Crimes

Lead-in

  • What crimes do you know?
  • What crimes do you see in the news?
  • What do you think the most common crime in your country is? Why?

Presentation

Pre

  • What can we do to prevent crime?

Top Down

  • What does the text talk about?
  • It’s about crimes in general.
  • It’s about a woman who got robbed.
  • It’s about a fake kidnapping case.
  • It’s about crimes in general.
  • It’s about a woman who got robbed.
  • It’s about a fake kidnapping case.

The lasting effect that Sherri Papini’s faked kidnapping left on a community

The disappearance of Sherri Papini set off a frantic three-week search. Neighbors volunteered for grid searches and law enforcement made finding Papini a top priority. “There was an extreme amount of pressure put on law enforcement,” said Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson. 
Papini, a mother and a wife, had gone missing while out on a jog. The conditions of her disappearance put neighbors on edge. 

“We used to walk and my husband and I said, ‘I’m not going to go walk by myself anymore,'” Redding resident Maria Flores said. 

Private investigator Bill Garcia was so concerned about Papini, he volunteered his services to her family. “It brought fear, especially to other women, that it could happen to them,” Garcia said. 

She was found bruised and beaten on Thanksgiving Day in 2016. Papini told authorities at the time she was kidnapped at gunpoint by two Hispanic women. 

She accused the women of brutally torturing her. The hunt was on and new fears settled in Redding, where Latinos were less than 10% of the population. 

Ultimately, investigators revealed that there was no kidnapping after looking at DNA evidence, cell phone tracking and interviews with one of her ex-boyfriends. 

The resources that were used throughout the investigation ended up costing taxpayers around $230,000. That’s money that could have gone into other missing women investigations. 

Papini agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to charges of lying to federal officers and mail fraud. She has yet to be sentenced. 

Adapted from Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False
  1. Private investigator Bill Garcia volunteered his services.
  2. Papini was found bruised and beaten on Thanksgiving Day in 2017.
  3. Papini told authorities at the time she was robbed at gunpoint by two Hispanic women. 
  4. There were less than 10% Latinos in the population. 
  5. Papini refused to plead guilty to charges of lying to federal officers and mail fraud. 
  1. Private investigator Bill Garcia volunteered his services. True
  2. Papini was found bruised and beaten on Thanksgiving Day in 2017. False
  3. Papini told authorities at the time she was robbed at gunpoint by two Hispanic women. False
  4. There were less than 10% Latinos in the population. True
  5. Papini refused to plead guilty to charges of lying to federal officers and mail fraud. False

Post

  • What would you do in the situation from the text?
  • Why is crime a problem in society?

Target Language

There be in the past

Affirmative  There be + Object

  • There was a guard out there.
  • There were broken windows all over the city.

Negative  There be + not + Object

  • There wasn’t grafitti on the walls before the riot.
  • There weren’t more than 100 people marching.

Interrogative Be + There + Object

  • Was there violence?
  • Were there injured people?

Interrogative Negative Be + not + There + Object

  • Wasn’t there a man asking for help?
  • Weren’t there people breathing tear gas?

Crimes

Controlled Practice

  • Match the words to their meanings. There is one example.

  1. Vandalism

  2. Robbery

  3. Forgery

  4. Arson

  5. Murder

  6. Burglary

  7. Cyberbullying

  8. Bribery

(   ) The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.

(   ) The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

(   ) The action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.

(   ) Entry illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.

(1) Action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.

(   ) Bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets.

(   ) The act of giving money (or something else of value) to someone to get them to do something you want them to do, especially something they’re not supposed to do.

(   ) The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

  1. Vandalism

  2. Robbery

  3. Forgery

  4. Arson

  5. Murder

  6. Burglary

  7. Cyberbullying

  8. Bribery

(2) The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.

(5) The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

(3) The action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.

(6) Entry illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.

(1) Action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.

(7) Bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets.

