CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Classroom tasks and activities

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1 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Classroom tasks and activities 1 st SESSION 1- SPEAKING (10 ) Describe these pictures (teacher s own creation) 1- What can you see in these pictures? 2- Which of these are major and which are minor crimes? 3- Have you ever suffered any of these crimes? 4- Which kind of crimes causes you problems in everyday life? 2- VOCABULARY CRIME (15 ) A- Match the criminal in list 1 with the description of the offence in list 2. (10 ) (The Nelson First Certificate Course, by Susan Morris and Alan Staton) 1- A shoplifter a-sets fire to buildings

2 2-An arsonist b-attacks someone in a public place to get money 3-A burglar c- uses another person s words or ideas as his/her own 4-A plagiarist d-kills 5-A murderer e-takes things from people s bags and pockets 6-A pickpocket f-steals from a shop 7-A kidnapper g-seizes another person and takes them away 8-A smuggler h-reproduce the work of another without authorization 9-A (drug)pusher i-destroys property 10-A mugger j-tries to take things illegally into another country 11-A forger k-steals things from people s houses 12-A vandal l-copies something to trick other people 13-A pirate m- Sells drugs illegally B- Complete the sentences with the correct words from exercise A. (5 )(Teacher s own creation) 3- He was accussed of being a... because he had killed his neighbour. 1- The... took two shirts and a pair of trousers from the shop and runned away. 2- The woman is being retained by the force by a The... entered into their house and stole all the money and the pieces of jewellery. 5- This document is not the original one, but just a copy of a... 3-GRAMMAR- VERB TENSES REVISION (30 ) Now that you have seen all the forms of present, past and future, you will be able to do the following exercises which are mixture of all the verb tenses. If you have any doubt, look at the previous units or ask your teacher A- Choose the correct form of the verbs in the following sentences. (10 ) (Teacher s own creation) 1- My sister (drive/ drove/ will drive) a car next year.

3 2- They (travel/ are travelling/travelled) to Rome next summer. 3- People usually (go/are going/ will go) to work in the morning. 4- Dad (take/ is taking/ took) the children to the park a moment ago. 5- She (not be/ won t be/isn t) at the party tomorrow night. 6- I (don t visit/ won t visit/ didn t visit) my grandmother last Christmas. 7- This song always (makes/ is making/make) me sad. 8- My uncle (cooks/ is cooking/ cook) dinner right now. B- Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 ) (Adapted from Recycling your English, Revised Edition by Clare West. Georgian Press). 1- Look! That man (steal) your bike! 2- The phone (ring) suddenly while Joanne was doing the housework. 3- Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius. 4- I think I (loose) my door key. I can t find it anywhere. 5- The photos (be) ready by Wednesday. 6- Mrs Edwards (teach) history for 35 years, and is retiring soon. 7- When the match was over, the spectators (go) home. 8- Did you see John yesterday? He (wear) a very old pair of jeans. 9- Look at those dark clouds! It (rain). 10- It (snow) as we drove slowly along the road. C- Fill in the blanks in this with the most suitable form of the verb in brackets. (10 ) (Taken from Essential Grammar in Use)

4 HOMEWORK Find a newspaper article about any type of crime in a British or American newspaper on the net. Print it and bring it to class. The next day you will explain it to your partner and some of you will explain it to the whole class. 2 nd SESSION 1-HOMEWORK (10 ) -Tell your partner about the newspaper article you have found on the internet. 2- SPEAKING (10 ) A- Look at these newspaper headlines and try to guess what the news are about (5 ). Work in pairs. (

5 Impatient thief Wrong place, wrong time Tourist vs. monk Wrong car B- Match the headlines with the following subheads. (5 ) 1-A man accused of possessing drug paraphernalia and stealing a car managed to find exactly the wrong place to hide the car at the police station. 2- A would-be bank robber took off without the cash after complaining that the bank teller was taking too long. 3-The first rule of breaking into someone else's car: Make sure it doesn't belong to a cop. 4-Does this story sound like something straight out of "Austin Powers," or what? Chinese police cunningly disguised as tourists apprehended a man suspected of embezzling money who was dressed as a monk. 2-READING (35 ) A- Read the text and answer the questions. (10 ) ( HUMAN TRAFFIC We will help you. For the world s refugees and asylum seekers, it is a message of hope. For criminals that agree to take them to a new country, it s big business. Thousands of people are promised a better life in the rich countries of the west, but

