Online bullying still a problem

Step 1 感知·阅读导航

话 题 导 入

《网络欺凌仍然是个问题》是一篇时事类说明文，文章以一个名为Sophie的女孩因遭受网络欺凌学习兴趣锐减并变得孤独抑郁的例子开篇，引出网络欺凌这一现象，并引用了许多数据和专家观点来阐释网络欺凌在年轻人中的普遍性和严重性，之后介绍网络欺凌带来的严重后果，最后从国家、教师和家长三个层面提出解决措施。 文章具备一些时事类说明文的典型特征，如标题简洁直接，篇章结构分明（问题解决型模式），以例子作为开头引入话题，通过引用数据、专家观点和对比等方式说明事实，从不同层面提出解决措施等。

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阅读目标

1. 了解问题解决型说明文的篇章结构，熟悉时事类说明文的典型写作手法。

2. 学会应对网络欺凌，保护自己。

3. 思考作为个体如何尽己所能创造文明和谐的网络环境和校园环境。

Sophie, a 14-year-old British girl,suddenly changed her behavior in class.She lost interest in studies and would sit in the corner with her head mostly down.

Ethan Miller,one of Sophie's teachers,discovered the reason: Sophie had been bullied online.Sophie was receiving abusive messages on her phone and on Facebook.Miller shared Sophie's story on the official website of The Children's Society, a children's charity in the United Kingdom.

Sophie was not alone. One in three teenagers, in 30 countries, said they have been victims of online bullying. Twenty percent of those bullied students reported skipping school because of it, according to a report by the UN Children's Fund(UNICEF) and the UN Special Representative on Violence against Children in September. The study surveyed more than 170,000 young people aged 13 to 24 from countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Three-quarters of those surveyed said social media, like Facebook and Twitter,are the most common places for online bullying.

According to the UK's The Daily Telegraph, the growth of social media has left many young people vulnerable to online bullying, which includes threatening and humiliating messages, comments and images.

“The new generation was born in a digital world of constant connectivity, but there are clear risks for young people as well as benefits—and it is surprising that online bullying troubles many young people more than drug abuse,” Andrew Dunnett, the director of the Vodafone Foundation, a UK charity, told The Guardian.

Meanwhile,online bullying could have serious consequences for young people.

Cyberbullying makes young people more than twice as likely to self-harm or attempt suicide, according to a 2018 study by the University of Oxford, UK. The research also found that young people who suffered from online bullying were less likely to seek help than those victimized by more traditional means.

To deal with the problem, UNICEF has called for national helplines to support those affected, along with training for teachers and parents to prevent and deal with online bullying.

“Improving young people's education experience means accounting for the environment they encounter online as well as offline,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF's Executive Director, in a news release.

Step 2 理解·文本解读

目标呈现

Ⅰ. Understand the title.

What features do newspaper article titles have?

Ⅱ. Grasp the main content.

What is the passage mainly about?

A. The types of online bullying.

B. The origin and impact of online bullying.

C. The analysis and solutions to online bullying.

D. The reasons and consequences of online bullying.

Ⅲ. Understand the structure.

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Ⅳ. Complete the mind map.

【点石成金】思维导图把主题关键词与图像、颜色等建立起记忆链。 利用思维导图指导学生进行英语阅读是新课程背景下的有效阅读方法。 在阅读教学中使用思维导图，不仅可以帮助学生克服记忆方面的问题，还能调动学生学习的积极性，更好地激发学生思考与课文内容相关的信息，从而拓展文本的深度和广度。

Step 3 运用·读写整合

1. If there were a Sophie, how would you help her?

2. How could you keep yourself safe on the Internet?

3. How can we create harmonious and civilized online environment?

4. How can we create harmonious and civilized campus environment?

Step 4 提升·素养建构

Ⅰ. Identify writing techniques and functions.

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【点石成金】说明文中的常见写作手法是阅读策略的重要部分，常见于阅读理解试题，学生对常见写作手法的理解既有助于其理解文章的行文思路和内在逻辑，又能促使其关注段落之间、句与句之间的衔接和连贯，同时为写作训练提供了良好的范例，有助于学生清晰、连贯、有逻辑地进行书面表达。

Ⅱ. Continuation task

Recently, school bullying is a hot topic again. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also express their great concern about it. Our class had a heated discussion and we have reached agreement on how to solve the problem.

Please write an article of about 200 words for your school website with the title “Say NO to school bullying”. The following information should be included:

1) the consequences of bullying；

2) suggestions as to how to stop school bullying；

3) suggestions as to how to create harmonious campus environment.

【点石成金】续写活动是阅读课的有效拓展方式之一。 从思维训练的角度看，读是感受别人的局部形象思维成果，又是自己形象思维的触发点以及进一步展开的起点，而写则是自己形象思维成果的外化。 读孕育写，带动写；而写是读的继续和深化，写促进了读，二者紧密结合。 同时，在续写的过程中，学生会再次深刻理解文本，从而抓住线索，构思续文，此时，学生的脑海中各种创造性的情节不断涌现。 经过这种思维训练，学生的形象思维能力和逻辑思维能力都得到了有效提高。

延伸阅读：

What is bullying

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school age children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.

In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:

An imbalance of power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.

Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.

Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.