The Body on the Beach

Rosemary Hellyer-Jones

The Body on the Beach

ENGLISH READERS

A2B1

PALIER 2

the sun was shining and the sky was a brilliant blue

early morning

calm

Chapter 1: On the Cliffs

1. Read and find out about:

1. the season of the year

2. the weather

3. the time of day

4. the general atmosphere of the scene

2. Read and tick the correct informations.

1. Eve got to the cliff path with Cindy, her dog.

2. She plays golf at the weekend.

3. The dog was chasing rabbits.

4. Eve found Sandy at the edge of the cliff.

3. Speak about the first chapter.

1. Who do we meet in the first chapter?

2. Where is the character?

3. Who with?

4. What’s going on?

57The Body on the Beach

Eve RichardsOn the cliff path

With Sandy, her dogSandy suddenly disappears and starts barking excitedly

spring

4. Link the two columns:

far away buisson

edge minuscule

cliff habituel

usual vue

path bord

bush loin

view chemin

unusual inhabituel

tiny falaise

Chapter 2: A Discovery

1. Listen to the whole chapter and give your impression of the atmosphere of the chapter.

2. Tick the adjectives which best describe Eve Richards.

surprised

angry

sad

disappointed

upset

cool

astonished

anxious

nervous

panicked

scared

sorry

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3. Now look for the adjectives:

S L E P T T S O R R Y D A L P

L U I H E Y A W M Y E N B V A

C E R S H R D Z T T X Q Z O N

Y O P P A S T O N I S H E D I

S U O V R E N I O Y O T Q T C

D I G L Z I O U D R X H Z K K

T E F U G P S P V G W R M U E

P X R A P W G E F N F D I R D

Z K U A Q N E X D A M J J F D

F X S P C A O B X B W F O I X

W I L H H S A H F J N Y U D A

D G Y V T U C G C H M T T X V

G W C F P R K F B C U H I B A

M J I J G X M Q O A G F J W Y

T H V G Q J T I B G R Y G S N

4. Listen to track 2 and find out about:

1. the phone number that Eve Richards called

2. why she called this number

3. her address

4. what she discovered

5. the name of the road she took

999

To ask for an ambulance

3, North View Road, Westbourne

Someone had fallen off the cliffs

Southcliff Road


5. Match each word with its translation:

emergency attendre

wait urgence

awful monter

someone quelqu’un

come up horrible

6. Write the article published the next day in the Westbourne Chronicle. Don’t forget to mention the date, the headline and the name of the journalist. Write in columns. Your work must look like a real newspaper!

Westbourne Chronicle

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Chapter 3: Detectives on the Scene

1. Listen to track 3 and tick the correct informations.

1. Steven Draper is the young man found on the beach.

2. The young man was dead.

3. The Constable thinks the boy is 15 or 16.

4. The boy wasn’t wearing a helmet.

5. He died at about eight or nine o’clock.

2. According to the detectives, what are the two probable reasons for the boy’s death?

3. Recap orally everything you know about this story.

4. Role-play: when Eve Richards gets back home, a friend comes to visit her. She tells her about her discovery. Act the scene with a friend. One of you can record a video of the scene to observe and comment on it later with your teacher.

1. Maybe it was suicide, because he wasn't even wearing a helmet when he fell.

2. Maybe he was pushed by someone.


Chapter 4: On the Clifftop

1. the clues (indices) found on the scene:

pen cigarette endshelmet

cameraplastic bag

car

mobile phone

book

motorbike

2. Link the characters with the actions:

1. Sergeant Draper

2. Officers

3. An officer

4. Sergeant Draper

5. Constable Briggs

a. were photographing the scene.

b. looked at the officers.

c. sat down there for a moment.

d. answered his mobile.

e. picked up two or three fresh cigarettes ends.

1 2 3 4 5

3. Play the part of Sergeant Steven Draper. You go back to your office and write a report about what you discovered on the scene. Focus on the facts (a report doesn’t deal with feelings or thoughts).

