Role-play slideshow: Jake tries to rebuild his trust level with others (Photos)

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This is one of several fight or flight role-plays appropriate for middle school students that teaches anti-bullying and fight or flight concepts.

Role-play description

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Fight or flight role-play description: Here is a story scenario you can use to help teach about the possible consequences of having the reputation of being a bully. It also demonstrates the slow process it takes for a former bully to try to re-gain people’s trust.

Do you remember Bully Jake and Eddie? Jake is seriously worried. A friend of his, a former bully, got framed and placed in the Alternate School. What if that happens to him as well? How do you regain people’s trust when you’ve been a bully for years? Will anybody ever be willing to trust Jake again? The story is called “Jake tries to rebuild his trust level with others.”

Role-play directions

Note to the teacher: In addition to the role-play, you can also read it in story form. You might want to read the story to the class first and then have the class act out the role-play. Here’s the link:

Story link: Jake tries to rebuild his trust level with others

Teacher Says or Asks: We will now act out the role-play based on the last story you just heard called “Jake tries to rebuild his trust level with others.”

The role-play features five guy actors: Bully Jake, Eddie, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Campbell, and the Male Fight or Flight Voice.

The role-play also features two girl actors: Cindy and Misty.

Bully Jake, Eddie, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Sawyer, and the Male Fight or Flight Voice have medium-sized to big parts. Misty and Cindy have really small parts.

The rest of the class will take turns reading the parts of Narrator 1 and Narrator 2.

Who is interested in playing these roles? (Either pull names or accept eager student volunteers.)

Other lesson plan links that go with the story

Here are the other lesson plan links that go with this story:

Middle school lesson plan: Bully Jake & Eddie plus Sequel

Section 1: Lesson Objectives
Section 2: K-W-L MODEL discussion (‘K’ and ‘W’ questions)
Section 3: Vocabulary
Section 4: Story #1 and Story #2
Section 5: Popcorn Review
Section 6: Role-Play #1 and Role-Play #2
Section 7: Bloom’s Taxonomy discussion questions
Section 8: Writing assignment
Section 9: K-W-L MODEL discussion (‘L’ questions)

Free scripted role-play PDF download link

To get the free scripted role-play PDF download link, click the link below. You can download the role-play to your computer, print it off, and duplicate it for the students in your class.

Free PDF role-play link: Jake tries to rebuild his trust level with others

A paper-saving suggestion

To save paper, you might only want to duplicate ten copies of the role-play and then have your students share the script between them. If you have an overhead projector or some way to project the role-play from the slideshow onto the wall or screen, you could save paper altogether.

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