Lesson # 2

Vocabulary quiz – next week p.75 Questions review Homework review Vocabulary – Bully Court Bully Court – text Bully Court – reading comprehension

The plaintiff in a court case is the person or group that launches a lawsuit. The defendant is the person or group being defended in court. Based on those definitions, place the plaintiffs and defendants in the proper columns.

A. tobacco smokers/ tobacco companies Plaintiffs defendants B. medical doctor/ medical patient Defendants plaintiffs C. computer retailers / computer buyers Defendants plaintiffs

Write a question using information from the story that would have the following answers:

1. Over 250 million dollars. How much money did the drug company pay

the widow from Texas? 2. A lawsuit in which one or a number of

persons sue on behalf of a larger group of persons

What is a class action lawsuit? 3. Tobacco companies. Who was the defendant in the largest class

action lawsuits?

4. There are many cases where lawyers benefit more than those they were representing.

What could be bad about class action lawsuits?

5. A coupon for cereal. What did the class members got from the

lawsuit against the cereal company?

Put a check mark beside things that might cause a group to launch a class action

Oil spill lost package police corruption Company closure train crash Slow restaurant service Faulty product design Late pizza delivery

English language words with two or more syllables have a strong stress or “emphasis” on one of the syllables. Underline the syllable in the following words that is stressed when the word is spoken

Example: library 1. painkiller 2. corporation 3. pollution 4. representing 5. tobacco 6. examples

bully solution bullying frightening pocket money solve made up representative

בריון פתרון בריונות מפחיד דמי כיס לפתור נוצר נציג

regularly organize session serious operates victim suspect necessary recommends

באופן קבוע לארגן ישיבה, אסיפה, מפגש רציני פועל קורבן חשוד הכרחי ממליץ

Punished Prevent Further Incidents System Generally Easier Adults

מוענש למנוע עתידי תקריות מערכת באופן כללי קל יותר מבוגרים

anyway results themselves fewer less threatened whole atmosphere

בכל מקרה תוצאות בעצמם פחות פחות מאוימים כל אוירה

At a high school in Oxford, the teacher wanted the students to help find a solution to the problem of bullying. First, they defined bullying: frightening or hurting other people. So, calling people names, hitting them or taking their pocket money are all examples of bullying.

In order to solve the problem, the teacher and the students created a bully court. The court is made up of students only; each class sends one representatives. The court members meet regularly, and they organize a court session when there is a serious problem. The bully court meets in the school library.

The court operates like a real court of law. First, the victim and the suspect each tell their side of the story. Then, if necessary, the court recommends that the bully be punished. But as Ivy, a court member, explains, “We try not to punish people. We try to prevent further incidents.”

Helen, another court member, says that the system works because “young people generally find it easier to talk to each other than to adults.” Anyway, the results speak for themselves; there are fewer bullies at that high school today, and the students feel less threatened. “The whole atmosphere is different now,” they say.