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Chapter 5: First Inquiries

1. Tick what the detectives want to know about:

Jack’s motorbike

Jack’s marks at school

Jack’s mobile phone number

Jack’s childhood

Jack’s behaviour

2. Choose the best summary for this chapter:

summary n° 1: Detective Sergeant Draper and Constable

Briggs meet the Thompsons. Jack’s parents are waiting for

their visit and looking through the window. The detectives

want to ask a few questions. The first question is about

Jack’s girlfriend. Have they already met her? Mr and Mrs

Thompson say they don’t know Jack’s girlfriend. The

detectives think the girlfriend could have killed Jack.

summary n° 2: Detective Sergeant Draper and Constable Briggs meet the Thompsons. Jack’s parents are waiting for their visit and looking through the window. The detectives want to ask a few questions. The first question is about Jack’s behaviour. Did they notice anything unusual? Mr and Mrs Thompson don’t agree on this point. The detectives think Jack could have committed suicide.


3. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

painful stareteenager nod

1. A boy or a girl aged from thirteen to nineteen is called a

.

2. When you shake your head to say “yes” you

3. You when you look at something for a long time.

4. Some events of your life can be when they

make you feel sad.

4. Play the scene in groups of four.

Chapter 6: Jack’s Friends

1. Listen to track 6 and note down as much information as you can about Jack’s girlfriend.

2. Look at your notes and say what you know about Jack’s girlfriend.

teenagernod

starepainful

Jack's girlfriend is a very nice girl. She's called Rebecca Harding and Jack and her were very close. They first met last September and Jack was very fond of her. Rebecca lives in Cornwall Road, 14.

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3. Link the beginning and the end of these sentences:

1. The detectives meet the Thomsons

2. Yesterday evening Jack

3. Rebecca Harding

4. Jack’s parents

5. Mark

6. Mr and Mrs Thomson should talk to a doctor

a. was at the pub.

b. to help them relax.

c. because they want to ask questions.

d. was Jack’s girlfriend.

e. are worried.

f. was Jack’s friend.

1 2 3 4 5 6

4. Complete this table about Jack:

Family name

City

Mother’s name

Age

Father’s name

Girlfriend

5. Now speak about Jack.

c a d e bf

Thomson

Westbourne

Mary

18

Bruce

Rebecca Harding


Chapter 7: David Briggs at Work

1. Read the chapter and fill in the chart with information from chapters 1 to 7.

1. Steve Draper sees the teachers

2. They see the Thomsons

3. They go back to the Thomsons’

4. The look for clues on the cliff

5. Jack dies

6. David Briggs sees Rebecca

On Tuesday night

On Wednesday

On Thursday

2. Read the passage from “David Briggs loved his job” (page 21, line 7) to “who were in shock” (page 21, line 13) and write the four things a detective does in his job.

3. Read the chapter again and fill in the chart with the adjectives that best describe the characters.

welcoming

talkative

worried

silent

ill-at-ease

self-assured

tired

wanting to talk

Rebecca

Lauren

54 2 1 63

Tell the family the news, go to the house and ring the doorbell, talk to people who were in shock.

silent, ill-at-ease, worried, tiredtalkative, welcoming, self-assured, wanting to talk

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4. Link the synonyms.

split up

right away

mates

get the doctor in

now

break up

call the doctor to come

friends

5. After David Briggs leaves Lauren’s house, Lauren calls her friend Rebecca and tries to get some information. Work in pairs and act the conversation.

Chapter 8: Finding out More

1. Listen to track 8 and find out:

1. who the characters are

2. where the scene takes place

3. what they find

4. the four newspaper headlines

Sergeant Draper, David Briggs

Jack's bedroom

a page from a newspaper

'South-West hit by stormy weather''Plans for new bridge at Tripton''Felton punch-up victim dies in hospital''Cricket: St John's College First Eleven in fire form for new season'


2. Listen to the track again and find out information about Jack’s bedroom.

his bed

his books

his schoolbooks

his clothes

his postcards

his drawers

his photos

3. What is so surprising about this bedroom?

4. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

diaryinjurydrawer punch up youth

1. A young person is a

2. A is a notebook in which you can write

what happens in your life day by day.

3. You can put books or copybooks in your desk

4. An can make you bleed.

5. When people fight with their fists, they have a

tidyno books on the floor

some schoolbooks on the desk

no clothes on the floor

plenty of postcards, one from Rebecca from Spain

there are papers, pens, a pencil case, batteries, an old watch

plenty of photos of Rebecca

Everything was in its place, too tidy to be a teenager's bedroom.

youthdiary

drawerinjury

punch-up

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5. Listen to the chapter again and draw Jack’s bedroom.

