Crime Stories.

8 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1. Recycling vocabulary: Crime story

Group work activity: The class invented a story about a crime that was committed recently. Sts had to choose two word cards from an envelope, write the words on the whiteboard, and then add two sentences to the story which incorporated the words they had chosen:

Vocabulary used: (to) steal; (to) rob; murder, murderer, (to) murder; shoplifting, shoplifter, (to) shoplift; burglary, burglar, (to) burgle; smuggling, smuggler, (to) smuggle; arson, arsonist, (to) set fire to; kidnapping, kidnapper, (to) kidnap; theft, thief, (to) steal; rape, rapist, (to) rape; mugging, mugger, (to) mug; robbery, robber, (to) rob; ; (to) raise an eyebrow; (to) shrug one's shoulders; (to) moan; (to) mutter; (to) stab; (to) blink; on the force; lineup; one-way mirror; lieutenant; underling; (to) withhold evidence; witness; (to) confess

2. Checking homework: Exercise 3, B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 20.

3. Group work activity: Vocabulary and Speaking: The whiteboard was divided into three parts: Categories: 1) Crimes, 2) Punishments, 3) People connected with the law: Each group had 6 big vocabulary cards, Sts had to stick (with bluestick) the cards to the right category on the white board. Checking vocabulary, followed by free discussion on the topic.

 

4. Witness game

Pair work activity: half of the class witnessed a crime, the other half questioned the witnesses as police investigators.

Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” (End Scene)

Pulp Fiction:-2:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvy4YH9--Vw

Pickpocketing:0:55-1:19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeEXYZFR_Ic

 

Source: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/crime-scene

 

Vocabulary:

Crimes: theft, hijacking, smuggling, blackmailing, drunken driving, rape

Punishments: prison, probation, death penalty, community service

People connected with the law: detective, traffic warden, lawyer, judge, a member of the jury

Homework: Exercise 55.2, 55.3 Pasta 3, Zsófia Gombár, page 2. Source: McCarthy, Michael and Felicity O' Dell. Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate & Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 111.