Speak Up and Tell a Teacher
“Stop Bullying Now – Episode 1” (2:20)
Activity:
“BEATeam Bully Skit – 2008”
(Modifications by Marilyn Valentini – 31 August 2008)
Skit and Response Questions:
Premise:
1. Attempt to include the WHOLE class (if possible)….kids are more
“invested”. e.g. use “chorus” part to include.
2. Use “props” to help get them “into” the
concept of “Readers’ Theater”
3. The skit should/can be utilized for both primary and secondary
elementary levels and should be considered a “starting point”. Teachers should
be encouraged to improvise/add to/or change the dialogue as they see fit with
the assistance of the BEATeam liaison.
4. The “chorus” sections are “chanted” to a Rap beat.
Sketch/Bully Skit for BEATeam
2008-09
(These two know each other
but are not quite friends. One is smaller and cautious of the other one who is
bigger and bolder. One avoids sitting with the other usually but today is
different. Because of how they are sitting together today, they experiment with
friendship. The “set” is a mock up of a bus with “riders” seated in rows and
the bus driver in front. The “chorus” is seated together on the bus as well.
Character #3 is seated across the aisle from the other two, doing his/her own
thing, and becomes the observer/witness. Classroom teachers will select/assign
the characters and chorus members and rehearse the skit prior to the final
“performance” during BEAT Week.)
The “bully” is character #1
The “target” is character
#2
The “witness” is character
#3
The “bus driver” is
character #4
Situation:
Target and
Witness sit across the aisle from each other doing their own thing when the
bully gets on and chooses to sit with the target and forces him/her over to
the window side of the seat where he/she is trapped.
Chorus: (chanted
to rap beat)
On the bus ride to our school
Something happens that’s not cool
Listen and see if you know,
How these bully – problems go.
Bully:
Hey,
you move over.
Target:
Hey,
yourself. (moves)
Bully:
What’s
that?
Target:
Nothing
Bully:
Give
it to me.
Target:
No,
it’s mine.
Bully:
What
is it???
Target:
Something
I made.
Bully:
Give
it to me. (tries to grab it)
Target:
No,
leave it alone – You’ll break it – STOP IT!!!
Bully:
Come
on – just give it to me!! (reaching and grabbing)
Target:
NO,
STOP IT!!!!
Chorus: (chanted
to rap beat)
Has this ever happened to you?
A bully’s telling him what to do!
Should he get help or let it go?
Without help, watch the problem grow
Bully:
Just
hand it over now!! (another grab)
Target:
NO,
STOP!!!
Leave it alone (they yank on the item and it breaks)
You broke my project.
Bully:
That’s
what you get for not giving it to me.
It was a silly project anyway.
Target:
NO,
what you did was mean.
Bully:
What
did you say to me?
Target:
Just
leave me alone.
Bully:
No
way. I’ll do what I want!
Witness:
HEY!
– Cut it out. Quit bothering him!
Bully:
You
can’t tell me what to do either, so back off!!
Chorus:
This
bully problem may not end,
Without the help of an adult friend.
Our bus drivers are there for us,
They can help with bully-fuss!
Bus
Driver:
Now let’s go
back in time and see what happens when they get help.
(Characters go in reverse motion until in their original positions and the
scene starts over again)
Bully:
Hey,
you.
Target:
Hey,
yourself (moves in)
Bully:
What’s
that?
Target:
Nothing
Bully:
Give
it to me.
Target:
No,
it’s mine.
Bully:
What
is it?
Target:
Something
I made, my project.
Bully:
Give
it to me (tries to grab it)
Target:
No,
leave it alone – You’ll break it – STOP IT!!!
Bully:
Just
give it to me. Come on. (grabbing and reaching)
Target:
NO,
STOP IT!!!
BUS DRIVER, BUS DRIVER, he won’t leave me alone.
Witness:
He’s
being a bully!!
Bus
Driver:
What’s going
on back there?
Stop it right now!
Bully:
I
can’t believe you called the bus driver!
Uh-oh…..the bus is stopping….
Witness:
I
told you to stop it,
We’re in BIG trouble now.
Bus
Driver:
OK you two,
what’s going on?
Target:
He
tried to grab my project.
Witness:
I
saw it; he was being a BULLY.
Bus
Driver: (to bully)
OK, come with me.
You’ll be sitting up front with me until you can show me you can sit with
others without bullying them.
When we get to school you will tell your principal why you were moved up front.
Chorus: (chanted
to rap beat)
Telling the driver was the way to go,
Then the bully-problem did not grow.
Our drivers will come to our aid,
No matter what our size or grade.
Witness:
Are
you OK?
Target:
Yes,
Thanks for trying to help.
Witness:
Hey,
that’s a cool project. Did you make it yourself?
Target:
Yup,
I spent a long time on it.
Witness:
That’s
REALLY good.
I bet you’ll get a “A”!!
Target:
I
hope so!
Thanks!!!
Chorus:
Working
together it would seem…
Drivers and students make a unBEATable team.
Keeping our buses bully-free,
Safe for you and safe for me
Keeping our buses bully-free,
Safe for you and safe for me
(ask
audience to “join in” the rap)
Keep our buses bully-free,
Safe for you and safe for me
(3-4 times as finale)
As students return to their seats in the audience (to raucous
applause),
BEATeam speaker poses questions to the group.
- What happened in the first
version that could have been avoided?
- What did the witness do to
help?
- How do you know if someone
is being a bully?
- How can you get the bus
driver’s attention?
- What can the bus driver do
to make the bully stop?
- Who should you tell if a
bully picks on you?
- What happens to a bully?
- If yo stick up for
someone, might you both become friends?
- Which situation would you
rather see on your bus?
- Can you trust your bus
driver to protect you?
- Can words hurt just as
much as a punch or a kick?
- Name some ways we can stop
bullies from hurting our friends and classmates?
