The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Main Subject
Category
Society: Law, crime and punishment
Resource type
Teaching ideas
Skills
Speaking
Skills
Vocabulary learning
A probing resource where students discuss subjects from white lies to capital punishment. They do a crossword to build their basic legal vocabulary, match more advanced collocations and look at expressions with 'tell'.
The matching activity Crime & pronunciation makes a good lead-in.
An extract from the resource:
Exercise 8
Working in small groups, decide what punishments should be given to the following criminals. You may want to apply some of the punishments above. You may have other suggestions. Then compare your answers with those of the other groups.
- a drunk driver who knocks down and kills a child
- a teenager caught driving without a licence, and without insurance
- a single mother on benefits who is caught shoplifting in a supermarket
- a wealthy aristocrat who is caught shoplifting in Harrods for something she could easily afford to buy
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15/07/2018
Wow! Such useful resource. I am so thankful!
All the best,
Marianne
All the best,
Marianne
15/07/2018