6 many die on terrible journeys. Things are not much better for those that arrive. How can the west fight the criminals and help the refugees? There are no easy answers. One of the problems is the large number of people moving illegal immigrants. And they are not all big criminals, because time and a vehicle are the only things anyone needs to make money in this way. The story of Josip Loncaric is a good example. Loncaric was a Croatian taxi driver who, twenty years ago, started taking cheap fruit and vegetables to the Italian border. When war came to Yugoslavia, Loncaric forgot about the fruit and preferred taking refugees. He earned good money and bought more vehicles. Soon, he was transporting over five hundred refugees a week to the Italian border. When Chinese criminals also began moving refugees into Europe through Trieste, Loncaric joined them. He now had 200 people working for him. They brought illegal immigrants into Europe from all over the world. Loncaric grew rich. His luck changed in 1998, when the police in Italy, Slovenia and Britain decided to work together. They listened to Loncaric s telephone conversations, and sent special officers to watch him. Then one of Loncaric s workers, Tomo Fodor, agreed to help them. Finally, in July 2000, Loncaric was arrested and his business of making money from refugees was over. This is only one success story. Hundreds of other criminals are still moving refugees. But the story shows what can be done when countries join together to stop the terrible trade in human traffic. Early this year, Italy and the UK decided to work together in a number of ways. They agreed to exchange information, to plan police operations between the two countries, to punish criminals more than before, and to help refugees return to their own countries. This last point is perhaps the most important of all. The real answer to the refugee problem lies in helping to make their home countries safe again. The west is having some success in Kosovo. Other dangerous parts of the world may be different. But the message is the same: learn to live with your neighbour. Until the world understands this, the refugee problem will be here to stay. B- Answer true or false. (teacher s own creation) (5 ) 1- Things always go very well for those refugees that arrive to the western countries. 2- People moving illegal immigrants are not always big criminals. 3- Loncaric moved refugees to the Croatian border. 4- Loncaric was arrested in 1998 thanks to the police of Italy, Slovenia and Britain. 5- The best solution for the refugee problem is helping their home countries to be safe again.

7 C- Find words or expressions in the text for the following definitions. (teacher s own creation) (5 ) 1- One who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution. 2- The act of traveling from one place to another, a trip. 3- The line or frontier area separating political divisions or geographic regions; a boundary. 4- To become wealthy. 5- To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin or fault. D- Mark the verbs in the text and decide which verb tense they are. (5 ) E- Look at the maps and answer the questions (10 ) (teacher s own creation) Destination Countries of Trafficking Victims

8 What do you think about human traffic? Did you know that human traffic existed before reading the text? Which types of human traffic do you know? According to the maps... o which countries are the ones that recieve more trafficking victims? o from which countries do most of the victims come from? o what do you think the reason is? HOMEWORK (5 ) - Link: - Choose three of the videos and take some notes about them. 3 RD SESSION 1- HOMEWORK (10 ) -The teacher will draw columns on the backboard (one for each video on the website) and the students will give the information they have taken about them. 2-LISTENING (25 ) A- Listen to crime expert George Allrightly talking about crime in New York. (10 )(TOP MARKS. Students activity multirom. Burlington books) TRANSCRIPT: NEW YORK CITY GAINS THE WAR AGAINST CRIME -Ladies and gentlemen I d like to introduce our speaker crime expert George Allrightly.

