CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Describe these pictures (teachers own creation)

1- What can you see in these pictures?
2- Which of these are major and which are minor crimes?
3- Have you ever suffered any of these crimes?
4- Which kind of crimes causes you problems in everyday life?

2- VOCABULARY CRIME (15)

A- Match the criminal in list 1 with the description of the offence in list 2. (10)
(The Nelson First Certificate Course, by Susan Morris and Alan Staton)

1- A shoplifter a-sets fire to buildings

2-An arsonist b-attacks someone in a public place to get money
3-A burglar c- uses another persons words or ideas as his/her
own
4-A plagiarist d-kills
5-A murderer e-takes things from peoples bags and pockets
6-A pickpocket f-steals from a shop


7-A kidnapper g-seizes another person and takes them away

8-A smuggler h-reproduce the work of another without
authorization
9-A (drug)pusher i-destroys property
10-A mugger j-tries to take things illegally into another country
11-A forger k-steals things from peoples houses
12-A vandal l-copies something to trick other people
13-A pirate m- Sells drugs illegally

B- Complete the sentences with the correct words from exercise A. (5)(Teachers
own creation)

1- The ........................... took two

shirts and a pair of trousers from
the shop and runned away.

2- The woman is being retained

by the force by a......................

3- He was accussed of being a

............................ because he
had killed his neighbour.

4- The ........................ entered

into their house and stole all the
money and the pieces of
jewellery.

5- This document is not the

original one, but just a copy of
a.................


3-GRAMMAR- VERB TENSES REVISION (30)

Now that you have seen all the forms of present, past and future, you will be able to do
the following exercises which are mixture of all the verb tenses. If you have any doubt,
look at the previous units or ask your teacher
A- Choose the correct form of the verbs in the following sentences. (10) (Teachers
own creation)
1- My sister (drive/ drove/ will drive) a car next year.
2- They (travel/ are travelling/travelled) to Rome next summer.
3- People usually (go/are going/ will go) to work in the morning.
4- Dad (take/ is taking/ took) the children to the park a moment ago.
5- She (not be/ wont be/isnt) at the party tomorrow night.
6- I (dont visit/ wont visit/ didnt visit) my grandmother last Christmas.
7- This song always (makes/ is making/make) me sad.
B- Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10) (Adapted
from Recycling your English, Revised Edition by Clare West. Georgian Press).

1- Look! That man ______________ (steal) your bike!

2- The phone _____________ (ring) suddenly while Joanne was doing the
housework.
3- Water ___________ (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
4- I think I ___________ (loose) my door key. I cant find it anywhere.
5- The photos __________ (be) ready by Wednesday.
6- Mrs Edwards _____________ (teach) history for 35 years, and is retiring soon.
7- When the match was over, the spectators __________ (go) home.
8- Did you see John yesterday? He ___________ (wear) a very old pair of jeans.
9- Look at those dark clouds! It _______________ (rain).
10- It ___________ (snow) as we drove slowly along the road.


C- Fill in the blanks in this email with the more suitable form of the verb in
brackets. (10) (Taken from Essential Grammar in Use)

HOMEWORK


Find a newspaper article about any type of crime in a British or American newspaper on
the net. Print it and bring it to class. The next day you will explain it to your partner and
some of you will explain it to the whole class.

2nd SESSION
1-HOMEWORK (10)

-Tell your partner about the newspaper article you have found on the internet.

2- SPEAKING (10)

A- Look at these newspaper headlines and try to guess what the news are about
(5). Work in pairs. (www.saturdaynightsolution.com)

Impatient thief Wrong place, wrong

time

Tourist vs. monk Wrong car

B- Match the headlines with the following subheads. (5)

1-A man accused of possessing drug paraphernalia and stealing a car managed to
find exactly the wrong place to hide the car at the police station.

2- A would-be bank robber took off without the cash after complaining that the
bank teller was taking too long.

3-The first rule of breaking into someone else's car: Make sure it doesn't belong
to a cop.

4-Does this story sound like something straight out of "Austin Powers," or what?
Chinese police cunningly disguised as tourists apprehended a man suspected of
embezzling money who was dressed as a monk.


2-READING (35)

A- Read the text and answer the questions. (10)

(http://www.penguindossiers.com/print_dossier.asp?ArticleId=53)

HUMAN TRAFFIC

We will help you. For the worlds refugees and asylum seekers, it is a message of
hope. For criminals that agree to take them to a new country, its big business.
Thousands of people are promised a better life in the rich countries of the west, but
many die on terrible journeys. Things are not much better for those that arrive. How can
the west fight the criminals and help the refugees? There are no easy answers. One of
the problems is the large number of people moving illegal immigrants. And they are not
all big criminals, because time and a vehicle are the only things anyone needs to make
money in this way.

