Thesis:

Bullying exist with students and teachers at school.

Topic for Body Paragraph 1:

Students bullying each other.

Topic Sentence for Body Paragraph 1: (thesis AND topic)

Bullying occurs between students at school.
Evidence 1 for Topic
of Body Paragraph 1
Type of source:
newspaper

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary

Citation

I was cornered and attacked. I was pushed to the

ground repeatedly. I tried to get away, but I could not.
When the recess whistle finally blew and everyone
went inside the school, the student who attacked me
yelled, Im going to kill you if you tell anyone! Im
going to kill you tomorrow!

Walker, Tim. All Kids

Deserve to Be Safe from
Bullying: Jakes Story. nea
Today 7 October 2014. Print.

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary

Citation

Evidence 2
Type of source:
newspaper article

the victim is targeted with dirty looks if she eats her lunch
or indirect statements intended to make her feel ashamed
about how much she eats

Johnson, Melinda. Empty

Plates: Kids Are Being Bullied
to Skip Lunch at School. US
News, US News. 24 August
2015. Web. 21 February 2016.

Evidence 3
Type of source:
scholarly article

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary
For instance, a child who has been repeatedly
bullied on the playground may exhibit oppositional
behaviors in class or may turn in incomplete work just
to ensure that she has to stay inside while others are
on recess.

Topic for Body Paragraph 2:

Bystanders can be bullies.

Citation
Ehiorobo, Dr. Terry. Bullying
in School: The Traumatic
Effects of Bullying on
Children. CPI, CPI. 4 April
2012, Web. 21 February 2016.

Topic Sentence for Body Paragraph 2: (thesis AND topic)

When you dont stop bullying, you spread the bullying and become the bully yourself.
Evidence 1 for Topic
of Body Paragraph 2

Type of source:
Scholarly article

Evidence 2
Type of source:
Book

Evidence 3
Type of source:
Book

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary

Citation

In addition, our finding that bullying and witnessing

the victimization of other peers each predicted higher
levels of substance use suggests that students who
witness bullying may share some commonalities with
those who engage in bullying behavior.

Rivers, Ian. Poteat, Paul. Noret,

Nathalie. Ashurst, Nigel.
Observing Bullying at School:
The Mental Health Implications
of Witness Status. American
Psychological Association:
School Psychology Quarterly.
Vol. 24, No. 4, 21122.

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary

Citation

Actively engaging with the bully or cheering him on

causes even more distress to the child who is bullied,
encourages the antisocial behavior of the bully, and
puts the bystander at risk of becoming desensitized
to the cruelty or becoming full-fledged bullies
themselves (62).

Coloroso, Barbara. The

Bully, The Bullied, and the
Bystander. New York:
Harper Resource, 2008.
Print.

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary
Peers were involved in some capacity in 85% of the
bullying episodes. Peers intervened in only 13% of
the episodes at which they were present (66).

Citation
Coloroso, Barbara. The
Bully, The Bullied, and the
Bystander. New York:
Harper Resource, 2008.
Print.

Topic for Body Paragraph 3:

Teachers who bully or have been bullied by students.

Topic Sentence for Body Paragraph 3: (thesis AND topic)

Teachers bully their students and students bully their teachers.

Evidence 1 for Topic

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary

Citation

of Body Paragraph 3
Type of source:
article (paraphase)
Evidence 2
Type of source:
newspaper
(summary)

Evidence 3
Type of source:
article

Teacher bullying is: kept quiet, seems okay by the

students, and goes unnoticed by others outside of the
classroom.

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary
A concerned father received a phone call about his
daughter Samaya who wandered off school grounds.
Samaya spilt her water bottle in class and her teacher
dragged her out of the classroom while she was still her
chair. Samaya then left the school grounds and traveled 2
miles off campus to escape her teacher from bullying her
again.

Abuse of Power
Tolerance. 23 April 2014:
Print.

Citation
McDonald, Ian. Parents
Accuse Teacher of Bullying
Their Daughter Fox News
12 February 2014: Print.

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary

Citation

Eight in ten teachers said they have suffered verbal abuse

by a student in the last 12 months, an increase of 30 per
cent from a year earlier (Espinoza).

Espinoza, Javier. Schools

'failing to expel students
who bully teachers' as verbal
abuse in the classroom soars
by a third. Telegraph.
TelephaphUK, 4 April 2015.
Web. 21 February 2016.

Topic for Body Paragraph 4:

Anti-bullying programs at schools to stop bullying.

Topic Sentence for Body Paragraph 4: (thesis AND topic)

Regulating and enforcing anti-bullying programs at schools.
Evidence 1 for Topic
of Body Paragraph

Type of source:

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary

Citation

educating parents and teachers on what to look out

for, and how to handle bullies and victims, was
thought to be a highly beneficial addition to bullying
prevention programs to create awareness of the
problem and knowledge about how to address it
(Ttofi and Farrington 2011)

Farrington, David. Ttofi,

Maria. Successful Bullying
Prevention Programs:
Influence of Research
Design, Implementation
Features, and Program
Components. International
Journal of Conflict and
Violence, 6(2) 273-282,

2012.

Evidence 2
Type of source:

Evidence 3
Type of source:

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary
anti-bullying policies are specifically designed to
protect students from abusive behavior and to help
establish a safe ambiance where students can get a
quality education

Quotation/Paraphrase/Summary
When bullying occurs, school personnel need to respond
quickly, to act in accordance with school policies and
procedures, and to address the issue in a professional
manner. School personnel should be sure to document the
response to a bullying incident in writing.

Citation
How Effective are AntiBullying Policies?. No
Bullying, No Bullying. 22
December 2015, Web. 21
February 2016.

Citation