9 -Thank you! I am here to talk to you about crime in our city and what can be done about it. A lot of our citicens are worried about the increase in crime in our city. They say it s no longer safe to walk the streets at night. These same people feel that nothing can be done about it, because nothing works. But I d like to tell you about a place where the fight against crime did work, and worked well: New York City. In the 1970 s and the 80 s New York was America s most dangerous city. People were afraid to go out at night, there were neighborhoods like Harlem you ve probably heard of Harlem, where no one from the outside dare to walk even during the day. If you asked a taxi driver to drive you through Harlem he d probably refuse and for good reason. As for the subway, that s the underground, there were some subway lines that were so violent that you really couldn t be sure what would happen to you if you run on them. But today Ladies and Gentlemen, today New York is a different city, everything has changed. The subway is clean and safe and violent crime has dropped by 75% since the 90 s. Incredibly, Harlem is now a centre for businesses, shopping and tourism. You re probably asking yourselves how did they do it? Can we do what they did? Well, actually there were several factors that contributed to this improvement and I am going to explain a few of them to you today. One important factor was the broken windows theory. This idea says that you have to pay attention to the small things, because if you don t then things will get out of control. This means dealing with small crimes, not tolerating even the smallest crimes. Why is it called the broken windows theory? Well, it goes like this let s say you have a building that has got a few broken windows, maybe just one or two. If the windows are unrepaired, then soon there s going to be vandalism, vandals will come and break a few more windows, maybe paint some graffiti. They are a lot more likely to do this in a building with broken windows than in a building that hasn t got broken windows. Why? Because it seems like it doesn t matter. Nobody really cares about that building anyway and soon people will come in and steal things, then go under the stair to take drugs and all because of a few broken windows. When Rudolf Giuliani was elected major of New York in 1994, he decided to use the broken windows theory and make it his policy. He believed that by reducing petty crime he would also combat more violent crimes. Giuliani started taking action against the crimes that people considered petty, little things like throwing rubbish in the street. He cleaned up the streets and stopped people painting graffiti. He wouldn t tolerate things like people drinking in public or aggressive bagging. He d also help a lot of people get jobs and of course he acted against drugs and organized crime as well. Of course, that wasn t the only thing Giuliani did. He hired thousands of new police officers and in 1994 he also introduced a computer program called..., to help the police do they work. This program records crime incidents everyday in every part of the city. It marks the places where crimes take place on a map. This helps the police know exactly where to send more officers and what areas to focus on. After a very short time there was a lot reduction in petty crimes. But the most amazing thing is that wasn t the only improvement. The number of violent crimes even murders went down massively. And what s more, it has stayed down. In 1990, there were murders in New York City, that s six people murdered everyday. In 2004 there were 572 murders, that means the murder rate has gone down by about 75%. So, as you can see it can be done. The situation is not hopeless, all we have to do is take action. We may have big problems in our city, but we can take steps to solve them. Thank you! Thank you very much! A- Answer these questions with the information from the audio (10 ) (Teacher s own creation)

10 1-What s the name of the neighborhood where no one from the outside dare to walk even during the day? 2-What s the word the expert uses to name the underground? 3-What percentage has dropped the number of violent crime in Harlem? 4-Which year was Giuliani elected major of New York? 5-How many people were murdered in New York everyday in 1990? B- Listen again and decide if these sentences are true or false? (5 ) (teacher s own creation) 1- The expert thinks that nothing can be done to end with crime in that city. 2- In the 1970 s and 80 s New York was the most dangerous city in America. 3- Harlem has changed and now it is a centre of business, shopping and tourism. 4- The broken windows theory was crucial to end with crime in New York. 5- This theory says that you have to pay attention only to big crimes, and forget petty crimes. 6- Major Rudolf Giuliani refused to use the broken windows theory. 7- Giuliani hired more police officers and introduce a new computer program. 8- The number of violent crimes went up masively. 3- VOCABULARY- PUNISHMENT (10 ) Complete the passage with some of the words in the box. There are more words than needed. (Exercise A, page 75. Recycling your English, Revised Edition by Clare West. Georgian Press). judge verdict prisoner jury fined prison sentenced guilty innocent witnesses trial court evidence The newspapers were full of reports of the murder 1), which has lasted three weeks. The court had heard all the 2) given by the four 3). Now, at last, after staying out for several hours, the twelve man and women of the 4) came back into 5) and sat down. Tension was high in the public gallery and the 6) looked very pale. The 7) asked the jury for their 8). After a moment s silence their reply was 9)! The judge therefore 10) the man to fifteen years in 11). 4-PHONOLOGY- question tags intonation (10 ) Question tags vary their intonation depending on whether we are asking a real question or we are just using it to keep the conversation flowing. The last one does not require a real answer.