The story of Josip Loncaric is a good example. Loncaric was a Croatian taxi driver who,
twenty years ago, started taking cheap fruit and vegetables to the Italian border. When
war came to Yugoslavia, Loncaric forgot about the fruit and preferred taking refugees.
He earned good money and bought more vehicles. Soon, he was transporting over five
hundred refugees a week to the Italian border. When Chinese criminals also began
moving refugees into Europe through Trieste, Loncaric joined them. He now had 200
people working for him. They brought illegal immigrants into Europe from all over the
world. Loncaric grew rich.

His luck changed in 1998, when the police in Italy, Slovenia and Britain decided to
work together. They listened to Loncarics telephone conversations, and sent special
officers to watch him. Then one of Loncarics workers, Tomo Fodor, agreed to help
them. Finally, in July 2000, Loncaric was arrested and his business of making money
from refugees was over.

This is only one success story. Hundreds of other criminals are still moving refugees.
But the story shows what can be done when countries join together to stop the terrible
trade in human traffic. Early this year, Italy and the UK decided to work together in a
number of ways. They agreed to exchange information, to plan police operations
between the two countries, to punish criminals more than before, and to help refugees
return to their own countries.


This last point is perhaps the most important of all. The real answer to the refugee
problem lies in helping to make their home countries safe again. The west is having
some success in Kosovo. Other dangerous parts of the world may be different. But the
message is the same: learn to live with your neighbour. Until the world understands this,
the refugee problem will be here to stay.

B- Answer true or false. (teachers own creation) (5)

1- Things always go very well for those refugees that arrive to the western
countries.

2- People moving illegal immigrants are not always big criminals.

3- Loncaric moved refugees to the Croatian border.

4- Loncaric was arrested in 1998 thanks to the police of Italy, Slovenia and
Britain.

5- The best solution for the refugee problem is helping their home countries to be
safe again.

C- Find words or expressions in the text for the following definitions. (teachers
own creation) (5)

1- One who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or

religious persecution.

2- The act of traveling from one place to another, a trip.

3- The line or frontier area separating political divisions or geographic regions; a

boundary.

4- To become wealthy.

5- To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin or fault.

D- Mark the verbs in the text and decide which verb tense they are. (5)

E- Look at the maps and answer the questions (10) (teachers own creation)
Destination Countries of Trafficking Victims


What do you think about human traffic?

Did you know that human traffic existed before reading the text?
Which types of human traffic do you know?
According to the maps...
o which countries are the ones that recieve more trafficking victims?
o from which countries do most of the victims come from?
o what do you think the reason is?

HOMEWORK (5)

- Link: http://www.humantraffickingsearch.net/Default.aspx

- Choose three of the videos and take some notes about them.


3RD SESSION
1- HOMEWORK (10)

-The teacher will draw columns on the backboard (one for each video on the website)
and the students will give the information they have taken about them.

2-LISTENING (25)

A- Listen to crime expert George Allrightly talking about crime in New York.
(10)(TOP MARKS. Students activity multirom. Burlington books)

TRANSCRIPT: NEW YORK CITY GAINS THE WAR AGAINST CRIME

-Ladies and gentlemen Id like to introduce our speaker crime expert George Allrightly.
-Thank you! I am here to talk to you about crime in our city and what can be done about
it. A lot of our citicens are worried about the increase in crime in our city. They say its
no longer safe to walk the streets at night. These same people feel that nothing can be
done about it, because nothing works. But Id like to tell you about a place where the
fight against crime did work, and worked well: New York City. In the 1970s and the
80s New York was Americas most dangerous city. People were afraid to go out at
night, there were neighborhoods like Harlemyouve probably heard of Harlem, where
no one from the outside dare to walk even during the day. If you asked a taxi driver to
drive you through Harlem hed probably refuse and for good reason. As for the subway,
thats the underground, there were some subway lines that were so violent that you
really couldnt be sure what would happen to you if you run on them. But today Ladies
and Gentlemen, today New York is a different city, everything has changed. The
subway is clean and safe and violent crime has dropped by 75% since the 90s.
Incredibly, Harlem is now a centre for businesses, shopping and tourism. Youre
probably asking yourselves how did they do it? Can we do what they did? Well,
actually there were several factors that contributed to this improvement and I am going
to explain a few of them to you today. One important factor was the broken windows
theory. This idea says that you have to pay attention to the small things, because if you
dont then things will get out of control. This means dealing with small crimes, not
tolerating even the smallest crimes. Why is it called the broken windows theory?
Well, it goes like thislets say you have a building that has got a few broken
windows, maybe just one or two. If the windows are unrepaired, then soon theres going
to be vandalism, vandals will come and break a few more windows, maybe paint some


