Meaning
Gossip
Gossip is a usual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.
Hannah hits Emma by accident then Alex comes in and kicks Hannah because Emma is his little sister
What would you do if you saw the conflict happening right in front of you?
I would tell Alex to say sorry to Hannah because she hit Emma by accident.
Ayaan and Aamir have an argument over if pineapple should go on pizza or not. Over such little differences, they start to continue the argument for days, and soon their parents get worried and starts asking online what they should do. How will we stop this conflict?
a) Let the argument cool down
b) Order pineapple on pizza / not on pizza depending on our choice
c) Tell it doesn't matter and explain exactly what they're doing: Fighting each other for days and the reason they're doing it: over a type of pizza topping
d) Have a vote on what to eat
e) Order both every single day
It's C)
Salim jumpscares Jaber and slaps him, and Jaber falls on the floor crying.
Who's wrong?
(add detail to your answer)
Salim, because he hurt jaber on purpose
Slander
It's like backbiting, but an exaggeration of the truth. "another word for backbiting" gets 100, not 300 points
e.g: Norman forgot to brush his teeth one day and his brother notices and tells everyone that Norman hasn't brushed for a week.
Dora and Charlie were best friends then the school Bully saw them and started to Bully Charlie because he was in an all girls school. Charlie has started to skive school and Dora starts to notices and tells a trusted adult and the teacher contacts the Bullies mum and dad. What if:
Dora never noticed?
If Dora never noticed, Charlie might miss important
stuff (optional +100pts) and he will keep getting bullied
Layla and John are best friends and do everything together. Zoe starts to bully Layla because she thinks John is weird and stupid. The info spreads, and John thinks Layla doesn't like him, even so she does. Layla wants to make John have a better thought of her. What should she do?
Layla should tell a trusted adult. If you don't want to, tell a friend about your worries instead.
Katie is sitting on a couch when Zara walks over and trips on Katie's foot. Zara punches Katie in the chest and kicks her in retaliation.
Who is wrong?
(Add detail to your answer)
Zara is wrong. Katie never meant to trip Zara, but Zara never asked why Katie did that. She kicked first before asking why.
Libel
a publicly said untrue statement that could potentially harm a person's reputation
Khalid and Arman are in a football match. Arman wins and Khalid says "good game". Arman replies, saying that Khalid is a sore loser and Khalid kicks Arman.
What should Arman have replied instead?
Ayaan will answer this question.
Grade what leads to conflict the most.
a) Reading.
b) Studying for Exams.
d) Playing Football.
e) Peeking over at someone's test.
f) A Debate.
1st: Peeking at somebody's test.
2nd: A Debate.
3rd: Playing Football.
...and tied at 4th, is: Reading and Studying for your Exams.
Zain and Sophia are playing football against each other. They are in a team and Ben scores a goal against them. Ben then says Zain is average at football, and Sophia is decent. Zain at the end, tells everyone in the school that Ben is a bad sport and tells everyone Ben's secrets. The gossip spreads like wildfire and no one wants to be Ben's friend. Ben tells everyone how disgusting Zain is and tells everyone not to be friends with him because he picks his nose every morning. No one wants to be friends with either one of our protagonists and they both are so worried they fail their exams. It ends with a school fight and now the principal wants to know a question from a spectator : You. He asks "Who's wrong?"
You also need proof!
Double points if you can say exactly what each one of our selected kids is doing, which one is doing what and what they meant.
Zain and Ben. They are both doing: Zain = Slander (200), Ben = Backbiting (200), and Sophia did nothing about it. (100) 500 points if you got both and answered what they meant ;)