Vocabulary 1
Define "coward"
a person who is not brave
to feel alone
A person's worth is not based on what they ______.
own or look like or any other acceptable answer.
Define "to have fun with her"
to tease
to do something suddenly and without thought
Everybody deserves to be treated with ________ and ____________.
kindness and respect or any other acceptable answer.
Define "to make amends"
to fix a relationship
Define "advocate"
to stand up for somebody and support them
When Ms. Mason reads Wanda's dad's letter we see how disappointed and angry at her students she is. What lesson does this moment teach us?
We should not tease people based on their names or what they have or anything. You never know how much hurt your words can actually cause. We should accept those who are different from us.
Define "console"
to comfort someone
to have a lack of courage or confidence
What lesson do we learn when we see that Wanda won the drawing contest? We see that she actually had 100 drawings of dresses, so what lesson does this teach us?
We should not judge others for what they have or what they wear or what they look like because we don't know what they are capable of and what hidden skills they might have.
to do something without thought
Define "bystander"
someone who watches someone get bullied and does nothing to help
What lesson do we learn from Maddie ripping up the note and not giving it to Peggy?
That we should be brave and be upstanders rather than bystanders, even when it is hard and we may be scared that we ourselves will become victims or targets. Maddie felt guilty and being mean makes you feel guilty, while doing good makes you feel good.