Talking With Children Unit - Elementary-2

Students' names:
A. Warmer
Discuss the question in small groups. Use the mind map below to
help you brainstorm ideas.
How can adults help children grow up happy and safe?
How
adults
can help
B. Vocabulary
Write the correct words from the wordpool to match the definitions
below. Then, find and highlight them in the article to read them in
context.
abuse drug jail shout verbal
1. Say something in a loud, angry voice ________________

2. Something illegal taken to change how you feel or act
________________
3. Where the police takes you if you break a law _______________
4. Treating someone in a cruel, violent, or unfair way
_____________
5. Using spoken words ________________
1
half hurtful negative proud twice
6. Bad or harmful _____________

7. Two times or double the amount _____________
8. 50 per cent; two equal parts ______________
9. Making you feel upset and offended _____________
10. Feeling positive and happy about something you did
_______________
C. Language Skills
Complete the sentences with words from the previous activity.

You might have to change the form of the word.
1. After the basketball game, the parents told their children how
_____________ they were.
2. It is a very serious issue when people ____________ children.
3. Can you please cut the sandwich in ____________?
4. The cost of eggs has gone up again. It's ____________ what it
was.
5. Alcohol and ____________ can hurt people's health.
6. Saying ___________ things to children can affect them their
whole lives.
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Listening Activity | Home Assignment on Moodle
Listen to this video and then answer the questions below.
Is Screaming at Your Kids a Form of Abuse?
1. According to the video, the only time yelling at a child is a

good idea:
a. When you need to get out your angry emotions.
b. When you need to stop a behavior right now because
someone's in danger.
c. When you need to discipline your child.
d. You must never yell at a child.
2. Screaming at your kids is better than / worse than / as
bad as hitting them.
3. The two common responses when being abused are fight
and _______.
4. Screaming at children can have positive / positively /
no / negative / negatively long-term effects.
5. Give one example of a long-term effect of screaming at
children:
_________________________________________________________.
6. Screaming at kids will cause them a lot of __________ in
their lives.
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Shouting at Children
1. Parents who shout at their children or call them “stupid” put

them at risk of hurting themselves, using drugs and ending up in
jail. People should see shouting at children as a form of abuse,
experts say. According to experts, shouting and yelling can hurt a
child as much as any other kind of abuse.
2. Verbal abuse happens more than other forms of abuse. It happens

to about 40 per cent of children, and that number is growing.
Professor Shanta R Dube said that adults often don’t know how
badly shouting and negative words, “such as ‘stupid’ and ‘lazy’” can
affect children, especially if it happens to them.
3. One study included 20,556 people living in the UK. People who
experienced verbal abuse were almost twice as likely (19.9 per cent)
to use cannabis as people who did not experience verbal abuse
(10.8 per cent). They had almost double the chance of going to jail
(4.4 per cent). One recent UK survey of 1,000 11- to 17-year-olds
found 41 per cent said that adults often used hurtful words. 51 per
cent said this happened weekly, and one in 10 said daily. Children
said the most hurtful words were, “you’re useless,” “you’re stupid,”
and “you can’t do anything right.” The most positive things were “I
am proud of you,” “you can do it,” and “I believe in you.”
4. Professor Peter Fonagy said that children believe what adults say.
So, if we use words to abuse instead of teaching, this can hurt
children’s health and keep them from being full members of their
community. He added that verbal abuse seriously affects children. It
can cause problems with their bodies and minds. They are also
more likely to have abuse later in their lives or repeat the abuse
with others, even with their own children. It is a vicious cycle.
5. World Health Organization (WHO) research found 36.1 per cent of

children around the world experienced emotional abuse, including
verbal abuse. That was many more than the 25 per cent who
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experienced sexual abuse and the 22 per cent who experienced
physical abuse. A study in the US found that 55 per cent of older
school students were abused verbally at home. Dube said that
childhood verbal abuse is hard to stop ___________ few adults
understand that it is a common problem and that parents need to
start speaking more positively to their children because their words
matter.
 Denis Campbell | The Guardian 1.10.2023 (Elementary Level) |

400 words
Reading Comprehension Questions
1. The word them in ¶1 refers to ___________.