Chapter 9: Telephone Clues

1. Listen to track 9 and tick the correct informations:

1. Rebecca sent a lot of messages to Jack.

2. There is a message from a stolen mobile.

3. The detective found the mobile phone in Jack’s bedroom.

4. Lauren Cox said Rebecca and Jack were still together.


2. Listen to the chapter again and focus on the text messages.

1. Are there any messages from Rebecca?

2. Are there any messages from anyone else? If there are, say who

sent them.

3. What are the messages about?

4. What information do they contain?

5. Pick out the last message.

6. Now write it in proper words.

3. In your opinion, who is the next character the detectives will interview?

Jack’s girlfriend, Rebecca

Rebecca’s best friend, Lauren

Mr and Mrs Thomson

The girl called Janice

4. Act the scene with a friend. One of you can record a video of the scene to observe and comment on it later with your teacher.

Chapter 10 and 11: At the Red Lion / An Argument

1. Read and find out:

1. where the scene takes place

2. the identity of the characters

yes

Yes, from Janice, and an unknown senderlove, desperation, secrets…

a relationship with Janice, a problem'OK. CU 2nite'

Ok. See you tonight.

At the Red Lion Pub.

Tom Barker, Steve

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3. if they know each other

4. if the pub owners are helpful

2. The following sentences have been jumbled up. Write the passage in the correct chronological order.

Jack has a drink with his friends.

Jack arrives at the pub at around 6.45.

Jack has an argument with two boys.

The two boys get drunk.

The two boys leave.

Two boys come and sit at his table.

Jack’s friends leave.

The two boys come back at 8.30-9.00.

3. Match the definitions with the correct word.

when you drink too much

when you don’t agree with someone’s ideas

a synonym for ’boy’

about half a litre of beer

argument

pint

lad

drunk

Yes, they do.

Yes, they tell him that Jack was at the pub with his mates.

12

34

5

6

7

8


4. Steve Draper and David Briggs go back to the police station. Write their conversation about what they last heard about the case.

Chapter 12: That’s What Friends are for

1. Match the beginning and the end of these sentences:

1. The doctor prescribed tablets for Rebecca

2. Rebecca started to bite her fingernails

3. Rebecca looks down

4. Rebecca feels guilty

a. because she split up with Jack but we are not sure.

b. because she doesn’t want to be seen.

c. to help her calm down.

d. because she was anxious.

1 2 3 4 c d b a

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2. Read and find out:

1. who the characters are

2. where they are at the beginning, where they are later

3. what they drink

4. the topic of their conversation

3. Fill in the chart with the adjectives that best describe each character.

anxious in love

sad

friendly

patient guilty

Rebecca

Lauren

4. Look at the title of this chapter. Say in your opinion, what friends are for. How do you expect your friends to act with you?

5. When she gets back home, Rebecca writes about her feelings in her diary. Take her part and write about how anxious and guilty you feel. Don’t forget to mention your conversation with your best friend, Lauren.

Rebecca and Lauren

At Rebecca's house / At the Milkmaid Café

two mugs of coffee

Jack

anxious, in love, sad, guilty

friendly, patient


Chapter 13: Rebecca and Jack

1. The class is divided into two groups:

Group 1 focuses on Rebecca

1. Listen and find out about Rebecca’s feelings towards her best friend.

2. Listen again and take notes, focus on:

- what Lauren says that makes Rebecca angry

- what Rebecca says about Lauren

- the reason why Rebecca is so angry

- why Rebecca says “Quiet, Lauren!”

Group 2 focuses on Lauren

1. Listen and concentrate on Lauren’s behaviour towards her friend.2. Listen again and take notes on:

- what Lauren says to convince her friend to talk

- how she feels at the end

- why

- what Lauren did with Samantha Brown

she says that there was a boy in all that

'You're so stupid'

because Lauren can't keep a secret

Because Samantha arrives

'That's what friends are for'

guilty

because she can't keep a secret

She told her about Rebecca's problems

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2. What did you learn in this chapter about...

1. Jack?

2. the case?

3. Speak about the two girls’ relationship. At the beginning of the chapter, Lauren says: “Tell me, Becky, come on! That’s what friends are for!”

