Step 3: Mugshots

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Step 3: Mugshots

Ex. 1

Which physical characteristics would you describe if you had to describe an offender? --> word web

physical
characteristics

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Which physical characteristics would you describe if you had to describe an offender? 

e.g. height, built, hair, skin colour, eyes, type of hair, clothing, accessories,... 

Ex. 2

Can you match the sketch with the picture? --> match!

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How could you tell the difference?

Ex. 3

Listen to a part of the podcast and answer the questions.

a Who is introduced in the podcast?

b What is the experiment they did?

c What is Lex describing?

d Why does Kelly ask: ‘Why is that (having little hair)’ and not ‘Is he balding’?

e What does Kelly do with the giant pack of pictures?

f What is similar about the ‘picture on the right’ according to Lex?

g What is similar about the ‘picture on the left’? What isn’t similar?

h Kelly chooses ‘the mohawk’ to begin from. What does she have to change?

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a Who is introduced in the podcast?

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a Who is introduced in the podcast?

Kelly Lawson, a sketch artist

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b What is the experiment they did?

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b What is the experiment they did?

Kelly had to draw Lex’s best friend, based only on Lex’s memory.

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c What is Lex describing?

	39 years old
	thin
	yes
	6’3 feet (190 cm)
	I am aware of none of those things
	Very little, only on the sides, reddish brown. Significant male-pattern baldness.

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c What is Lex describing?

age	39 years old
	thin
	yes
	6’3 feet (190 cm)
	I am aware of none of those things
	Very little, only on the sides, reddish brown. Significant male-pattern baldness.

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c What is Lex describing?

age	39 years old
built	thin
	yes
	6’3 feet (190 cm)
	I am aware of none of those things
	Very little, only on the sides, reddish brown. Significant male-pattern baldness.

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c What is Lex describing?

age	39 years old
built	thin
facial hair	yes
	6’3 feet (190 cm)
	I am aware of none of those things
	Very little, only on the sides, reddish brown. Significant male-pattern baldness.

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c What is Lex describing?

age	39 years old
built	thin
facial hair	yes
height	6’3 feet (190 cm)
	I am aware of none of those things
	Very little, only on the sides, reddish brown. Significant male-pattern baldness.

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c What is Lex describing?

age	39 years old
built	thin
facial hair	yes
height	6’3 feet (190 cm)
scars, marks, tattoos, gold teeth, piercings	I am aware of none of those things
	Very little, only on the sides, reddish brown. Significant male-pattern baldness.

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c What is Lex describing?

age	39 years old
built	thin
facial hair	yes
height	6’3 feet (190 cm)
scars, marks, tattoos, gold teeth, piercings	I am aware of none of those things
type of hair, colour hair	Very little, only on the sides, reddish brown. Significant male-pattern baldness.

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d Why does Kelly ask: ‘Why is that (having little hair)’ and not ‘Is he balding’?

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d Why does Kelly ask: ‘Why is that (having little hair)’ and not ‘Is he balding’?

Because she doesn’t want to lead, she doesn’t want to give victims a reason to choose one thing or another. Kelly does everything to keep herself from encouraging someone’s memory.

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e What does Kelly do with the giant pack of pictures?

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e What does Kelly do with the giant pack of pictures?

Lex has to look at the photos to see whether there is something that reminds him of Dan.

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f What is similar about the ‘picture on the right’ according to Lex?

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f What is similar about the ‘picture on the right’ according to Lex?

The complexion and the hair colour.

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g What is similar about the ‘picture on the left’? What isn’t similar?

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g What is similar about the ‘picture on the left’? What isn’t similar?

The face structure is similar, but the hair (mohawk) isn’t.

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h Kelly chooses ‘the mohawk’ to begin from. What does she have to change?

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h Kelly chooses ‘the mohawk’ to begin from. What does she have to change?

Tiny bit older, more beard, the hair has to be inverted.

Ex. 4

Choose one of the pictures and indicate which facial characteristics match. Next, describe the person in your picture and make another classmate guess which one you have chosen. 

Ex. 5

There are many different skin tones. Which words can be used? Do some research online if

necessary. Discuss in class.

Add at least 5 different words to 

describe skin tones to your vocabulary 

list on p. 102.

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Exercises 

Ex. 6-7-8 Prepare these exercises in your workbooks. Work together. Ask for a correction key when you are done.

Ex. 9 Take pencil and paper and start describing and drawing!

Check 3 p. 116 ex. 1-2-3