2. List three consequences of shouting at children:
a. ____________________________________
b. ____________________________________
c. ____________________________________
3. Shouting at children is as bad as any other form of abuse. TRUE /
FALSE
4. Which form of abuse happens most often? (¶2)
Answer: ___________________
5. The statistics in paragraph 2 support the idea that
________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
6. The word they in ¶3 refers to ____________.
7. Circle the correct answer according to the information in paragraph
3.
Verbal abuse increases / decreases / has no effect on children's
likelihood of using cannabis.
8. According to the UK survey of 1,000 children, which of the following
is true about adults using hurtful words towards them? (paragraph
3)
a. 41% said it happened weekly.
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b. 51% said it happened monthly.
c. 10% said it happened daily.
9. The word they in ¶4 refers to __________.
10. According to Professor Peter Fonagy, parents can easily
convince their children because:
a. Parents believe their children.
b. Children believe the community.
c. Children believe their parents.
d. Parents convince their children.
11. What is a vicious cycle?
_______________________________________________
12. Which connector best fits the blank in ¶5?
a. Although
b. Such as
c. Because
d. For example
13. Circle the correct words according to the information in
paragraph 4.
There are more / less children who experience emotional abuse

than children who experience physical abuse.
More / Less than half of older school students are abused verbally
at home.
14. Which of the following sentences is supported by the WHO

research mentioned in paragraph 5?
a. Emotional abuse is less common than physical abuse.
b. Verbal abuse is not considered a form of emotional abuse.
c. Verbal abuse is the most common form of abuse experienced
by children.
d. More children experience sexual abuse than emotional abuse.
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Key Language
Read the word pairs. Choose whether they are synonyms ( ‫מילים‬
‫ )נרדפות‬or antonyms (‫)מילים הפוכות‬
1 Shout – yell Synonyms / antonyms

2 Negative – positive Synonyms / antonyms
3 Twice – double Synonyms / antonyms
4 Hurt – help Synonyms / antonyms
5 Danger – safety Synonyms / antonyms
6 Likely – probably Synonyms / antonyms
Choose five of the words above and write sentences using them.
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________
Writing a Facebook post
Do some research about how to speak positively to others. Below

are some guiding questions.
 What are some of the things you can say?

 What kind of body language is helpful?
 How do you think there's a positive effect?
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 What can you do to change negative behavior?
Write a Facebook post sharing your opinion, including some of the

findings (‫ )ממצאים‬from your research.
Here are some phrases to help you:
 According to experts …
 One example is …
 A way to do / show this is …
 Another idea is …
Here are some phrases to you when stating your opinion:
 I think (that) …
 I want to understand why …
 From my experience / perspective, …
 I agree / disagree with …

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Students' names:

How can adults help children grow up happy and safe?

abuse drug jail shout verbal

1. Say something in a loud, angry voice ________________

6. Bad or harmful _____________

Complete the sentences with words from the previous activity.

Listen to this video and then answer the questions below.

Is Screaming at Your Kids a Form of Abuse?

1. According to the video, the only time yelling at a child is a

1. Parents who shout at their children or call them “stupid” put

2. Verbal abuse happens more than other forms of abuse. It happens

5. World Health Organization (WHO) research found 36.1 per cent of

 Denis Campbell | The Guardian 1.10.2023 (Elementary Level) |

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. The word them in ¶1 refers to ___________.

There are more / less children who experience emotional abuse

14. Which of the following sentences is supported by the WHO

1 Shout – yell Synonyms / antonyms

Writing a Facebook post

Do some research about how to speak positively to others. Below

 What are some of the things you can say?

Write a Facebook post sharing your opinion, including some of the

Here are some phrases to help you:

Here are some phrases to you when stating your opinion:

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