speaking about crime

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Crime

Crime vocabulary

What types of crimes are there?

What kind of sentences can you get in a courtroom?

CRIME

watching

celebrities

your task: remember/ write down: what crime did they commit?

bonus: what was their punishment?

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Which crimes were mentioned
in the video?

crime and punishment

in this lesson, we're going to discuss when something is a crime, 

and what a good punishment is 

Sleep de juiste betekenis naar de Engelse woorden.

solve

wig

law

witness

investigation

recently

evidence

pruik

oplossen

onderzoek

bewijs

wet

getuige

kort geleden

Wat hoort bij elkaar?

Guilty

Innocent

thief

witness

security

pickpocket

I got a fine for speeding

The fingerprint didn't match

This is where criminals are locked up

1. wig
2. receipt
3. prison
4. investigation

When the police take you to the police station

1. arrest
2. receipt
3. fingerprint
4. investigation

The research the police will do to find out who committed the crime.

1. evidence
2. fascinate
3. fingerprint
4. investigation

Someone who steals from stores

1. pickpocket
2. shoplifter
3. robbery
4. witness

Wat hoort waar?

Stain

Fingerprint

Innocent

Prison

Wat betekent:
Crime doesn't pay

Wat betekent:
It's a steal

Wat betekent:
Be behind bars

Wat hoort waar?

Criminal

Police

crime

chase

question

pirate

escape

task

law

investigation

shoplifter

speaking

1 question: 5 people will answer 

Listen to ( and, if you can, respond to) the other students.

Try to add/improve the answer each time.

First: everyone WRITES a full sentence.

What crimes are common in the Netherlands? (Why is that?)

How do people feel about the police?

How do people generally feel about the police? 

Are there any groups that feel differently? 

What are the reasons for those various people’s feelings?

Should the police carry guns?

Should the police carry guns?

Do you think the Netherlands is generally too hard on crime or too soft on crime?

Do you think this country is generally too hard on crime or too soft on crime? 

Why do you feel that way? 

Are there any crimes which that is particularly true for?

crimes?

1. Adultery 
2.  Advocating violence 
3.   Attempted suicide 
4.  Begging 
5.  Blasphemy/ Offending a religious group 
6.  Bullying/ Cyber-bullying 
7. Crimes by your children 
8. Using drugs  
   

crimes?

•  Disrespecting the national flag/ national anthem 
•  Excessive force in sports, e.g. fouls that cause major injuries   Hacking that causes no damage 
•  Illegal  street performance 
• shouting at a police officer

 

now: disucssion time

what's next?

13.05 :  Ozgur, Ayhan, Sami, Ersun

describing a crime/a criminal ( 10 minutes)

13.15 : Mohamed, Huzaifa, Insaf, Eryk, Taimaa

reporting a crime (10 minutes)

13.25: Jana, Oskaras, Georgi, Ricky, Nargol

discussion: What is the worst crime? ( 10 minutes)

13.35:  Valentin, Berin, Samia, Franz Ivy, Diana

Discussion: What punishment is right? (10-15 minutes)

 Mohamed, Huzaifa, Insaf, Eryk, Taimaa

Mohamed: your backpack was stolen.

Huzaifa: you saw someone break into a house to steal something.

Insaf: someone stole from the store where you were working.

Taimaa: you saw a very serious fight.

preparation

Make up your story. 

WHAT,

WHO,

WHERE

WHEN

HOW

( remember to speak in the past tense!)

2-3 minutes

one person reporting the crime

answer the questions

try to give detailed descriptions

4 police officers 

take turns asking for information

(what do we need to know? who, what, where, how..etc)

next group:

Jana, Oskaras, Georgi, Ricky, Nargol

we are going to have a discussion: Which crime is the worst?

argue your case

	crime
Jana	drug dealing	1
Oskaras	hacking	2
Georgi	drunk driving	3
Ricky	vandalism	4
Nargol	domestic violence	5

next group

Valentin

Berin

Samia

Franz Ivy

Diana

the case

You are going to be the judges in a criminal case.

Together, decide on a fitting sentence

everyone needs to speak, and propose a punishment.

more information will be given... after 2 witnesses, you need to discuss the final verdict.

the case

You are going to be the judges in a criminal case.

Together, decide on a fitting sentence

everyone needs to speak, and propose a punishment.

more information will be given... after 2 witnesses, you need to discuss the final verdict.

the case of Richard D. 

28 years old

single

mechanic

Accused of: breaking into an apartment, stealing money and drugs ( together worth over 20,000 euros), and shooting someone.

the case of Richard D. 

Accused of: breaking into an apartment, stealing money and drugs (together worth over 20,000 euros), and shooting someone.

The person he shot was a drug dealer who also had a gun.

The apartment used to be his own, it's now his ex-girlfriend's house.

He claims he was just visiting, not breaking in.

he has a clean record

the (ex) girlfriend

She is known to be a very violent drug dealer.

She has stolen drugs from Richard, and refused to tell him where it was.

She claims to be clean..

she was shot, but lives. Blind in one eye.