graffiti. They are a lot more likely to do this in a building with broken windows than in
a building that hasnt got broken windows. Why? Because it seems like it doesnt
matter. Nobody really cares about that building anyway and soon people will come in
and steal things, then go under the stair to take drugsand all because of a few broken
windows. When Rudolf Giuliani was elected major of New York in 1994, he decided to
use the broken windows theory and make it his policy. He believed that by reducing
petty crime he would also combat more violent crimes. Giuliani started taking action
against the crimes that people considered petty, little things like throwing rubbish in the
street. He cleaned up the streets and stopped people painting graffiti. He wouldnt
tolerate things like people drinking in public or aggressive bagging. Hed also help a lot
of people get jobs and of course he acted against drugs and organized crime as well. Of
course, that wasnt the only thing Giuliani did. He hired thousands of new police
officers and in 1994 he also introduced a computer program called ........., to help the
police do they work. This program records crime incidents everyday in every part of the
city. It marks the places where crimes take place on a map. This helps the police know
exactly where to send more officers and what areas to focus on. After a very short time
there was a lot reduction in petty crimes. But the most amazing thing is that wasnt the
only improvement. The number of violent crimes even murders went down massively.
And whats more, it has stayed down. In 1990, there were 2245 murders in New York
City, thats six people murdered everyday. In 2004 there were 572 murders, that means
the murder rate has gone down by about 75%. So, as you can see it can be done. The
situation is not hopeless, all we have to do is take action. We may have big problems in
our city, but we can take steps to solve them. Thank you! Thank you very much!

A- Answer these questions with the information from the audio (10) (Teachers
own creation)
1-Whats the name of the neighborhood where no one from the outside dare to walk
even during the day?
2-Whats the word the expert uses to name the underground?
3-What percentage has dropped the number of violent crime in Harlem?
4-Which year was Giuliani elected major of New York?
5-How many people were murdered in New York everyday in 1990?

B- Listen again and decide if these sentences are true or false? (5) (teachers own
creation)
1- The expert thinks that nothing can be done to end with crime in that city.
2- In the 1970s and 80s New York was the most dangerous city in America.
3- Harlem has changed and now it is a centre of business, shopping and tourism.
4- The broken windows theory was crucial to end with crime in New York.
5- This theory says that you have to pay attention only to big crimes, and forget petty
crimes.
6- Major Rudolf Giuliani refused to use the broken windows theory.
7- Giuliani hired more police officers and introduce a new computer program.
8- The number of violent crimes went up masively.


3- VOCABULARY- PUNISHMENT (10)

Complete the passage with some of the words in the box. There are more words
than needed. (Exercise A, page 75. Recycling your English, Revised Edition by
Clare West. Georgian Press).

judge verdict prisoner jury fined

prison sentenced guilty innocent
witnesses trial court evidence
The newspapers were full of reports of the murder 1) ____________, which has lasted
three weeks. The court had heard all the 2) ___________ given by the four 3)
_____________. Now, at last, after staying out for several hours, the twelve man and
women of the 4) ___________ came back into 5) ___________ and sat down. Tension
was high in the public gallery and the 6) ____________ looked very pale. The 7)
___________ asked the jury for their 8) ___________. After a moments silence their
reply was 9) ____________! The judge therefore 10)__________ the man to fifteen
years in 11)___________.

4-PHONOLOGY- question tags intonation (10)

Question tags vary their intonation depending on whether we are asking a

real question or we are just using it to keep the conversation flowing. The
last one does not require a real answer.

Real question - rising intonation

You will do it quickly, won't you?



John and Mark aren't English, are they?

Checking information or making conversation - falling intonation

We've seen that film, haven't we?

Paul doesn't like mushrooms, does he?

HOMEWORK

Listen to the intonation of the question tags above on the following web link:

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1634_gramchallenge2/

4TH SESSION
1- WRITING (10)- WRITING A STORY

Homework: Write a story of about 150 words called A terrible Day or

Negative anecdotes. In order to organize it try to use some of the linking words in
the box:
Firstly Secondly Thirdly After that Eventually
Lastly
First of all Then Next Finally In the
end
Immediately Suddenly While

TIPS!
- Write a draft of the main events in the story before you start writing

- Dont forget to use linking words to organize your writing

2-GRAMMAR (10)

Correct the verb mistakes



1- Last night, I will go to Ames Cafeteria to see the comedian. It is very exciting,
and he was really funny. I just wish it start a little earlier than 10 p.m. I find it
hard to stay out until midnight and then got up for an 8:00 class.

