Tyray is six feet tall, muscular and he takes advantage of these things when it comes to school. The boy tyray use to bully before darrell stood up and broke his wrist warrentyray older. Some of the books have continuing stories of the main characters. In each book there is a situation where the teenage protagonist is facing conflicts in and out of school. Tyray was bullying him every time he went to school or when he in the street. When you figure out the meaning of a word from context, you are making a guess about what the word means. It had me at the edge of my seat and wanting more the whole time.
The characters in the bully by paul langan answers. Darrell must face this bully and change the way he thinks about himself if he plans on surviving school at bluford high. 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. The bully elements of literary text grade 8 ela grade 8 ela start date.
What are the characters in the bully in the bluford series. The series was created and published by townsend press and was codistributed by scholastic. After he got picked on and bullied by darrel mercer. Praised by faculty, parents, and students alike, the bluford series has transformed entire classrooms into reading zones. This book is very consuming and realistic, like many others in the series also. The main characters of this story are darrel and tyray. In this new entry of the bluford series, a collection of novels for teens in fifth to 10th grade, liselle mason narrates a personal account of teen pregnancy and its impact on the innercity students of fictional bluford high school. The plot mostly takes place at bluford high school, where tyray was a bully. Darrell mercer, a 9th grader at bluford, is at the center of this story. The winter comes, and bluford high school was closed for the christmas and new years holidays. Complete bluford series all 21 books townsend press.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the bully. Darrell mercer, a 9th grader at bluford high, is at the center of this story. Darrell then transfers to bluford high as he only makes a few friends, harold davis, kevin, luis, craig, and amberlynn bailey and makes an enemy named tyray hobbs, who bullies darrell by embarrassing him, taking his lunch money, taking his clothes and putting in the garbage and making fun of his height. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
Darrell and his mother move to the bluford area in the middle of the school year. I think it will really make a difference in schools. Darrel didnt like going to bluford high school, because he was scared of tyray. It was published by townsend press and has a total of 123 pages in the book. When scrawny freshman darrell transfers to bluford high, he worries he will be bullied and friendless, and his nightmare seems to comes true when bully tyray begins to terrorize him out of his lunch money each week, but darrell soon finds friends, joins the wrestling team and dances with a girl at a school dance, all giving him the confidence to stand up to tyray. The first friday of new year, darrell didnt want to go to the supermarket parking lot to met tyray because he didnt want to be scared of tyray. Bluford is named for guion guy bluford, the first africanamerican astronaut. Explain that the first way to figure out the meaning of a word is from its context. The boy who is having trouble in school, who used to be the bully.
Lost and found darcy willssophomoreoctober a matter of trust darcy willssophomore secrets in the shadows roylin baileysophomore until we meet again darcy willssophomorejune blood is thicker hakeem randalldarcys boyfriendjune summer of. Physically smaller than his peers, darrell quickly becomes a target for tyray hobbs, the freshman class bully. He hates school but the one thing that keeps him alive is being a bully. He would occasionally beat him up, take his lunch money, and publicly humiliate him in front of all of bluford high. The bully bluford series, number 5 book by paul langan. October 25, 20 the bully elements of literary text page 3 of 3 a. Bluford high, named after guion guy bluford, americas first black astronaut. If i had to recommend this book, i would recommend it to a girl and a boy that like to bully people or are thinking about bullying someone. It was the first christmas that darrell had spent away from philadelphia and his friend. The students will start writing their ideas for a play based on the book the bully. It was published by townsend press and has a total of 190 pages in the book. It emphasizes the feelings of bullies and victims through characters such as tyray and darrell. He went to franklin high school in philadelphia and had friends like malik stone, big reggie, and mark.
He bullied everybody and everybody was afraid of him. I believe the authors purpose in writing this book is to show kids that everyone has feelings and what bullying can do to people. A quiet girl who became tyray friend, he only used her. The characters in this story made me want to not put the book down. The bluford series is guaranteed to make your heart race and your pulse pound. Ive heard that schools are starting to put in place anti bullying programs to help prevent kids from being targeted and curb the bullying behavior. The bully is part of the bluford high series which is a very good series of books. Box 25704 albuquerque nm 871250704 aps administration. Sep 11, 2019 the characters in this story made me want to not put the book down. The bluford series is a collection of highinterest novels that have captivated teens nationwide. Tyray calls darrell names like chicken legs and midget, laughs at him, hurts him, takes away his clothing during p. But then his mom found a better job in california and when they moved darrel was scared of school because he had no friends.
Paul langans book the bully is about a boy who gets picked on in his school and in his neighborhood. Darrell deals with being the new student at bluford high, and dealing with a new bully. The story the gun by paul langan is about a bully that ends up getting bullied and loses his bully reputation. Darrell mercer and his mother jackie are moving from philadelphia to california because of her new job, and mom says its best to move in with his uncle jason. 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. The series draws its name from the school which many of the characters attend.
A high school freshman who has just moved from philadelphia to california. Students will use a basic reading strategy of making connections with the literature they are reading to help them better understand the text. Thats what darrell mercer faces when he and his mother move from philadelphia to california. Until darrell mercer made everything change my personal response to this story is that i really liked this book. Last chance to confess his love endless summer full free maverick movie duration. 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. Darrell is a new kid that stood up to tyray in the lunch room and made tyray break his wrist. The resources needed are a copy for each student of the title the bully from the bluford high series books. Response must be less that 100,000 characters thank you for your feedback. Tyray, the new bully, darrell mercer, the new kid from detroit, and amberlynn bailey, the beautiful girl both darrell and tyray are crushing over. In this lesson, you will learn about this story, its.
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