Created by
Jerry Lee Orlando
TOPIC: Cyber-bullying
GRADE LEVELS: 6th Grade
LESSON DURATION: Three 50 minute class periods
SOFT SKILLS: Empathy, Communication, Collaboration
Learning Outcome:
The student will demonstrate an understanding of cyber-bullying and how to respond appropriately to cyberbullying.
Standards of Learning:
National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
Digital Citizen: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
2a Students cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world.
2b Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
2c Students demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights and obligations of using and sharing intellectual property.
2d Students manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online.
English SOL
6.3 The student will understand the elements of media literacy. b) Identify the characteristics and effectiveness of a variety of media messages. c) Craft and publish audience-specific media messages.
6.7 The student will write narration, description, exposition, and persuasion. a) Identify audience and purpose. b) Use a variety of pre-writing strategies including graphic organizers to generate and organize ideas. c) Organize writing structure to fit mode or topic. d) Establish a central idea and organization. e) Compose a topic sentence or thesis statement if appropriate. f) Write multi-paragraph compositions with elaboration and unity. g) Select vocabulary and information to enhance the central idea, tone, and voice. h) Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard coordination, and subordination in complete sentences. i) Revise sentences for clarity of content including specific vocabulary and information. j) Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing.
6.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing. a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and paragraph structure. b) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases and clauses. c) Use pronoun-antecedent agreement to include indefinite pronouns. d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs. e) Eliminate double negatives. f) Use quotation marks with dialogue. g) Choose adverbs to describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. h) Use correct spelling for frequently used words.
Materials:
Computers with Internet access
Multimedia projector
Cyber-bullying and How to Respond document
Cyber-bullying and How to Respond rubric
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