11 Real question - rising intonation You will do it quickly, won't you? John and Mark aren't English, are they? Checking information or making conversation - falling intonation We've seen that film, haven't we? Paul doesn't like mushrooms, does he? HOMEWORK Listen to the intonation of the question tags above on the following web link: 4 TH SESSION 1- WRITING (10 )- WRITING A STORY Homework: Write a story of about 225 words called A terrible Day or Negative anecdotes. In order to organize it try to use some of the linking words in the box:

12 Firstly Secondly Thirdly After that Eventually Lastly First of all Then Next Finally In the end Immediately Suddenly While TIPS! - Write a draft of the main events in the story before you start writing - Don t forget to use linking words to organize your writing 2-GRAMMAR (10 ) Correct the verb mistakes 1- Last night, I will go to Ames Cafeteria to see the comedian. It is very exciting, and he was really funny. I just wish it start a little earlier than 10 p.m. I find it hard to stay out until midnight and then got up for an 8:00 class. 2- Working as a teacher's aid in Lebanon last year show me that I would like to be a teacher. The students always responded to me very well, and I have a lot of fun. One of my favorite students is Jeremy, a fourth-grader who had a stuttering problem. I really related to him because I stutter as a child as well. I think I really help Jeremy's self-confidence, and I am hoping he is continuing to work with the speech therapist 3- Going to a concert can be dangerous these days. I went to Woodstock this past summer and I see two people seriously hurt in the mosh pit where everyone were dancing. I saw one girl fall down and when I ran over to her to see if she needed help, she said, "I think I've twisted my ankle." I am going to help her out of the crowd and over to a medical tent. I was glad I had seen her fall or she could have been crushed. 3-VOCABULARY (15 ) Fill in the gaps with the words form below

13 5- SPEAKING (20 )

14 A-Work with a partner. Student A should look at the pictures below, and Student B should look to the pictures on the next page. The pictures are in jumbled order. Describe to your partner what is happening and together try to work the complete story in the correct order.

15 B-Now read the story of what actually happened. Some of the lines are correct and some have one extra word which should not be there. Decide which lines have and extra word and correct them.

16 PROGRESS CHECK 1- VOCABULARY A- Try to guess the across and down words ( Across 2. someone who steals from a shop 5. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice 6. legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal 7. a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed Down 1. someone who sets fire to buildings 3. a person who testifies under oath in a court of law 4. some who attacks people in public places to take money B-Fill in the gaps with the more suitable word

17 C- What happens when someone commits a crime? Put the following activities in the correct order. The first one has been done for you.

18 The convict is released on parole 1 The criminal commits a crime The criminal goes to court The criminal goes to prison The criminal is released on bail The judge passes sentence The jury finds the suspect guilty The jury listens to the evidence The jury reaches a verdict The police arrest the suspect The police charge the criminal The police investigate The trial starts 2- GRAMMAR A- Fill in the gaps with the right form of the verb in brackets. 1- Did you see John yesterday? He (wear) a very old pair of jeans. 2- Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius. 3- She (be) at the party tomorrow night. 4- Look! That man (steal) your bike! 5- I (visit) my grandmother last Christmas. 6- My uncle (cook) dinner right now. 7- I think I (loose) my door key. I can t find it anywhere. B-Choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence. 1- Jim is on holiday. He. to Italy. a) is gone b) has gone c) has been 2- That bag looks heavy.. you with it. a) I m helping b) I help c) I ll help 3- It was a boring weekend. anything.

19 a) I didn t b) I don t do c) I didn t do 4- Sarah has lost his passport again. It s the second time this... a) has happened b) happens c)happened 5- Matt while we were having dinner. a) phoned b) was phoning c) has phoned 6- We re late. The film. By the time we get to the cinema. a) will already start b)will be already started c)will already have started 7-...a car when you were living in London? a) had you b) have you had c) did you have PHONOLOGY Draw arrows and indicate the rising or falling intonation in the following question tags and say if you are asking a real questions or not. Paul doesn't like mushrooms,does he? We've seen that film,haven't we? You will do it quickly,won't you? John and Mark aren t English, are they? ANSWERS: 1.A ACROSS 2-shoplifter 5-judge 6-trial 7-sentence DOWN 1-arsonist 3-witness 4-mugger 1.B 1-of 9-been 2-had 10-the 3-was 11-was 4-commit 12-of 5-be 13-was 6-of 14-for 7- were 15-were