(8) The act of giving money (or something else of value) to someone to get them to do something you want them to do, especially something they’re not supposed to do.

(4) The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences with your own ideas. 

 Example: There wasn’t a burglary in my house yesterday because I locked my door.

  1. There was a ____ who committed a robbery in my city.
  2. There were a lot of people rioting because …
  3. There weren’t many people who committed ____ last night.
  4. There wasn’t a burglary in my house yesterday because …

Production

  • Compare the crimes below. Make at least 5 sentences.

Example: I think arson is worse than robbery.

Homework

Match the halves of the sentences:

Example: There was a kid crying… > over there.

  1. There was…

  2. There were a lot…

  3. It is now widely accepted that a high proportion of crime is…

  4. I just got robbed,…

  5. She shaved, washed, scrubbed,…

(   ) and shampooed her body until there was nothing left to do.

(   ) they took my wallet!

(   ) the result of drug addiction.

(   ) of Police cars out there.

(   ) someone calling me.

  1. There was…

  2. There were a lot…

  3. It is now widely accepted that a high proportion of crime is…

  4. I just got robbed,…

  5. She shaved, washed, scrubbed,…

(5) and shampooed her body until there was nothing left to do.

(4) they took my wallet!

(3) the result of drug addiction.

(2) of Police cars out there.

(1) someone calling me.

Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

Example:

  1. The cause of the fire is under investigation but is not believed to be murder / arson.
  2. We condemn this crime, this assassination, as deliberate and premeditated vandalism / murder.
  3. Any burglary is a / an traumatic experience.
  4. Travel across Brasília was / were difficult and occasionally dangerous because of the risk of robbery / roberry.
  5. To prevent vandalism and damage, the bases of columns was / were clad in stainless steel.
  1. The cause of the fire is under investigation but is not believed to be arson.
  2. We condemn this crime, this assassination, as deliberate and premeditated murder.
  3. Any burglary is a traumatic experience.
  4. Travel across Brasília was difficult and occasionally dangerous because of the risk of robbery.
  5. To prevent vandalism and damage, the bases of columns were clad in stainless steel.

True or False

Example: Arson is a synonym for robbery. > False.

  1. Forgery is the act of producing a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.
  2. Vandalism is an action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.
  3. Burglary is the act of entering another’s premises without authorization in order to commit a crime, such as theft.
  4. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
  5. Bribery is the act of giving money without asking for anything in return.
  1. Forgery is the act of producing a document, signature, banknote, or work of art. False
  2. Vandalism is an action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property. True
  3. Burglary is the act of entering another’s premises without authorization in order to commit a crime, such as theft. True
  4. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. True
  5. Bribery is the act of giving money without asking for anything in return. False

Put the words in the correct order

Example: were / computers / and / there / cell phones. > There were computers and cell phones.

  1. and / was / bribery / corruption / built / business / His / on
  2. cyberbullying. / authorities / equally / of / prospect / the / are / about / Britain, / In / concerned
  3. He / forgery / the / of / teaches / himself / art
  4. there / nothing / do. / was / to / left
  5. midnight / and / champagne. / were / At / there / fireworks
  1. His business was built on corruption and bribery.
  2. In Britain, authorities are equally concerned about the prospect of cyberbullying.
  3. He teaches himself the art of forgery.
  4.  there was nothing left to do.
  5. At midnight there were fireworks and champagne.

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: There weren’t dog in her house. > There weren’t dogs in her house.

  1. There was bottles of water on the floor.
  2. There is a hairbrushes in my bathroom.
  3. Were there a boy over there?
  4. I think there wasn’t plants in their house.
  5. People were outside and there was a lot of clouds in the sky.
  1. There were bottles of water on the floor.
  2. There is a hairbrush in my bathroom.
  3. Was there a boy over there?
  4. I think there weren’t plants in their house.
  5. People were outside and there were a lot of clouds in the sky.

Writing

Write a short text about a crime you witnessed or read about.

Example: Once my friend was robbed and…