The Revealers Begin brainstorming the answers with members of your group!
1. Ms. Hogeboom told Russell that everyone was reading the and that the atmosphere of the school was changing…”It was like a small revolution” (175). Explain what she means about the school culture and their affect on it.
I think she mean's that it is affecting the school because more people are becoming aware of bullying so this type of activity is becoming more risky do to. Mrs Hogeboom on p.175 says "But I really felt that students were actually starting to treat each other differently" this shows that she thinks children are starting to think more about how they treat others. Overall the school atmosphere is becoming a better place, student's are starting to treat others with respect and are becoming more aware of problems because of the revealer.
2. Describe why The Revealers project was so successful with students and judges alike.
The project was so successful because it included lots of differnt things such as videos, interviews, stories and lots more. They also had a good hypothesis which was(p.194) "bringing bullying and harassment incidents to light among the whole student body in a school will result in these incidents happening less often, and being less severe.". To support there hypothesis they all so did a survey which helped convince the judges that they were right. What was also very popular were the videos this attracted alot of crowds. Over all their project was of a high standard with a variety of options and it also helped the school decrease in bullying.
3. Russell, Elliot, and Catalina's hypothesis for their science fair project was "if bullying and harassment incidents were brought to light among the whole student body in a school then there will be a reduction in these incidents as well as them being less severe in nature"(194). Did the three main characters prove their hypothesis? Discuss. What is one way you could use technology to improve the school at AISD?
Catalina, Russel and Elliot proved their hypothesis to the judges(p.195) by the survey they had done. The survey showed that out of three hundred and forty three surveys, two hundred and thirty-sixty seven percent- said they had been involved in a bullying incident in their school. Ninety two percent said they had read the revealer. Eighty two percent of the students felt that bullying had decreased in their school since the revealer was published.
( all the information above comes from p.195)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Elliot's Expose
Blog response instructions:
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.
When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter."I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)
Blog Question:What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)
Two Peer Responses (4 pts)
I think Elliot is trying to make his classmates think, what if it was them who this was happening to and how they would feel. Like he said in the quote(p.92) this could happen to anyone and it could even start happening to them now for any reason. I think he also is telling them that everyone should be respected and it is not because one person is different they should be treated like an old, smelly pair of socks. He is trying to make them think how it is to be bullied and treated badly. On p.93 he says "Let them wake up in the morning feeling scard" this shows that this letter is also a way for him to get his revenge at the Jock Rots and make them fear, about what's going to happen next.
I think that Elliot wrote a very strong piece of writing about how it feels to be bullied and it makes me think how horrible it must be. It also reminds me that everybody should be treated with respect.
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.
When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter."I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)
Blog Question:What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)
Two Peer Responses (4 pts)
I think Elliot is trying to make his classmates think, what if it was them who this was happening to and how they would feel. Like he said in the quote(p.92) this could happen to anyone and it could even start happening to them now for any reason. I think he also is telling them that everyone should be respected and it is not because one person is different they should be treated like an old, smelly pair of socks. He is trying to make them think how it is to be bullied and treated badly. On p.93 he says "Let them wake up in the morning feeling scard" this shows that this letter is also a way for him to get his revenge at the Jock Rots and make them fear, about what's going to happen next.
I think that Elliot wrote a very strong piece of writing about how it feels to be bullied and it makes me think how horrible it must be. It also reminds me that everybody should be treated with respect.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Blog:role reversal
Blog response instructions:
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.
Blog Question: After the Bully Lab was renamed, the Revealers, and the stories of the three Darkland students were released and well received by the student body, Elliot wanted to publish Russell’s narrative about Richie punching Russell in the face.
1) Why was Russell so opposed to the idea (pg. 110)? Explain. (4 pts)
Russel is so opposed to the idea because on page 97 Richie protects Russel when Blanchette and Burke start threatening him. This makes him think that Richie isn't that bad after all and that he doesn't want to get on his bad side again. He also probably is scared that Richie might start bullying him again.
2) What is happening to the relationship between Russell and Richie. (3 pts)
Richie is starting to be friendlier to Russel because he feels bad about what he did. We know he feels bad because on page 44 he layed Russel on the grass out of the middle of the road after punching him. Russel is still careful about what he says and does when Richie is a round but he isn't scared of him anymore.
3) Two Peer Comments (4 pts each)
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.
Blog Question: After the Bully Lab was renamed, the Revealers, and the stories of the three Darkland students were released and well received by the student body, Elliot wanted to publish Russell’s narrative about Richie punching Russell in the face.
1) Why was Russell so opposed to the idea (pg. 110)? Explain. (4 pts)
Russel is so opposed to the idea because on page 97 Richie protects Russel when Blanchette and Burke start threatening him. This makes him think that Richie isn't that bad after all and that he doesn't want to get on his bad side again. He also probably is scared that Richie might start bullying him again.
2) What is happening to the relationship between Russell and Richie. (3 pts)
Richie is starting to be friendlier to Russel because he feels bad about what he did. We know he feels bad because on page 44 he layed Russel on the grass out of the middle of the road after punching him. Russel is still careful about what he says and does when Richie is a round but he isn't scared of him anymore.
3) Two Peer Comments (4 pts each)
Sunday, September 7, 2008
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