20 8-to 16-to 1.C 1, 5, 11, 12, 9, 10, 7, 8, 3, 4, 2, 6 2.A 1-was wearing 2-boils 3-will be 4-is stealing 5-visited 6-is cooking 7-.have lost 2.B 1-b 5- a 2-c 6- c 3-c 7-c 4-a REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR A-Choose the correct answer 1- My sister (drove/ will drive) a car next year. 2- They (are travelling/travelled) to Rome next summer. 3- People usually (go/ will go) to work in the morning. 4- Dad (is taking/ took) the children to the park a moment ago. 5- She (won t be/isn t) at the party tomorrow night. 6- I (don t visit/didn t visit) my grandmother last Christmas. B- Write the correct verb form We can go out now. It (not/rain) any more. (PRESENT CONTINUOUS) 2 Ann (wait) for me...(past CONTINUOUS) 3... when I (arrive). (PAST SIMPLE) 4

21 (get) hungry. Let's go and have something to eat.(present CONTINUOUS) 5 What (you/do) in your spare time? Have you got any hobbies? (PRESENT SIMPLE) 6 It's usually dry here at this time of the year. It (not/rain) much. (PRESENT SIMPLE) 7 Yesterday evening the phone (ring) three times...(past SIMPLE) 8...while we (have) dinner. (PAST CONTINUOUS) 9 When I first (tell) Tom the news, he (not/believe) me... (PAST SIMPLE) He (think) that I (joke). (PAST SIMPLE/PAST CONTINUOS) C-Choose one of the verbs and write it in the correct form in each sentence. be wear sleep speak go change 1- Tanya..German very well (PRESENT SIMPLE) 2- The world. Things never stay the same (PRESENT CONTINUOUS) 3- The bed was very uncomfortable. I very well (PAST SIMPLE, NEGATIVE) 4- Tom out. He ll be back in about an hour. (PRESENT PERFECT) 5- The photos... ready by Wednesday. (FUTURE SIMPLE) 6- Did you see John yesterday? He...a very old pair of jeans. (PAST CONTINUOUS) VOCABULARY Write the following words in the right column Burglar, jury, pickpocket, prison sentence, lawyer, kidnapper, capital punishment, community service, thief, trial, verdict, fine, witness, murderer, find innocent/guilty,

22 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES EXERCISE 1 Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use any verb tense. 1- Amanda is sitting on the ground. She s out of breath. (she/run) Where s my bag? I left it under this chair. (somebody/take /it) I have decided to try and learn a foreign language. (which/language/learn) We were all surprised when Jenny and Andy got married last year. (they/only/know/each other/a few weeks) It s still raining. I wish it would stop. (it/rain/all day) Suddenly I woke up. I was confused and didn t know where I was. (I/dream) There s a lot of black clouds in the sky. (rain) I ve got a headache. (I/have/it/since I got up) I m getting tired and it s getting late. (go/bed)... Criminals Law courts Sentences & Punishments

23 EXERCISE 2 Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. 1- What s the new restaurant like? Is it good? I ve no idea....there 2- How well do you know Bill? Very well. We...since we were children. 3- Did you enjoy your holiday? Yes, it was really good. It s the best holiday Should I take an umbrella with me? No, Why are you turning on the television?...the news EXERCISE 3 Write sentences about yourself (this evening)... (tomorrow morning)... (now)... (next summer)... (last Christmas)... (on Saturday)... EXERCISE 4 Use the word in capitals at the end of the each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. At his last trial, nobody believed in Arthur s 1... He had been accused of the 2... of a valuable Chinese vase, and he was also charged with ten other The value of the 4... goods was said to be over 20,000. Arthur said in his own 5... that the vase had been put into his car He also pointed out that the Chinese 1 INNOCENT 2 THIEF 3 OFFEND/4 STEAL 5 DEFEND 6 ACCIDENT

24 vase was a fake, and was almost The judge did not believe Arthur s story. He told Arthur he was a hardened 8... and that he deserved a severe Then the judge sentenced Arthur to five years Arthur just smiled. He had spent most of his life in prison and so he was used to it. 7 WORTH 8 CRIME 9 PUNISH 10 PRISON EXERCISE 4 Write a summary of the newspaper article you found on the internet and hand it in to your teacher.