CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Classroom tasks and activities

1st 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-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)

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......................

3- He was accussed of being a

............................ because he

had killed his neighbour.

4- 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.

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 email with the most suitable form of the verb in

brackets. (10’)

(Taken from Essential Grammar in Use)

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.

2nd 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. (www.saturdaynightsolution.com)

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’)

(http://www.penguindossiers.com/print_dossier.asp?ArticleId=53)

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

Impatient thief Wrong place, wrong

time

Tourist vs. monk Wrong car

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.

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

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: http://www.humantraffickingsearch.net/Default.aspx

- Choose three of the videos and take some notes about them.

3RD 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.

-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 2’245 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)

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).

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’)

judge verdict prisoner jury fined

prison sentenced guilty innocent

witnesses trial court evidence

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.

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:

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1634_gramchallenge2/

4TH 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:

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

Firstly Secondly Thirdly After that Eventually

Lastly

First of all Then Next Finally In the

end

Immediately Suddenly While

5- SPEAKING (20’)

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.

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.

PROGRESS CHECK

1- VOCABULARY

A- Try to guess the across and down words

(http://school.discoveryeducation.com/puzzles10/isaperez/html/60178xvikh.html)

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

C- What happens when someone commits a crime? Put the following activities in

the correct order. The first one has been done for you.

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.

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

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

_____________ (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)

10

... 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,

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)..............................................................................................

2- Where’s my bag? I left it under this chair.

(somebody/take /it).............................................................................

3- I have decided to try and learn a foreign language.

(which/language/learn).......................................................................... 4- We were all surprised when Jenny and Andy got married last year.

(they/only/know/each other/a few weeks).......................................... 5- It’s still raining. I wish it would stop.

(it/rain/all day)...................................................................................

6- Suddenly I woke up. I was confused and didn’t know where I was.

(I/dream)................................................................................................

7- There’s a lot of black clouds in the sky.

(rain)..................................................................................................... 8- I’ve got a headache.

(I/have/it/since I got up).......................................................................

9- I’m getting tired and it’s getting late.

(go/bed).................................................................................................

Criminals Law courts Sentences & Punishments

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.................................................. 4- Should I take an umbrella with me?

No, ................................................................................. 5- 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

1 INNOCENT

Chinese vase, and he was also charged with ten 2 THIEF

other 3.............................. . The value of the 4 .................................

goods was said to be over

3 OFFEND/4

STEAL

₤20,000. Arthur said in his own 5........................................ that the

vase had been put into his

5 DEFEND

car 6 ....................................... . He also pointed out that the Chinese 6 ACCIDENT

vase was a fake, and was

almost 7................................... . The judge did not believe Arthur’s

story. He told Arthur he

7 WORTH

was a hardened 8 .................................... and that he deserved a

severe

9............................... .

8 CRIME

Then the judge sentenced Arthur to five

years’10........................................ Arthur just

9 PUNISH

smiled. He had spent most of his life in prison and so he was used

to it.

10 PRISON

EXERCISE 4

Write a summary of the newspaper article you found on the internet and hand it in

to your teacher.