Welcome to the next theme of English
This theme is about Crime and justice.
How are you going to practise?
You are going to practise your English writing, reading, listening and
speaking skills.
What are you going to do?
You are going to read, listen, speak and write about 'Crime and justice'.
There are different types of assignments. Some of them you have to do on your own, others you are doing in a group.
At the end of those group assignments you are going to discuss the answers in your group. Some assignment will be checked by the computer.
What about you?
Have you ever been a victim of crime?
Did you ever witnessed a crime?
Think about words you know about Crime and Justice.
Write 10 words in your notebook.
Have fun!
Need to know
What do you need to know?
Read the questions. Form groups of three or four.
In your group, select as many questions as there are members in your group.
Discuss these questions. Select one question you all think is interesting.
Present the results of your discussion to your class mates as a group.
Answer questions from your class mates as well as you can.
When listening to other presentations, listen carefully and think of questions or things you did not understand.
Choose from the following questions.
Are there any places you are afraid to visit because of the high crime rate? If so, where?
Are there problems with drugs where you live?
Are you apprehensive about walking outside after dark?
Do you believe that public executions would deter crime? If so, how?
Do you know anyone who has been mugged?
Do you know someone who has been a victim of a violent crime?
Do you think people who use illegal drugs should be put in jail?
Do you think policemen should be allowed to carry guns?
Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? Why/why not?
Do you think that the death penalty would prevent crime in your country? Why or why not?
Do you think that the legalization of narcotics would decrease the crime rate?
Do you think there are any legal drugs that should be illegal?
Do you think your country is a safe place to live? Why or why not?
Do you walk alone at night in your home city?
Does prison help rehabilitate criminals? Should it?
Have you ever done anything illegal? If so, what did you do?
Is it ever alright to break the law? If so, when?
Is prison an effective punishment? Why or why not?
Is there a problem with organized crime and/or gangs where you live?
Is your hometown considered safe?
Under what circumstances would you think of committing a crime?
What are some things people can do to protect themselves from crime?
What are some things that are legal that you personally think should be illegal? And reverse?
What would you do if you heard a burglar in your house?
Do you think graffiti is vandalism or art?
If your friend has committed a serious crime, how would you act?
Do you agree that everything that is not prohibited by law is allowed? Why?
Is downloading music or videos a crime?
What is the difference between crime and sin?
Can do
In this theme you will focus on the following 'can do' statements.
Listening
You can listen to people talking about young criminals.
You can understand this when people speak slowly and clearly.
You can understand simple messages or sound fragments (radio, television, song) that have to do with the theme Crime and justice.
You can follow the main lines of discussions about violence en punishment.
Reading
You can understand texts or stories when the words in the theme Crime and justice are used.
You can skim short texts and find relevant facts and information.
Speaking
You can participate in a conversation about Crime and justice when your classmate speaks quite slowly and he or she repeats the sentences every now and then or when your classmate helps you to formulate what you are trying to say.
You can ask and answer questions related to Crime and justice.
You can use phrases and phrases related to Crime and justice to express your preference and opinion.
You can have a discussion about victims.
Writing
You can write an article by making use of the words related to Crime and justice.
You can write a very simple personal letter and an e-mail message regarding Crime and justice.
To do
Lesson
Title
Activities
1
Young criminals
The subject of this lesson is youth crime.
You can understand a text about youth crimeand answer questions about it.
You can understand an interview about burglary.
You can write about the problems of graffiti.
Grammar: passive voice.
2
Violence
The subject of this lesson is violence.
You can understand a conversation about crime and answer questions about it.
You can discuss and write about prison.
3
Punishment
The subject of this lesson is causes of crime and justice for crime.
You can understand a text about changing the lawand answer questions about it.
You can understand and use vocabulary about punishment.
You can have a discussion about justice.
4
Victims
The subject of this lesson is victims of robbery and arson.
You can understand a text about arson attacks and use vocabulary about arson.
You can write about suitable punishment.
Grammar: passive voice.
Lessons
Below are the four lessons that belong to this topic.
Make your choice.
You've finished the lessons for the theme Crime and justice.
Now it is time for the Finishing touch.
Here you will find three extra reading or speaking assignments.
Choose one or two of the assignments and work together with a classmate.
When you are finished you will make the diagnostic test and fill in the evaluation.
Good luck!
Project A - Listening
In the middle of the night
You are going to listen to a song by Madness.
Before you start listening, read the questions.
After you have answered the questions, listen to the song again and check your answers.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
You're going to watch and listen to The trial of the album The wall by Pink Floyd.
First read the questions, after that watch the video and answer the questions.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Check in the table below whether you would rate the above points for yourself as good, sufficient or insufficient.
