
6. Cyberbullying process of making people feel ashamed or lose respect for themselves
7. Insecure the condition of being unable to sleep, over a period of time
8. Insomnia someone who is criticized or laughed at
9. Humiliation having a lot of strength to control people and events
10. Target when people have little confidence and are uncertain about their own abilities
E*. Answer the questions based on the information from the text:
1. What is the difference between direct and indirect bullying?
2. What are examples of verbal bullying?
3. Why is cyber bullying difficult to detect?
4. How do bullies justify their behaviour?
5. What family background do bullies often have?
6. What are typical signs of victims?
7. How does bullying influence victims’ results at school?
8. What health problems might bullying cause?
F. Complete the sentences with the highlighted words in the text:
1. Be ______. Driving a car can be very dangerous if you don’t have enough experience.
2. He isn’t very good at communicating with people and understanding them. He probably
______ ______ ______.
3. She doesn’t take part in school activities as she is quite isolated. She might suffer from
______ ______.
4. Some victims of bullying are called ______ ______ by their classmates.
5. I’ve eaten something poisonous because I have a terrible ______ ______.
6. He doesn’t believe in his abilities at all, he must have ______ ______.
7. Students with ______ ______ ______ have to leave school as this is a very prestigious
school.
8. I don’t believe that ______ ______ can be effective. Beating children won’t change their
behaviour.
G. The last paragraph deals with school prevention and intervention. In groups, discuss
the ideas what schools / teachers / headmasters can do to help. Can you add any new
ideas?
Read the last paragraphs and compare it with your ideas.
Find three more ideas online. Which of them do you find the most helpful?
H. Discussion
● Do you think bullying is prevalent at Czech primary and lower secondary schools?
● What was your experience with bullying prevention at your school?
● Have you ever seen a teacher dealing with bullying? What was their strategy?
● Have you ever witnessed bullying of any sort?
I. Role play.
Work in groups of three, one person is a parent of a bullied child, the other one is a class teacher
and the last is a headmaster. The parent tells the other two how and why his/her child is bullied
and asks them to find a solution on how to help the victim. All participants agree on the best
solution.