1. What do you think of Lauren? Is she a good friend?

2. Did she betray Rebecca?

3. Do you think Rebecca will still want to be Lauren’s friend?

Chapter 14: A Suspicious Alibi

1. Read the chapter and fill in the table. The class is divided into two groups:

Group 1: focus on boy 1, the taller one

Group 2: focus on boy 2, the smaller one

Physical appearance

Hair

Clothes

Criminal record yes no

Reaction to Jack’s photo

Face

Polite yes no

His life was a mess, he had personal problems.

Rebecca never told Jack about splitting up.

taller / smaller

dark / redhead

- / grey sweatshirt

X (the taller)he looked straight at Sergeant and said no

/ he turned his face awayblank / nervous tick at the eye

X


2. Use your notes to speak about the boy you worked on.

3. Read the chapter again and find out:

1. the questions the detectives want to ask

2. the boys’ answer

3. the boys’ alibi

4. David Briggs’s sentences which show he doesn’t believe them


summary n° 1: The two detectives are back at the Red

Lion because they want to question the two boys who

were there with Jack on Tuesday evening. The two boys are

physically very different but they are both ill-at-ease and

look nervous. They say they don’t know Jack and pretend

they were at the cinema during the tragedy. The detectives

don’t believe them and take them to the police station.

summary n° 2: The two detectives are back at the Red Lion because they want to ask the owners some questions. They want to know if they have more information about the two boys. The owners say they met the two boys and talked to them. The boys said they didn’t know Jack and that they were at the cinema during the tragedy. The detectives don’t believe this and decide to meet the two boys themselves.

'Do you know this boy?' / 'Where were you?'

'No, why? What's all this about, then?'

They were at the cinema

'You think we're going to believe that story?' 'I expect they've frogotten, Dave!'

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5. Imagine the detectives’ questions at the station.

Chapter 15: Questions …

1. Listen to track 15 and fill in the table:

Boy 1, the taller one Boy 2, the smaller one

First name

Family name

Address

Age

2. Look at your notes and speak about the two boys.

3. Listen again and tick the right answers:

1. There will be an inquest in a month at the coroner’s court.

2. Sergeant Draper is nice to the boys.

3. The boys say they were at the cinema on Tuesday evening.

4. Kevin doesn’t smoke.


Jason Kevin

Oldsfield Long

61, Brook Road, Woodbridge 53, Queen's Drive, Woodbridge

19 18

4. Match the beginning and the end of each sentence:

1. Sergeant Draper offers them a cigarette

2. Sergeant Draper speaks about the court

3. Constable Briggs leaves the room

4. Constable Briggs asks about their identity

a. to look in the database.

b. because it’s the law.

c. because he wants to know if they are smokers.

d. because that’s his job.

1 2 3 4

5. Do you think the boys will talk in the next chapter? Why? / Why not?

Chapter 16: … and More Questions

1. Read the chapter and finish the following sentences:

1. Constable Briggs takes Jason’s mobile because

2. Kevin breaks down because

3. Jason wants to talk to his mother because

4. Jason has to behave well because

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c b a d

he wants to check a few things.

they accuse him of murder.

she wants to know why he's not back yet.

he already has a criminal record.

2. Match the words with their definition.

1. criminal damage

2. assault

3. guilty

4. community order

5. manslaughter

6. criminal record

7. involved

a. illegal harm to someone’s property

b. having committed a crime

c. a physical attack

d. the information the police have on your former crimes

e. implicated

f. homicide

g. punishment without prison

1 2 3 4

5 6 7


a c b g

f d e

3. Now look for the words about justice.

G B Z B J I S P Z A Z L U S I

A I M C N I Z F S N A E M N O

E M X R H B E Q I G O R U G Y

I N X J W X G H E Y K O O T J

D R O C E R D L T G X B K X G

A W B J C Q U Z U D K Z D F W

C V J U R Y J I D U R D J S A

T R M A N S L A U G H T E R S

B R I R Z T V K W U L M C Z S

I V U M Y G L S R C X N X P A

Y C J O I W J Z G V Z Z A R U

I L H B C N Y Y F B O B Y Y L

C L J N E B A D I L A Z W B T

E E U A F I W L M C J W L P V

R N C K W I R R H P M B E A E

assault

judge

criminal

legal

court

jury

guilty

manslaughter

record

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summary n° 1: David Briggs comes back with

information from the database. Jason has a criminal record.

