Summary Writing
13 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato
1) Recycling vocabulary: Vocabulary and Speaking: Sts had to choose 5 word cards from an envelope. The whiteboard was divided into two parts: Crime and Punishment. Sts had to put their words into the right category.
Vocaublary used: theft, robbery, hijacking, smuggling, blackmailing, drunken driving, rape, murder, prison sentence, probation, death penalty, community service, fine, flogging, mugging, burglary, shoplifting, arson, kidnapping, forgery, pickpocketing, bribery, life imprisonment, detention.
Sts then had to choose which of them they consider the 3 most serious crimes and punishments, and 3 less serious crimes and punishments. The activity was followed by free discussion.
2) Vocabulary and Speaking: Describing police work in modern cities. Pair work activity: Exercise 3.b. B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 15.
3) Speaking: pair work activity: TV series, Exercise 4 B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 21.
4) Summary writing and reading comprehension exercises
Summary writing worksheet: (Gutenberg: A Man Who Changed the World)
a) Pair work activity: 8 paragraphs on Johannes Gutenberg. Sts had to read each passage, and highlight necessary information, then write their summary.
b) Sts had to answer 9 comprehension questions regarding the text.
Source:
Vocabulary: (to) convict, (to) acquit, forgery, forger, (to) forge, assault, assailant, detention, charge somebody with (murder, theft, bribery, etc.), (to) borrow, (to) lend.