Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog!  Madeline and I talk about a book named “Blubber’ by Judy Blume. In this book the author targets the common theme of bullying. This book is very significant to today’s society as bullying is a very common issue today. “Blubber” targets elementary school children in 4th and 5th grade. We think that a great way to teach students about this book would be through powerpoints, videos and comprehension questions. This project allows us to teach students a very valuable lesson in a fun and entertaining way. Teaching them this way will allow them to understand and see the deeper meaning of the book. 

The main goal of Madeline and I’s project is to engage the children in the book and teach them a valuable lesson in which they can challenge themselves and reach a much greater understanding. “Blubber” is not a challenging book for the students to understand but it becomes challenging for students to understand and reach the underlying message of the story. In the book we see interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences that Blume uses. We also see the child Jill see and understand bullying. She feels bad for the girl being bullied but she decides not to do anything about the situation. Being a bystander is a common issue today as students are nervous. Our goal is for students to pick out the interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences in the story to see how they would act in a common situation.

For our project, Madeline and I plan on finishing our powerpoint with information from the book. We will also explain the important parts of the book so the students can understand the story in a different way. Our powerpoints will help the students answer comprehension questions we pose to them. 

Blume, J. (1974) . Blubber. Scarsdale, NY.: Bradbury Press.

“Blubber” is a children’s novel by Judy Blume that was published in 1974. The narrator of the story is a fifth grader that excludes and bully’s and overweight girl. Later on the in the story, the narrator starts to feel bad as she got the whole school calling the overweight girl “blubber”. In this novel, readers see and understand why bullying someone is not okay.

Jacobsen, K., & Bauman, S. (2007). Bullying in Schools: School Counselors’ Responses to Three Types of Bullying Incidents. Professional School Counseling,11(1), 1-9. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42732732

This journal article, talks about bullying in elementary schools and how counselors deal with three specific incidents. In this article we also are given statistics about the bullying type and the ratings for school counselors involved in the anti-bullying program. This article talks about how some aspects of bullying go unnoticed. It also talks about how in certain schools and places, bullying has negative consequences on the victim and the bully. The authors also mention how a victim has many psychological issues after being bullied. Some may experience, depression, loneliness, and social anxiety. Overall, this article will help us collect more information regarding bullying