Good
Sufficient
Insufficient
Focus
You can fully concentrate.
You can listen carefully throughout the assignment.
You find it difficult to fully concentrate.
But you can listen attentively for most of the assignment.
You cannot concentrate properly.
You are easily distracted during the assignment.
Understanding
You can understand the text well. You have recognized almost all words.
You understand the questions well and can answer all questions.
You can understand the text quite well. You have recognized most of the words.
You understand the questions well and can answer most questions.
Because you do not recognize many words, you cannot understand the text properly.
You do not understand the questions very well. As a result, you cannot answer all questions correctly.
Listening to details.
You can understand all the details from the spoken text.
You can use all specific information and details in your answers.
You can understand most of the details from the narration.
Most specific information and details can be used in your answers.
You don't understand many details from the spoken text.
You cannot therefore use specific information properly in your answers.
Project B - Speaking
Prison
Below are questions about the prison.
You're going to discuss these questions with a classmate.
Why do you think we put people in jail?
Is it to reform them?
Is prison an effective punishment? Why or why not?
Does it reform them or make them worse?
Do people come out of jail as better people?
Is it to keep dangerous people away from society?
How can you tell when a person is ‘safe’ to release?
Does that mean that many people should never be released from jail?
Is it simply a method of obtaining revenge?
Is it because criminals ‘deserve’ punishment?
Is revenge a good basis for a social institution?
What's your opinion about the death penalty?
Do you think that the death penalty would prevent crime in your country? Why (not)?
Discuss the questions with a classmate.
Start with question 1 and let your classmate give his or her opinion. After that, it is your turn.
Listen carefully to each other.
Try to respond to what your classmate has said.
Do you agree with him or her?
Do the same with the other questions.
And needless to say, speak English!
Evaluation
You have done well if you:
knew the right words;
knew how to answer;
listened carefully to your classmate;
spoke clearly;
everyone has understood you;
Check in the table below whether you would rate the above points for yourself as good, sufficient or insufficient.
Good
Sufficient
Insufficient
Knowing and using the right words
I can use all the simple words to answer the questions.
I can use the most necessary words to answer the questions.
I cannot yet use the simplest words to answer the questions.
Grammar - making sentences
I can use all learned grammar in simple sentences.
I can use most but not all grammar in simple sentences.
I cannot formulate the learned sentences, but I use single words with no context.
Speak clearly - fluently
I talk smoothly, almost without hesitation.
I keep talking fairly quickly, with the occasional hesitation.
I talk with too many pauses and hesitations and without intonation.
pronunciation
With some effort, the pronunciation of what I have learned sounds intelligible to my classmate.
The pronunciation of what I have learned sounds quite understandable to my classmate.
The pronunciation of what I have learned does not sound intelligible enough to my classmate.
Conveying the message
I can tell others what I mean and what I want without much effort.
I can also respond well to what my classmate has said.
With some effort I can tell others what I mean.
I find it difficult to respond to what my classmate has said.
I cannot tell others what I mean.
I can't respond well to what my classmate has said.
Discuss your assessment of yourself with your classmate.
Does he/she agree with the assessment you have given yourself?
Now discuss your classmate's assessment.
Project C - Writing
The journalist
In this writing assignment you're going to give your opinion on the new anti-crime programme: Report on the new anti-crime programme.
First read the text below.
Do the writing assignment: a report.
You can read what the assignment is below.
Choose one of the two themes.
You are a journalist writing a report on the new American anti-crime programme.
You can choose one of the following themes.
You start your report with an introduction about the new anti-crime programme. What is it about? What is the aim of the article? Who was it written for? You can make use of the following words: innovative, anti-crime, discourage, persistent, petty, aim, responsibility, respect, scare, straight, mind-jolting, brutal, Georgia State's Boot Camp, ordeal, humiliation, correctional officer, pour forth, torrent, abuse, threat, insult.
From a fellow reporter you receive information on the case of Cynthia McLendon. You have to include her case in your report too. Write some lines with the help of the following keywords: housewife, fondness, marijuana, forced, post-mortem, decomposing, corpse, blankets, reveal, victim, crack, addict, stab to death, pathologist, faint, carry out, fresh air.
NEW ANTI-CRIME PROGRAMME
MICHAEL HILL’S face is tense with fear as he lowers himself into the electric chair. The only sound is the chirring of the generator which sends a 2,000-volt shock through the bodies of those whose time on Death Row runs out. In front of him are two witnesses, brown paper sick-bags within easy reach on the church-pew seating. A single shaft of light filters through the death house at Georgia State Prison - the last ray of God’s sunshine that ever falls on the condemned.
