When my Space Ends in Tears

1. What is the the purpose of Author in writing of this article?

The purpose of Author in writing of this article is about to inform the teachers and parents that sixty five per cent of students use internet during and outside of school. Most of the students experience forms of cyber bullying and harassment but, teachers remained unfamiliar with types of internet communications.

2. Skim the text and answer true or false of the following statements?

(a) True

(b) False

(c) True

(d) False

(e) False

3. Match the following words to the meaning?

1. Cyber bullying            Bullying Electronically
2. Proportion                   Part
3. significant                   important
4. Equipped                     Prepared
5.Interactive                    Take apart
6. Monitor                        Observe
7.Harassment                  Intimidation

4. Circle the part of speech of the following words in the text?

(a). Adjective
(b). Verb
(c). Noun

5. Scan the text and answer the following?
a). How many students experience forms of cyber bullying?
One in three students aged 11 to 14

b). How many percent of students use internet inside or outside of School?
Sixty five per cent

c). What are the two internet communications used by students?
My Space and Facebook

d). Who is the author of cyber bullying info?
Chris Webster

6. Answer in detail?
(a) Why are teachers failing to intervene in school cyber bullying?
A significant proportion of teachers do not use or understand interactive online technologies
(b) What is required so teachers can monitor and control cyber bullying?
Appropriate training for teachers needs to be developed.

(c) What is the reason that the majority of students will not report to their parents and teachers? 
The students believe that the adults around them don't understand this technology
 and Parents might remove access to the technology.

7. Explain meaning of the words in bold?

a. Issues
b. Difficulty working
c. separated from outside events

8. This newspaper article is about (circle the correct answer).
b). Bullying online
c). Teachers not being able to intervene cyber bullying.

9. Where is the text from?
The Age fair Fax Digital

10. When was written?
February 1, 2009

11. What is the headlines ? What do you think it means?
When My Space Ends in tears, and I think it means when harassment and cyber bullying stopped in the world.

12. What is the main information of the text?
The main information of the text is about that parents and teachers should be aware of cyber bullying and online harassment and the effect of it on children.

13. Who would read this
 kind of text?

Students, parents, teachers or General public

Part c

1. Australian teachers are failing effectively intervene in schools cyber bullying.

• The internet plays a critical role in the lives of primary school aged children .
• Sixty- five percent of five-to 14 years students use internet during or outside of school
• Teachers largely remained unfamiliar with types of internet communications, like My Space and Facebook.

2. A significant proportion of teachers do not use or understand interactive online technologies.

• One in three students aged 10 to 14 experience forms of cyber bullying.
• Teachers remained very hesitant in exploring and using interactive cyber technology.
• They struggled to monitor and control cyber bullying.

3. Appropriate training for teachers needs to be developed.

• No policy based training programs on cyber bullying.
• To ensure teachers were equipped to respond to classroom cyber bullying.
• All the teachers with a limited understanding of tools faced the greatest challenges.

4. The majority of students will not report cyber bullying or internet incidents.

• The student believe that adults around them is not understand this technologies.
• The worry that the way these adults will solve the problem is by removing access to the technology
• Any teenagers wants as this technology acts as a social lifeline for these teenagers to their peers