THE ANTI-BULLY SQUAD

- Rick Sampedro

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1.2 Exercices (page. 7) a) a) 1 b) 2 b) Bullying: Hitting, pushing, pitting. Friendship: Helping, playing, listening, sharing (page. 8) a) a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 1 b) I’m medium-height and I have short brown hair. I am from hhhhhhhhhLleida. I like listening to ABBA, Melanie Martinez and hhhhhhhhhGorillaz. I don’t like sports.

2.1 Exercices (page 14) a) Who are the bullies? b) Who was their victim? c) Who is angry? d) Imagine if your friend is a victim of bullies. How do you feel?

The bullies are Mark and Brian.

In this case the victim was Arjun.

Tom is angry.

I would be really angry and also a bit scared.

2. 2 THE VOCABULARY YOU NEED:

- Trouble spot:Place where bad things happen.

- Sensible: practical, wise, clever…

- Civilized: polite (Educat)

- Fist: (Puny)

2.3 THE GRAMMAR YOU NEED

- Past simple:

Regular verbs (5): Pushed, arrived, looked, shouted and hhhhhhhh sighed.

Irregular verbs (5): Fell, was, said, hurt and cut.

2.4 Exercices (page 16) a) Who are your best friends? h b) What do you like doing together? We like chatting. c) Do you have a hobby? d) Do you share your hobby with your friends? We both like chatting.

I have a best friend called Celia.

Yes, I really like listening to music, playing video games, ss reading, drawing and taking photos.

2.5 Exercices(page 18) a) What is Tom’s dilemma? He wanted to fight the bullies but he didn’t want to lose h Tara. h b)Imagine you are Tom. What do you do?

I wouldn’t fight the bullies but I’d try to talk to them.

3.1 Exercise ( page 22) a) What does Tara think? b)hb) Do you agree with her?

She thinks that the only way to stop bullies is without using s violence.

Yes, I agree with what she thinks.

4.1 Exercise (page 26) a) Why does Ziggy have to wash the red jerseys? b) What jobs do you do?

Because the team couldn’t aord to buy two strips so they washed them after every match.

I have to tidy my room, do the bed and clean the kitchen.

4.2 Exercise (page 28) a) What do you think the nasty surprise is?

I think the jerseys will disappear.

5.1 Exercise (page 33) a) What did the bullies do this time? They threw balloons full of bleach to the jerseys. b) Who did they bully this time? c) Why? d) What do you think of this type of bullying?

Tom’s team, but especially Tom and Ziggy.

Because Tom and Ziggy are part of the anti-bully squad and they are against the bullies.

I think It’s stupid to do things like this, it doesn’t make sense to me.

6.1

Exercise

(page 35) a) Why are all the students studying hard? b) When is the exam time at your school? c) Why is it important to study for exams or tests? d) How do you study?

Because it was exam time at school and every day the students had two exams.

It’s at the end of every quarter.

To prove that you’ve learnt what you had to.

I normally copy a text with all the information until I can write it without looking at the paper.

6.2

Exercise (page 38) a) Do you tell your friend everything? No, I don’t. b) Can you keep a secret? Yes, I can.

6.3 Exercise (page 41) a) Look claustrophobia in a dictionary. Do you suer from this? I don’t think so, but maybe I suer from it. b) Imagine you’re Tom. How do you feel?

I’d feel very nervous and also frightened.

8.1

Exercise (page 44) a) Tom explains everything to his parents. Why? Because he had no choice and things were getting worse. b) Why is it important to explain things to your parents? Because they can help you. c) How can your parents help you? They can talk with the parents of the bullies or the teachers.

8.2

Exercise (page 46) a) Are you ever grounded? b) What punishment do your parents give you?

I think when a was little I was grounded once.

I don’t remember I was very little.

10.1

Exercise (page 52) a) How many people are working together to stop the bullies? What do you think theri plan is?

Tom, Tara and Ziggy’s parents, the school authorities, the a aaa police and the Anti-bully squad.

11.1 Exercise (page 54) a) Do you have a mobile phone? No, I don’t. b) Do you use Facebook? No, I don’t. c) Do you use any other social networks? I use Twitter and Pinterest. d) How much time do you spend everyday communicating with your friends by mobile phone or on the internet?

Maybe an hour.

11.2 Exercise (page 59)

a) What questions do you think the police want to ask Brian b nn hhhhhhhhand Mark?

For exemple what have they done to the people and why.

After Reading

a) Read each statement and circle the number that is most true a for you.

b) Is the situation at Heston High School the same at the b bb bbbb hhhhhhhhhbeginning and the end of the story? Why? Why not?

No, because at the end the anti-bully squad get what they aaaaa hhhhhhhhhwanted and that’s peace at Heston High School.

c) Do you think the anti-bully Squad’s plan to stop the dddddddd hhhhhh hhhbullies was a good one? Why?

Yes, but I think it’s a little dangerous because of the s ssss hhhhhh hhh consequences.

d) Do you think Tom told Tara how he felt? What do you hh hhhh hhhhhhhhh think she said? Why?

I don’t think Tom said that yet but maybe in the future dd hhhhhhhhh he tells her how he feels. And if he has said it already, dd dd maybe Tara rejected him.

e) Do you usually use social networks? Yes, I do.

f) Are these sentences true or false?

g) Read the sentences and choose the best word for each hhhh hhhhhhhhh space.

1. Furious

2. Report

3. Match

4. Wash

5. Pocket

6. Parents

7. Before h) Complete the facts with the name of the characters. i) Who says or thinks the following things and when? j) Complete the sentences.

1. Ziggy, when Tara said to protect potential victims.

2. Tom’s mother, when the match ended.

3. Tom, when the police came.

4. Tom’s parents, when they find out what happened.

5. Tom, in the first chapter because of the bullies.

6. Mrs Bonnet, when there was fire in the garden.

7. Tara, when Tom was angry and saying bad things dd dddd ijjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjabout the bullies.

1. Under

2. Shame

3. Stitches

4. Whistle

5. Over k) Make three sentences with the words left out. l) Complete the table.

1. My cousin is very slim.

2. He is a coward.

3. I’m very upset.

1. Peaceful

2. Sensibility

3. Menacing

4. Safety

5. Smelly

6. Aective

7. Weekly

8. Luck

9. Angry

10. Pride m) Circle the words that are not football related.

1. Stew

2. Bleach

3. Grounded

4. Fuel

5. Tap n) Complete the sentences.

1. Stew

2. Fuel

3. Bleach

4. Tap

5. Grounded o) Complete the sentences.

1. Secretly

2. Angrily

3. Gradually

4. Well

5. Carefully

6. Proudly

7. Quickly

8. Immediately

PROJECT P.76

1. Find an organization that works to stop bullying a) Name and country: Stop bullying.gov. It’s from the United States b) Ideas to stop bullying: Tell someone you trust about what’s happening and how to end it. c) Information about the consequences of bullying: The psychological eects of bullying include depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, self-harming behavior, alcohol and drug use and dependence, aggression, and involvement in violence or crime. d) Other useful information: There can also be cyberbullying. Is bullying that takes place over digital devices.

PROJECT P.76 (2)

a) Band/Singer: Taylor Swift b) Album: Speak Now c) Song: Mean d) Release date: 2010 e) Country of origin of band/singer: America f) Type of music: Pop

PROJECT (3)

a) Mean Girls b) A Silent Voice c) Wonder d) Toilet bound Hanako kun e) Girl from Nowhere