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In your notebook, connect the words with their definitions.

a. A cyberbully.i. Take a picture of your computer or phone's screen.

b. A freak.ii. A bad dream.

c. Screenshot.ii. Someone who uses computers or mobile phones to hurt.

d. Social media.

iv. An unkind name for someone who is strange or different.

e. A nightmare.

v. Websites and applications where users share content.

Read the story and answer.

While Reading

How did the cyberbullying start?

Samuel's Bullying Testimony

I like using social media and when I heard about Questions.com I created an account.People post questions for me to answer.I love having fun and I thought we could joke around sending each other funny messages.

At first, I kept laughing and joking, but after a while I started getting cruel and mean messages from an anonymous person.I received messages every day. These were saying things like, "You're rubbish at baseball,”and“you are a freak."The bully kept sending these messages for three weeks, but then, the longer I ignored the cyberbully the meaner the messages got.I then decided to reply saying, "Stop sending me these messages,”and“LEAVE ME ALONE,” but the cyberbully kept going calling me a“coward."

I didn't want to worry my parents and I was embarrassed to tell my friends. It finally got to the point where it became a nightmare.I decided to tell my coach at my baseball club because I get on really well with him and showed him the messages. He told me to screenshot the messages and save

everything and then delete my account.Once my account was deleted, I got a text from a friend asking why I had deleted it.It turned out he was the cyberbully, but he thought it was funny. I asked him why he sent the abusive messages, and he said he "was joking." He thought I knew who was doing it and didn't realize the impact it had on me.

After talking about it, he realized how bad I had felt, and he promised nothing like that would ever happen again. He asked me to forgive him, and I did.

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