GESE 9 (B2.
3) PREPARATION - CEP de JAÉN 2016/2017
SESSION 7: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
OBJECTIVES:
FUNCTIONS: Talking about different types of crimes, past actions and course of events,
expressing personal opinions and suggestions. Understand general and specific information
about the topic. Deal with moral dilemmas. Comment and respond to other people’s
comments.
GRAMMAR: Passive with modal verbs.
LEXIS: Crime and punishment related words and expressions. All types of crimes, criminals and
sentences are listed, including idioms and common expressions. Cohesive devices and pause
fillers to keep in conversations. Expressions to show and defend personal opinions. Structures
to respond to other people’s comments.
SOCIOLINGUISTICS: How to express opinion about current national related topics, show impact
of crime in their lives and how they deal with it. React to particular situations in which people
face a moral dilemma.
STARTING OFF
A crime is a serious offence such as murder or robbery. A punishment is a penalty imposed on
somebody who is convicted of a crime. A punishment could be, for example, time in prison or a
fine. There is an important difference between criminal law and civil law. Criminal law deals
with maters such as murder whereas Civil law deals with matters such as contracts or divorce.
The police are not normally involved in civil law.
Crime is everywhere you look at, no matter whether it is petty or major. We all can mention
offences that happen around us or that we hear of on the media brainstorm
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Match the following crimes 1-8 with their definitions a-h.
POSSIBLE PUNISHMENTS. Please rank them from least to most serious ones
life sentence, a prison term, a fine, death penalty, a caution, a night-time curfew, community
service (unpaid work), electronic tagging.
NOTE!!! Do you know the difference between theft, (armed) robbery, burglary and mugging?
- General word for taking someone else’s property.
- Stealing by using the threat of violence. It’s most often used for banks and shops. Guns can be
used aggravating the crime.
- Breaking into a building, often a house, and stealing.
- Stealing from someone in a public place using violence.
1) Do you know the TV series Breaking Bad? What can you say about it? Is there an evolution
in the type of offences that the protagonist carries out? What is your opinion on his
behaviour? Hero or a villain? How would you have reacted in his place?
The AMC series "Breaking Bad" follows the life of a man who, after learning he is terminally ill
with lung cancer, he applies his chemistry talents for financially stability in the most unexpected
way possible by making Crystal Meth.
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2) If you are not familiar with the TV series, please use the following pictures to discuss:
What crime can you see in each pictures?
What do you think it may have happened?
Tell each other about a crime that you heard about on the news recently.
LISTENING:
Listen to Rachel and Andrew doing a quiz on crimes and punishments. Complete the table.
How many of the sentences do they guess correctly?
CRIME PLEA SENTENCE
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EXTRA LISTENINGS from the Internet:
Video 1 “The gang who sold the houses they didn´t own” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPbq5N2Lsw
1) What are the jobs of the gang members?
2) What kinds of homes did the gang look for?
3) How serious is the crime?
Video 2 “The Bride who survived rape” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjjOqGfYugA
1) How long ago did the event in the story happened?
2) What two crimes was Bridget the victim of?
3) Which three nouns does Bridget use to describe the way she felt right after the attack?
TRANSCRIPT https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3L1orqxVbn0S0dZT1VlQUJTZ3c/view?pref=2&pli=1
Video 3 “Crime and Punishment” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snVbGOrHZaY
Justice to fight crimes has evolved along the years from a brutal way to deal with issues to a
more civilised one. In Medieval times, offences faced a very peculiar trial in a most unusual
court. Watch this video and comment on the information provided.
From beginning to minute 2:30 Name the two types of trial mentioned.
From minute 2:30 to 6:15 what two crimes has the young lad been accused of? Name
sentences mentioned that people had back in the medieval years.
From minute 8:37 to the end Evolution of Justice
LANGUAGE LAB: Security Systems http://www.esl-lab.com/securitysystems/securitysystemsrd1.htm
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OPTIONAL READING PRACTICE:
Read the following article and then choose the option A, B or C which best answers the
question or completes the sentence.
VOCABULARY:
You can use the following adjectives to describe a crime: appalling, atrocious, vicious,
awful, barbaric, brutal, despicable, dreadful, horrible, outrageous, terrible, violent or
perfect! See Appendixes I, II and Units 80 – 81 from Cambridge (EVIU) for more topic
related vocabulary.
Crime Criminal What does he do?
Burglary a burglar burgles houses
Pickpocketing a pickpocket pickpockets houses
Arson an arsonist sets buildings on fire
Robbery a robber robs people or places
Mugging a mugger mugs people
Blackmail a blackmailer blackmails people
Kidnapping a kidnapper kidnaps people
Perjury a perjurer lies in court
Fraud a fraudster deceives people
Smuggling a smuggler smuggles illegal goods
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH APPRORIATE WORDS FROM THE TABLE IN THE CORRECT FORM
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GRAMMAR REFERENCE
Passive with modals (See Appendix II) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-2xg6IIRNw
MODAL VERB + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
You CAN BE FINED for using a mobile phone while driving
All goods over 100 pounds MUST BE DECLARED at customs
Young offenders SHOULDN’T BE GIVEN prison sentences
SPEAKING
GROUP WORK: TRY WALKING IN MY SHOES RESPONDING TO OTHER PEOPLE’S
ACTIVITY. USE THE UNIT’S USEFUL LANGUAGE COMMENTS
People say that things are not always black or Oh, I see. So…
white. They usually do so when they want to do Oh, of course.
something they know it is not right, obviously, for a
Oh, I get it now.
reason…What would you do in the following moral
dilemmas? (Dilemmas will be projected on the Right. Well in that case…
board).
Mmm. That changes things.
What if you are chosen to be part of a popular jury?
Yes, I suppose that makes sense.
It is not funny anymore!
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SPEAKING / INTERACTION: TOPIC DISCUSSION
• Is crime a big problem in your country? What type of crime is typical in this area?
• Why do you think people commit crimes?
• Have you ever been the victim of a crime? What happened?
• Have you ever been a witness to a crime? What happened? What did you do?
• If you witnessed a crime in the street, what would you do?
• Is crime a big problem among young people in your country?
• Do you think that criminals receive the correct punishment / too soft?
• What is the justice system like here in Spain?
• Is prison a successful way to prevent crime? /What other forms of crime prevention
would you suggest?
• Are there sometimes valid excuses for committing a crime? Give examples.
• The last time you were punished, what had you done?
• Have you ever been punished for something you didn´t do?
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UNIT 2 GLOSSARY (ADD APPENDIXES I and II AND UNITS FROM CAMBRIDGE 80-81)
Write down all the new words you learn in this unit together with related specific vocabulary
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