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READING
JUVENILE CRIMINALS
TRUE /FALSE/NA-STATEMENTS
Directions: Review the
following statements from the reading. If
a statement is true they mark it T.
If the statement is not applicable, they mark it NA. If the
statement is false they mark it F
and provide
the correct
answer.
- The two states
where 16-year-olds are automatically tried as adults are New York
and Connecticut.
- There is no evidence that
sending children into adult courts, destroys lives and turns nonviolent
youngsters into hardened criminals.
- President Obama took the
first step to help this situation by raising the age for adult
criminal prosecution.
- The juvenile justice
system was created in 1962 .
- At the time, lawmakers
were unable to agree on the age at which offenders should be declared
adults, so they set it temporarily at 16.
- New York sends nearly
1,000 adolescents a year into the criminal courts.
- Most of them charged with
violent crimes.
- Adolescents shoplift
because they need money for food.
- Connecticut adopted a
strategy based on rehabilitation, not lockups, reducing arrests and saving
the state money.
- Massachusetts is also
considering raising the age for adult criminal prosecution.
LISTENING 1
- WHY ARE NEW YORK CHILDREN BEING LOCKED UP LIKE HARDENED CRIMINALS?
LISTENING 2
THREE-QUARTERS OF BRITISH PEOPLE COMMIT MICRO CRIMES
Listen to the following fragment and match the phrases
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Listen and fill in the gaps
A new report says (1) ___________________ of micro
crime" in Britain. Researchers (2) __________
their findings. One researcher said (3)
___________________ four people you see in the UK are
hiding a (4) ___________________. Up to 74 per
cent of British people are 'micro-criminals'.
They have done at (5) ___________________, 'micro'
crime." The most common crime is paying
someone cash when they know that person will (6)
___________________ it.
Men were the (7) ___________________ commit micro crimes. About 80 per cent (8) _____________
people and 70 per cent of working-class people
(9) ___________________ micro crimes.
The second-most common micro crime was illegal
downloading (10) ___________________.
About 30 per cent of people did this. Other micro
crimes include (11) ___________________ bags in
supermarkets, lying about your age (12)
___________________ deal, and eating things in a
supermarket without paying
GRAMMAR
PAST SIMPLE/ PAST CONTINUOUS
FORM
Complete the table about past simple and continuous
USE
Complete the following sentences with the verbs in past simple or continuous
1.Gill ________________ (watch) TV when the phone ___________ (ring).
2.I ___________ (wait) for the bus when I___________ (see) the accident.
3.He ___________ (drive) fast when he ___________ (hit) the woman.
4.They ___________ (not/go) out because it ___________ (snow).
5.I ___________ (break) my leg while I___________ (ski).
6.When I ___________ (wake) up it ___________ (rain).
7.It ___________ (start) to rain while they ___________ (walk) home.
8.When I last ___________ (see) Ken he ___________ (wash) his car.
9.Lyn ___________ (paint) the living room when she ___________ (fall) off the ladder.
10.I ___________ (have) dinner when I ___________ (hear) a loud noise.
Complete the following sentences with the verbs in past simple or continuous
1. The children (play) __________ in the park when it started to rain.
2. I was watching a movie when I (notice)__________ him standing outside.
3. She arrived when I (have)__________ a bath, so I couldn't answer the door!
4. I (see)__________ a famous celebrity when I was shopping on Oxford Street yesterday.
5. She was drinking too much so she (fall)__________. I hope she learnt her lesson!
6. Charlie (hide)__________ in my wardrobe when Lola found him. She screamed!
7. The computer (break)__________ when I was checking my bank balance.
8. She was smiling until the terrible singer (come)__________ on stage.
9. I (live)__________ in Cape Town when Michelle Obama visited.
10. My parents were watching me carefully but my brother (distract)__________ them so I could sneak
out the window!
out the window!
WRITING
Create a crime story
Stories
are one of the most difficult type of text to write. It is impossible to
provide a word to word frame so that you can copy and complete it. There are some common characteristics that
will help you write a good story.
1st Paragraph
It
tells the place, the moment and the characters of the story. It answers the
questions when, where and who.
Use
sentences like:
When?
Last summer/ week/ year/ Monday, Two/ Ten / Hundreds of years ago, In 1978....
Where?
In South Carolina, in Barcelona, in a haunted house....
Who?
My family and I / A group of friends / A beautiful blonde girl.....
2nd Paragraph
The
second paragraph describes the main events of the story telling what happened
and how the characters reacted.You have to use
sequencing words
First....
Then....
Later......
Afterwards.....
3rd Paragraph
Concludes
the story and reveals unexpected events. You can use ending sentences such as I
haven't felt the same since then
ORAL INTERACTION
DIALOGUE 1
A: Why is there so much crime?
B: Because parents don't teach their kids right from wrong.
A: Is that it?
B: Also, there aren't enough police.
A: But there are a lot of police.
B: There's only one police officer per 100 criminals.
A: Can't we hire more police?
B: No. It costs too much money.
A: Doesn't crime cost more than police?
B: Yes, it does.
A: So it would be cheaper to hire more police?
B: Yes, it would.
DIALOGUE 2
A: The police need our help finding a robber.
B: How do you know?
A: The TV news is reporting a bank robbery.
B: Do they know what the robber looks like?
A: Yes, he's 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, black hair, and about 30 years old.
B: What race is he?
A: They didn't say.
B: The TV news doesn't tell us the race anymore.
A: Of course not. That would be racist.
B: But how can we identify someone if we don't know their race?
A: Don't ask me.
B: Then they also shouldn't tell us if the robber is male or female, because that is sexist.
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