He was found guilty of assault and criminal damage a few

months ago and got a community order. When Kevin hears

about it he decides to tell the detectives everything about

the murder. Jason takes out his mobile to call his mother

and tell her he is at the police station but the detectives take

his mobile away from him.

summary n° 2: David Briggs comes back with information from the database. Jason has a criminal record. He was found guilty of assault and criminal damage a few months ago and got a community order. When Kevin hears about it he breaks down. Jason’s mobile rings and the detectives take it away from him.

5. Write the conversation between the two boys just after the end of the chapter. The two boys argue. Jason is furious at Kevin because he betrayed him.


Chapter 17: What Happened?

1. Listen to the chapter and find out:

1. who the main character is

2. where he is

3. what he is doing

4. what his questions tell us about him

2. Listen again and make a list of what Steve Draper knows for sure and what he is not sure about:

What he is sure about

What he is not sure about

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Sergeant Draper

at his bed

thinking about the case

he's confused, curious, rational

the scene at the Red Lion,

the boys seemed aggressive,

the cigarrette ends were from the bags

the relationship between Jack and the boyswhy Jack got to the clifftopRebecca lying

3. Listen to track 17 and find out what Steve Draper thinks about:

1. Jason and Kevin’s relationship with Jack

2. the reason why Jason and Kevin went to the Red Lion

3. the newspaper article in Jack’s bedroom

4. Rebecca

5. the girl called Janice

4. Look at your notes and recap orally on what is certain about this case and about what remains unclear.

Chapter 18: The Inquest

1. Read from “When Rebecca” (page 49, line 1) to “Rebecca believed him” (page 49, line 15) and pick out:

1. the character’s identity

2. the place

3. the time of the day

4. what she is doing


They knew Jack

to meet Jack or to hide

it had a link with the boys and Jack

Jack went to the cliff to meet Rebecca, maybe she was lying

Jack was planning to meet her

Rebecca

her bedroom

Thursday morning

thinking about all the situation

2. Read from “It happened” (page 49, line 18) to “I’ll kill you” (page 50, line 13) and find out about what really happened:

1. Who are the two lads?

2. Where did it happen?

3. What happened?

4. Who interrupts Rebecca in her thoughts? Why?

3. Write the conversation between Rebecca and Jack when Jack tells her about what he saw. Then act it out in class and record the dialogue.

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some boys from his old school

In Felton

a man provoked the boys so they kicked him

her mother, for breakfast

4. Match the beginning of the sentences and their end.

1. Rebecca was worried about Jack

2. She has a bad feeling in her stomach

3. The two lads hit the man

4. If Jack had told the police

a. because she didn’t know about what had happened.

b. because he was provoking them.

c. because it’s the day she has to go to the court.

d. the two lads would have killed him.

1 2 3 4

Chapter 19: Rebecca’s Memories

1. Read and make a list of the characters present at the court.

2. What are Rebecca’s feelings? Explain why.


a bc d

Rebecca, her mother, her father, Mr and Mrs Thomson

She's lost in her own thoughts, tense, worried, because she remembers

what happened with Jack and the problems they had.

3. Read from “Rebecca’s thoughts” (page 51, line 8) to “split up with Jack” (page 52, line 6) and say what you learn about:

1. the newspaper article

2. Jack’s feelings

3. Rebecca’s feelings

4. Read from “Yes, she had arranged” (page 52, line 16) to “we’ll kill you” (page 53, line 26) and tick the right answers:

1. Jack and Rebecca like the sea views.

2. Jack wanted to split up with Rebecca.

3. Jack has an argument with some boys.

4. One of the boys hit Jack in the leg.

5. Look at your notes and speak about what you learnt.

Chapter 20: Giving Evidence

1. Read the chapter and find out:

1. who is called to give evidence

2. who Mr Williams is

3. what he says about the body

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Mr Bruce Thomson, Mr Williams

the forensic pathologist

he says that it wasn't probably a suicide

2. Read again and pick out the words that show that Rebecca is anxious.

3. Speak about this last chapter:

1. What will happen if Rebecca tells the court what she saw?

2. What will happen if she doesn’t speak?

3. "She was trapped". Explain why.

4. Write the end of the story.


couldn't believe her eyes

her heart began to beat

Rebecca's stomach began to feel bad again

her thoughts were in a turmoil

scared…

The boys said they would kill herShe will feel guilty.

She didn't know what to do.

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