True crime

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This lesson contains 10 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

time-iconLesson duration is: 50 min

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Today's aims
- Speaking activity
- Reading comprehension
- Vocabulary expansion

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- Speaking activity
- Reading comprehension
- Vocabulary expansion

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Speaking activity
- What is true crime?
- Do you know any true crime stories?

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3:00

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What is 'true crime'?

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What stories did you think of?
E.g. 'Jack the Ripper'

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But, why?
Evolutionary psychologists say that we’re drawn to these tales because murder, rape and theft have played a significant part in human society since our hunter-gatherer days. It’s in our nature to be highly attuned to criminal misdemeanours, and we instinctively want to discover the ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’ and ‘where’ so we can find out what makes criminals tick, and to better protect ourselves and our kin.

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Moors Murders

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Reading activity (30 mins)
Read the text and answer the (22) questions. Work in pairs.
We'll discuss all answers tomorrow

Done?
Go to sources in It's Learning and open 'You be the judge'
Read the cases and decide on a sentence together.
In English! Practise speaking! :)



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