Welcome to The Bully Project
You will need…
• your interactive bully
notebook from class
• a pencil to write with
• headphones to block out the
sound from others or you can
just listen without the
headphones but turn down
the volume if others share the
space with you.
Prepare to…
• listen to the voice AND read
each slide carefully
• take notes when prompted
inside of your notebook
• be sure to write down your
answers to the reflection
questions and exercises.
The Bully
By Paul Langford
The Bully Read Aloud Journal
by Paul Langford
Your Name Here
Fall 2012
Table of Contents
1. Read Aloud Goals
Page 3
2. Before We Read Activities
Page 4
Place Date Here
READ ALOUD GOALS
I Will…
• Read the story aloud to you
at least 3 days a week to
model what good reading
looks like
• Help you keep a journal
about what you are hearing
in the story
• Teach you good reading and
listening strategies to help
you understand the story
better
You Will…
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SL4.2 Listen to the story read aloud and
summarize/paraphrase what is heard
drawing on details from the text
SL4.1 talk collaboratively to your
classmates about the book
RL4.3 visualize and describe the
characters, setting, or events in the
story
RL4.1 use your own experiences and
details from the text to make
connections and inferences
W 4.10 write routinely about the book
and create a PSA about bullying to
share with your school mates.
My goal for this project is to…
Lesson Goals
Today we will review and practice using
4 thinking strategies that will help you
understand the book better as I
continue to read aloud to you.
Literary Element Review
Story Element
Definition
What Happens In Story
Setting
The setting is the time and place of
the story or where and when the
story takes place
The story takes place…
Character
The character(s) is/are the people
in the story
Protagonist: The main character
that the story revolves around
Antagonist: A main character that
acts against or causes problems for
the protagonist
The main characters in the
story are…
The protagonist is…
The antagonist is…
Plot: Conflict & Resolution
The plot is the sequence of events
in a story.
So far in the story…
A conflict is the problem or
struggle that the the main
character is experiencing and a
resolution is how the conflict is
solved.
The conflict is…
STRATEGY ONE
VISUALIZE
Good readers make pictures in their head based on clues
from the text. These pictures help them to understand
what is happening in the story.
Focus: Main Character , Setting, Plot
My Example
Word Clues From The Text…
My Pictures In My Head…
• …Darrell has always been
short for his age. He was
also skinny, without a
respectable muscle in his
small body.
• I WOULD DRAW MY
PICTURE OF DARRELL
HERE!!!
SUMMARY: I pictured Darrell being very short and skinny, scrawny even with no muscles and very
meek looking. This is probably why he is an easy target for bullying because he is so small in size.
Now You Try
Word Clues From The Text…
Your Pictures In Your Head…
• Physically, Malik was the
• DRAW YOUR PICTURE HERE
opposite of Darrell. He was
six feet tall with big
muscular shoulders. He was
just a freshman, yet, Malik
had already earned a
position on the varsity
football team…
SUMMARY EXPLANATION: Explain what you picture and why it is
important to the story line.
STRATEGY TWO
Good Readers Make Connections and Inferences as they read. When
characters or events in the book remind you of someone or something from
real life this is called making a connection. Connections help you to
understand what is happening with the characters because you can relate it to
the real world and your own background experiences. When you make an
inference, you are drawing conclusions about events in the story based on
clues that the author gives you. It is like reading between the lines or making
an educated guess about things the author doesn’t say but you know you
should be thinking about.
FOCUS: Plot and Character Development
JOURNAL
ACTIVITY
1. Which character do you
identify with most and why?
2. Is there something that has
happened to you that is similar
to what has happened to
Darrell? If so, write about it
and tell what you did.
3. How would you feel and what
would you do if you were:
Pick ONE or
write a free
response.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Darrel?
Mom?
Tyray?
Uncle Jason?
STRATEGY THREE
Good Readers Summarize by keeping track of the most
important events and details in the text. It is almost like
they keep a running log in their head by paraphrasing what
is going on in their own words as they read.
FOCUS: Plot and Character Development
Example of Summary Notes Chapter 1
Clues From The Text…
Paraphrasing/What it means…
• Darrell lives in Philadelphia
• Darrell and his mom are
with Mom who is not working
struggling to live in
• Darrell is small but has a best
Philadelphia.
friend who is popular and big
to protect him. He shares a
• Darrell will miss his friend
final cheesesteak meal with
Malik when he moves.
his friend Malik before the
move.
• Darrell wants his mom to be
• Darrell has to move to Los
okay when they move but
Angeles to live with his uncle
he is a little worried about
so his mom can get on her feet
• Darrell talks to his mom about
the move too.
the move and looks over
SUMMARY STATEMENT: Darrell and his mom have to move to Los Angeles from Philadelphia to
make life better but Darrell is worried about not having friends and getting bullied in the new place.
Summary Notes Chapters 2-23
Clues From The Text…
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Your Thoughts/What it means
READY TO READ
Now that we have reviewed the thinking strategies
that we will use for our interactive read aloud, you are
ready to be a good and active listener. Remember to
bring your bully notebook back to class on Wednesday
for our session together. See you then