Unit 1: Justice Video Podcast: Justice

21 Setembro 2018, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Presenting assessment rules again to the newcomers

2) Introducing the topic of Unit 1: Justice

a) group work activity: each group had to answer questions about crime and punishment: What do you think are reasonable penalties for people who commit environmental crimes*?/ What do you think of the death penalty?/ How much does the media cover crime in Portugal? Do you think that they should spend less time or more time on it?/ Why do you think that there have been so many school shootings at high schools in the United States? source: quizlet: https://quizlet.com/152838589/conversation-starters-03-flash-cards/

3) Listening exercises: Video podcast “Justice” Pearson Education Limited, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qnkMEWuf8A

New words: jaywalking, refugee, asylum seekers, infringement, dismantle, overhaul

 

B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019 (Isabel Ferro Mealha, TP2-TP3 and Zsófia Gombár TP4) Video podcast section: page1-3.

4) Writing exercise: Students had to write a short paragraph on what legal and social issues concerned them the most.

5) Pair-work activity: The short story and its features, B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 13, exercise 1

Homework: B1.2 Workbook, page 13: exercise 2

Read “Eye Witness” by Ed McBain in B1.2 Workbook, page 16-18.