For the first time in his life Michael’s cocky, streetwise facade has vanished. He is no murderer. His only crime was to quench his thirst with a few cold beers on a hot Georgia night - at 18, he is too young to drink in America. No one is going to throw the switch to send him to his death. He is there in the chair as part of an innovative anti-crime programme now being used to discourage persistent petty offenders in the United States.
Scare
The aim is to scare them straight. The message is simple: This is what awaits you unless you are willing to change.
One hundred miles away, 42-year-old housewife Cynthia McLendon is paying for her fondness for smoking marijuana.
She is being forced to witness the post-mortem of a murdered prostitute. The decomposing corpse has been lying for four days wrapping in blankets in a car. Close examination reveals the victim was a crack addict, stabbed to death by a customer whose dollars she needed to fuel her addiction.
Cynthia gets as far as seeing the pathologist saw open the dead woman’s skull. There she faints and has to be carried out into the fresh air.
Both Cynthia and Michael Hill are one step away from state prison. The Conditional discharge Programme (CDP) in their home town of Columbus is giving them this bizarre last chance.
Write your report now.
You will find more information on how to make a report in the 'Gereedschapskist activerende werkvormen' below.
Let a classmate read what you have written and comment on each other's work.
Correct your report and help each other.
Rate yourself on the basis of the table at the bottom of this assignment.
Een verslag is een goede manier om een onderzoek te beschrijven dat je hebt uitgevoerd.
Evaluation
You have done well if you can answer the parts with good or sufficient in the following table.
Good
Sufficient
Insufficient
Content
The information I have used is relevant. I have used many of the words mentioned in the assignments.
I can structure the text I have written well in the report.
The information I have used is mostly relevant. I used some of the words mentioned in the assignments.
I can reasonably structure the text I have written in the report.
I find it difficult to determine what is relevant information to use in the report.
I find the words mentioned in the assignments difficult to use.
I cannot properly structure the text I have written in the report.
Words
I have used the words correctly.
I can use most words well.
I can't use the words properly.
Grammar
I can use / apply the following components well:
basic sentences
word order
Pronouns and prepositions
I make little to no writing mistakes.
I can use / apply the following components reasonably well:
basic sentences
word order
Pronouns and prepositions
I still make a few writing mistakes.
I cannot properly use / apply the following components:
basic sentences
word order
Pronouns and prepositions
I still make quite a lot of writing mistakes.
English practice program
Teenage hackers
If your school participates in VO content, you can practice with the English practice program.
Below is a part of the program that fits well with this theme.
Log in with your School Entree-account!
You can also practice further atwww.oefenprogrammaengels.nlwith other reading, listening or viewing assignments!
D-Test
Test your knowledge. Make the diagnostic test.
D-test: Crime and justice
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Welcome to the final test of the theme: 'Crime and justice'.
This test consists of 14 questions.
Some of the questions are checked by the computer.
You judge the other questions yourself.
After answering the last question, you hand in the test.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
At the end of each period, you answered evaluation questions. Use these answers to answer the following questions:
What new things did you learn?
Which assignment was the best one to learn from?
Are you able to do what you have to do?
How did you get on doing the assignments?
Can do statements
Take a look at the Can do statements in the introduction - 'Can do'.
Did you understand and meet the learning goals (can do statements)?
Are you able to do what you have to do?
Timing
In the introduction of each double period, there is an indication of the amount of time you need to do the activity.
What do you think of this timing?
Group work
What do you think of working in a group?
Did every group member do the same amount of work?
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Toelichting
Dit thema valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 3 'Crime and justice'. Het thema omvat de volgende onderwerpen: Young criminals, Violence, Punishment en Victims. In de grammaticaopdrachten wordt er geoefend met 'the passive voice' (lijdende vorm).
Leerniveau
VWO 2;
HAVO 1;
VWO 1;
HAVO 3;
VWO 3;
HAVO 2;
Leerinhoud en doelen
Engels;
Eindgebruiker
leerling/student
Moeilijkheidsgraad
gemiddeld
Studiebelasting
1 uur en 40 minuten
Trefwoorden
arrangeerbaar, crime and justice, engels, passive voice, punishment, stercollectie, tto123, victims, violence, young criminals
Dit thema valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 3 'Crime and justice'. Het thema omvat de volgende onderwerpen: Young criminals, Violence, Punishment en Victims. In de grammaticaopdrachten wordt er geoefend met 'the passive voice' (lijdende vorm).
Welcome to the next theme of English
In this theme you will focus on the following 'can do' statements.
Below are the four lessons that belong to this topic.
Teenage hackers
Welcome to the final test of the theme: 'Crime and justice'.
At the end of each period, you answered evaluation questions. Use these answers to answer the following questions:
