Урок-дискуссия по теме "Преступление и наказание" (11-й класс)

Objectives

Ss will

1. develop their attitude to crime
2. think of moral issues concerning irresponsible behaviour
3. be able to express attitudes to punishment
4. become aware of cultural differences
5. to get feedback on ss`progress throughout the unit

Skills development

Ss will

1. read for specific information and for gist
2. practice deducing the meaning of unknown words and phrases through contextual clues
3. be able to check their own progress in grammar and vocabulary
4. practice speaking in a formal situation

Activ vocabulary

1. accident, incident, caution, do community service, harsh treatment, innocent, major crime, minor crime, offender, soft measures, victim, blackmail, quilty, fine, illegal, jury, trial, offence, verdict, witness, assqssination, bribery, drug dealing, hijacking, kidnapping? Murder, smuggling, theft (thief, buglar, shoplifter, pickpocket, robber).

Procedure

Warm up:

This activity is aimed at reviewing active and additional vocabulary/
Tell the students they are going to discuss an urgent problem of crimes and punishment.
Allow Ss two minutes to match the definitions A – А to the crimes below and fill in a word formation table/ Check the answers with the whole class.

Reading

This activity is aimed at developing reading for details.
Allow Ss 5 minutes to read short passages, give predictions and check whether their verdicts were correct/ Check the answers with the whole class/ When checking answers with the whole class, ask Ss to give explanations for their answers.

Language work and writing

This activity is aimed at developing fluency. Ss will be able to look at the situation from the perspectives of the different people involved and start thinking about possible reactions to the same situation.
Allow Ss 5 minutes to decide what punishment people deserve in different situations. Ss make notes in groups. Walk around the class and help students with notes if necessary. After a discussion in groups Ss report their ideas to the class.

Speaking.

Students are divided into 2 groups. They are given a topic for discussion “Should we be cruel or be kind” (at the previous lesson Ss read the article by J. Wallis “Letters to the editor. The Post. P 121 New Millennium English 11)
Let the Ss explain their point of view whether the society should punish criminals severely or treat them in another way, paying attention to a way of dealing with juvenile crime.
The first group stands for harsh treatment, another group is against it.
Allow Ss 5 minutes to discuss the case and try to come to a common decision in groups on the questions (for harsh treatment or for soft measures)
Ss work in their groups, brainstorming, developning and collecting arguments. Tell them to make notes at this stage, as they are going to present their point of view and to give all the arguments they have produced in groups during the discussion.
During the discussion move around the class and monitor the process and evaluate the performance of individual Ss.

Choose a person from each group who will state the group’s opinion and present the arguments on behalf of the whole group.
Allow Ss 2 minutes to concentrate on the results of their presentation.
Let Ss assess their own contribution in the activity. The table for self evaluation is given below

Card № 4

Give brief talk based on the following ideas, concerning crime and personality, crime and society, crime and punishment, try to use the statements below

1. Criminal situation in the world is getting worse all the time.
2. There are types of crimes which can be called social ones.
3. Do films with violence influence the criminal situation.
4. Comment the criminal situation in Russia, in your own city.
5. The society should fight against any crime and no crime should be left unpunished.
6. Is the judicial system perfect in Russia (abroad)?
7. Any juvenile offender need help of the professional psychothera pist.

Card №1 

Crimes and criminals

Match the definitions A – L to the crimes bellow.
Force a person to give you money, usually by threatening to expose a secret

B take sb away and demand money for their return
C take control of a plane, usually for political reasons
D take things in or out of a country illegally
E sell illegal substances, e.g. heroin
F have sex with a person against their will
G damage public property for no reason
H pay money to sb (e.g. an official) for a favour
I take sth (e.g. a car) without the owner’s permission
J kill a famous or important person for money or for political reasons
K kill a person illegally and intentionally
L use violent action for political purposes

Crime	Criminal	Specific verb	Definition
Assassination	assassin
Blackmail		blackmail
Bribery	–
drug dealing		–
	hijacker	hijack
Kidnapping	kidnapper
	murderer	murder
Rape		rape
Smuggling	smuggler
	terrorist	–
Theft		steal
	vandal	vandalize

Литература:

1. Учебник «New Millennium English», раздел 8.
2. Дополнительные раздаточные материалы Oxford University Press.
3. Статистические данные по теме.

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