Tyray, the new bully, darrell mercer, the new kid from detroit, and amberlynn bailey, the beautiful girl both darrell and tyray are crushing over. Students will use a basic reading strategy of making connections with the literature they are reading to help them better understand the text. Darrell mercer, a 9th grader, just moved across the country with his mom and he feel completely alone. After spending months living in fear, darrell is faced with a big decision.
There are no curse words in the bully book, but language is used as a weapon. Set in fictional bluford high, a tough but nurturing inner city high school, the novels speak to the interests, struggles, and concerns of todays young adults. Introduces the characters tyray hobbs and darrell mercer. Just another day in hell, i thought to myself once i entered the school. His mother has married larry, an abusive man who wants nothing to do with his stepson. The students will start writing their ideas for a play based on the book the bully. Copies for the students of examples of how to write a play.
The story was about a boy named darrel mercer and he us to live in philadelphia and he moved to california. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read bully. Praised by faculty, parents, and students alike, the bluford series has transformed entire classrooms into reading zones. Each fall, a selected group of sixth graders receives the book and uses it to choose a grunt, a victim to be teased, humiliated, alienated, and tortured. Bully by paul langan paperback book the parent store select another store. New adult romancebully book 1 in the fall away series my name is tate. Bluford series comprehension questions the book bullying vocabulary this or that questions school books livros. The bully bluford series, number 5 book by paul langan. I read this book every year to my students and they looked forward to me reading the next chapter every day. Three times i honestly thought i might spontaneously combust. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher.
Search for safety tells the story of ben mckee, a new sophomore at bluford high school. Since darrells father died, his mother has had to work hard to make. Complete bluford series all 21 books townsend press. The boy who is having trouble in school, who used to be the bully. Above are bluford series books that are currently on. In philadelphia he had a friend named mark which fought all of his fights because darrel was a small and skinny punk.
When you figure out the meaning of a word from context, you are making a guess about what the word means. Chapter 9 chapter 8 darrell saw another wrestling poster and inally went and talked to coach lewis about it. This is what happens to darrell in the summer before he starts high school. It was the first day of my second year in high school. The bully by paul langan tells about darrell mercers experience with a bully at school.
The second book used with the class was the bully by paul langan, and it took the next six periods of eighthgrade classes by storm. The bluford series is guaranteed to make your heart race and your pulse pound. If you know that someone is being tormented and are afraid of the peer pressure to intervene on that persons behalf than you need to read this book. All twentyone of the bluford series books are available in audiobook format. This is a summary of the book, the bully by paul langan. A true story of high school revenge reprint by schutze, jim isbn. The bully, paul langan, townsend press, 2002, 094427, 978094420, 190 pages. This book is very consuming and realistic, like many others in the series also. The series draws its name from the school which many of the characters attend. Reading to kids is a grassroots organization dedicated to inspiring underserved children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for future success. The bully by paul langan book 5 of the bluford series.
Thats what darrell mercer faces when he and his mother move from philadelphia to california. Bluford is named for guion guy bluford, the first africanamerican astronaut. Set in fictional bluford high, a tough but nurturing inner city high school, the novels speak to the interests, struggles, and concerns of todays 5th10th graders. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will take you to. The bully chapters 2 and 3 test 26 questions by mpittm1 last updated. A highinterest novel helps struggling readers confront. Explain that the first way to figure out the meaning of a word is from its context. Copies for the students of examples of how to write a.
A highinterest novel helps struggling readers confront bullying in schools. With a broken hand, a troubled family, and no friends in sight, tyrays options are limited. The book was the brainchild of kelley and jones, who had started a facebook group for authors wishing to connect in the wake of the 2010 suicide of high school student phoebe prince in south. He misses his friends back home and cannot seem to find a place to fit in at bluford high. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. Bluford series the bully bullying, comprehension questions. The bluford series is a collection of twentyone young adult novels that focus on the lives of a group of high school students and their families. Luckily, i was able to make it to my locker without getting pushed into someone elses locker by ash. The series was created and published by townsend press and was codistributed by scholastic. And when larry loses his job and starts drinking, ben finds himselfand his motherin grave danger. I went on to get the series and they are great books.
He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. Physically smaller than his peers, darrell quickly becomes a target for tyray hobbs, the freshman class bully. You can check your understanding of the characters and what happens in the story with this resource. Bluford series the bully by brandi helleur teachers pay. He can either keep running from this bully or find some way to fight back. A part of the bluford high series this emotional tale is an extremely affordable and accessible book. Buy a cheap copy of the bully bluford series, number 5 book by paul langan. Darrell mercer, a 9th grader at bluford high, is at the center of this story. Leaving his luxurious, drama filled, and crazy prep school life in new york, emmett moves to a small town with his cousins expecting a boring, and drama free life. His dad owns all the schools, so if he decides he doesnt like. The bully chapter 1 test 20 questions by mpittm1 last updated.
This quiz and worksheet offers the chance to test what you remember about the story in the bully. These books are excellent for below reading level high school students. They can also read other books in the bluford series. The bluford series is a widely read collection of contemporary american young adult novels set in the fictional innercity high school of bluford high in southern california. If there are additional titles from this series that you would like added, please let us know series resources 3. But when he meets a female bully, things go far from what he expected. The next morning after darrells first practice he could hardly move. This widely acclaimed teen series set in an urban high school features engaging, accessible writing and appealing, contemporary storylines. It was published by townsend press and has a total of 190 pages in the book. He can keep running from this bully, or find a way to fight back. Jan 01, 2009 this is a summary of the book, the bully by paul langan.
Dec 15, 2010 volume number 18, pretty ugly bluford series about bluford high is another spectacular book in this series. The book hatchet, which darrells english teacher, mr. Im a teacher and have had a hard time getting reluctant readers to participate in ssr. Darrell mercer, a 9th grader at bluford, is at the center of this story. Weeks ago he was one of the most feared students at bluford high, then darrell mercer publicly humiliated him, and tyray lost his reputation. In eric kahn gales novel the bully book, sixth grader eric haskins becomes the victim of an ongoing conspiracy outlined in a kidcreated manual, also called the bully book. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Download the bully, paul langan, townsend press, 2002. This book makes you wadnt to read more about what happens at bluford high. Although overt bullying sometimes declines in high school, there is still a need for bullying prevention since bullying can, and has, led to violent incidents in schools. New adult romance bully book 1 in the fall away series my name is tate. Homophobic language is also used against eric, who is called gay, gaywad, gaywood.
The resources needed are a copy for each student of the title the bully from the bluford high series books. Eric, who is called the grunt, is teased in class when almost every one of his classmates uses one of the students vocabulary words in a sentence that has an insult to eric built in. Using a realistic, highinterest novel the bully by paul langan. For now, avoid forcing the issue with mere lists of works. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. He wanted desperately to say hi, but he did not know what he would say after that. With the bluford books i literally have kids asking to take them home every day so they can continue reading im going to get another set. A quiet girl who became tyray friend, he only used her. The book the bully is about a boy named darrell mercer he lived in philadelphia but he was moving to california and he was going to be away from his best friend malik and he was also going to a new school called bluford high, darrell was bullied by a boy named tyray and tyray pulled a knife out on darrell but one darrell stood up to tyray and. Darrell stays after school for his first wrestling practice and he barley stayed with the group.
How does darrells view of bluford change from the beginning to the end of the book. Paul langan darrell mercer faces a new life, a new school, and a new bully when he moves from philadelphia to california. I was no more than 2 paragraphs into reading my chosen chapter when i could tell from the absolute silence that the audience was hooked. Get 50% off quizlet plus through monday learn more. The boy tyray use to bully before darrell stood up and broke his wrist warrentyray older.
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