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Lesson Plan
A Bad Case of Bullying: Using Literature Response Groups
Grades | 3 – 5 |
Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
Estimated Time | Three 40-minute sessions |
Lesson Author |
Comber, Ontario |
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OVERVIEW
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to reflect upon and personally relate to a teacher read-aloud of a narrative story. The lesson could be used with other stories; however, A Bad Case of Stripes allows for a personal connection by having students reflect on similar situations or emotions in their own lives. Acceptable behaviors and ways to prevent bullying in the classroom and school are also discussed.
FEATURED RESOURCES
- It's My Life: Beat the Bully: In this online interactive game, students answer a series of questions about dealing with bullying.
- It's My Life: Story Strips: In this online interactive activity, students choose a story strip situation that describes a school bully and fill in the character bubbles with how they think the scene would play out.
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Spiegel, D.L. (1998). Silver bullets, babies, and bath water: Literature response groups in a balanced literacy program. The Reading Teacher, 52(2), 114-124.
- Literature response groups allow students to explore issues of common interest and relate what they have read to their own lives.
- Social interactions invite readers to extend their thinking and prolong their involvement with the text.
- Students may write their responses to literature first; the discussion with the group often leads to further clarification and readers return to their journals with expanded ideas.