2- Working as a teacher's aid in Lebanon last year show me that I would like to be
a teacher. The students always responded to me very well, and I have a lot of
fun. One of my favorite students is Jeremy, a fourth-grader who had a stuttering
problem. I really related to him because I stutter as a child as well. I think I
really help Jeremy's self-confidence, and I am hoping he is continuing to work
with the speech therapist

3- Going to a concert can be dangerous these days. I went to Woodstock this past
summer and I see two people seriously hurt in the mosh pit where everyone
were dancing. I saw one girl fall down and when I ran over to her to see if she
needed help, she said, "I think I've twisted my ankle." I am going to help her out
of the crowd and over to a medical tent. I was glad I had seen her fall or she
could have been crushed.


3-VOCABULARY (15)

Fill in the gaps with the words form below



5- SPEAKING (20)

A-Work with a partner. Student A should look at the pictures below, and Student
B should look to the pictures on the next page. The pictures are in jumbled order.
Describe to your partner what is happening and together try to work the complete
story in the correct order.


B-Now read the story of what actually happened. Some of the lines are correct and
some have one extra word which should not be there. Decide which lines have and
extra word and correct them.


PROGRESS CHECK
1- VOCABULARY

A- Try to guess the across and down words

(http://school.discoveryeducation.com/puzzles10/isaperez/html/60178xvikh.html)

Across
2. someone who steals from a shop
5. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
6. legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent
tribunal
7. a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

Down
1. someone who sets fire to buildings
3. a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
4. some who attacks people in public places to take money

B-Fill in the gaps with the more suitable word



C- What happens when someone commits a crime? Put the following activities in
the correct order. The first one has been done for you.


The convict is released on parole

1 The criminal commits a crime
The criminal goes to court
The criminal goes to prison
The criminal is released on bail
The judge passes sentence
The jury finds the suspect guilty
The jury listens to the evidence
The jury reaches a verdict
The police arrest the suspect
The police charge the criminal
The police investigate
The trial starts

2- GRAMMAR

A- Fill in the gaps with the right form of the verb in brackets.

1- Did you see John yesterday? He ___________ (wear) a very old pair of jeans.
2- Water ___________ (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
3- She ____________ (be) at the party tomorrow night.
4- Look! That man ______________ (steal) your bike!
5- I ___________ (visit) my grandmother last Christmas.
6- My uncle __________ (cook) dinner right now.
7- I think I ___________ (loose) my door key. I cant find it anywhere.

B-Choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence.

1- Jim is on holiday. He . to Italy.

a) is gone b) has gone c) has been

2- That bag looks heavy. . you with it.

a) Im helping b) I help c) Ill help

3- It was a boring weekend. anything.



a) I didnt b) I dont do c) I didnt do

4- Sarah has lost his passport again. Its the second time this .. .

a) has happened b) happens c)happened

5- Matt while we were having dinner.

a) phoned b) was phoning c) has phoned

6- Were late. The film . By the time we get to the cinema.

a) will already start b)will be already started c)will already have started

7- ...a car when you were living in London?

a) had you b) have you had c) did you have

PHONOLOGY
Draw arrows and indicate the rising or falling intonation in the following question
tags and say if you are asking a real questions or not.

Paul doesn't like mushrooms,does he?

We've seen that film,haven't we?

You will do it quickly,won't you?

John and Mark arent English, are they?

ANSWERS:
1.A
ACROSS
2-shoplifter
5-judge
6-trial
7-sentence
DOWN
1-arsonist
3-witness
4-mugger

1.B
1-of 9-been
2-had 10-the
3-was 11-was
4-commit 12-of
5-be 13-was
6-of 14-for
7- were 15-were


8-to 16-to

1.C
1, 5, 11, 12, 9, 10, 7, 8, 3, 4, 2, 6

2.A
1-was wearing
2-boils
3-will be
4-is stealing
5-visited
6-is cooking
7-.have lost

2.B
1-b 5- a
2-c 6- c
3-c 7-c
4-a

REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES
GRAMMAR
A-Choose the correct answer

1- My sister (drove/ will drive) a car next year.

2- They (are travelling/travelled) to Rome next summer.
3- People usually (go/ will go) to work in the morning.
4- Dad (is taking/ took) the children to the park a moment ago.
5- She (wont be/isnt) at the party tomorrow night.
6- I (dont visit/didnt visit) my grandmother last Christmas.

B- Write the correct verb form

We can go out now. It __________ (not/rain) any more. (PRESENT CONTINUOUS)

2
Ann _________ (wait) for me ....(PAST CONTINUOUS)

3
.... when I ________(arrive). (PAST SIMPLE)


4
_____________ (get) hungry. Let's go and have something to eat.(PRESENT
CONTINUOUS)

5
What ____________ (you/do) in your spare time? Have you got any hobbies?
(PRESENT SIMPLE)

6
It's usually dry here at this time of the year. It ____________ (not/rain) much.
(PRESENT SIMPLE)

7
Yesterday evening the phone _________ (ring) three times ....(PAST SIMPLE)

8
....while we ________ (have) dinner. (PAST CONTINUOUS)

9
When I first _____ (tell) Tom the news, he ___________ (not/believe) me.... (PAST
SIMPLE)

10
... He _________ (think) that I __________(joke). (PAST SIMPLE/PAST CONTINUOS)

C-Choose one of the verbs and write it in the correct form in each sentence.
be wear sleep speak go change

1- Tanya ..German very well (PRESENT SIMPLE)

2- The world . Things never stay the same (PRESENT CONTINUOUS)
3- The bed was very uncomfortable. I very well (PAST SIMPLE,
NEGATIVE)
4- Tom out. Hell be back in about an hour. (PRESENT PERFECT)
5- The photos.................... ready by Wednesday. (FUTURE SIMPLE)
6- Did you see John yesterday? He...................a very old pair of jeans. (PAST
CONTINUOUS)

VOCABULARY
Write the following words in the right column
Burglar, jury, pickpocket, prison sentence, lawyer, kidnapper, capital punishment,
community service, thief, trial, verdict, fine, witness, murderer, find innocent/guilty,


EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
EXERCISE 1
Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use any verb tense.

1- Amanda is sitting on the ground. Shes out of breath.

(she/run)..............................................................................................
2- Wheres my bag? I left it under this chair.

(somebody/take /it).............................................................................
3- I have decided to try and learn a foreign language.

(which/language/learn)..........................................................................
4- We were all surprised when Jenny and Andy got married last year.

(they/only/know/each other/a few weeks)..........................................

5- Its still raining. I wish it would stop.

(it/rain/all day)...................................................................................
6- Suddenly I woke up. I was confused and didnt know where I was.

(I/dream)................................................................................................
7- Theres a lot of black clouds in the sky.

(rain).....................................................................................................
8- Ive got a headache.

(I/have/it/since I got up).......................................................................

9- Im getting tired and its getting late.

(go/bed).................................................................................................

Criminals Law courts Sentences &

Punishments


EXERCISE 2
Use your own ideas to complete the sentences.

1- Whats the new restaurant like? Is it good?

Ive no idea. ......................................................there

2- How well do you know Bill?

Very well. We.......................................................since we were children.

3- Did you enjoy your holiday?

Yes, it was really good. Its the best holiday..................................................

4- Should I take an umbrella with me?

No, .................................................................................
5- Why are you turning on the television?

..............................................................the news

EXERCISE 3
Write sentences about yourself
(this evening).................................................................................................................
(tomorrow morning).......................................................................................................
(now).............................................................................................................................
(next summer)..............................................................................................................
(last Christmas)............................................................................................................
(on Saturday)...............................................................................................................

EXERCISE 4
Use the word in capitals at the end of the each line to form a word that fits in the
space in the same line.

At his last trial, nobody believed in Arthurs 1................................. 1 INNOCENT

He had
been accused of the 2 ......................................... of a valuable
Chinese vase, and he was also charged with ten 2 THIEF
other 3.............................. . The value of the 4 ................................. 3 OFFEND/4
STEAL
goods was said to be over
20,000. Arthur said in his own 5........................................ that the 5 DEFEND
vase had been put into his
car 6 ....................................... . He also pointed out that the Chinese 6 ACCIDENT


vase was a fake, and was

almost 7................................... . The judge did not believe Arthurs 7 WORTH
story. He told Arthur he
was a hardened 8 .................................... and that he deserved a 8 CRIME
severe
9............................... .
Then the judge sentenced Arthur to five 9 PUNISH
years10........................................ Arthur just
smiled. He had spent most of his life in prison and so he was used 10 PRISON
to it.

EXERCISE 4
Write a summary of the newspaper article you found on the internet and hand it in
to your teacher.