Unit 5 Crime doesn't pay

Vocabulary

• Phrasal verbs con múltiples significados.

• Crime vocabulary

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Grammar

Reported Speech
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Theory and exercises
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Agenda Web
Dialogue into reported speech
Dialogue into reported speech 2
Dialogue into reported speech 3
Dialogue into reported speech to project
Special verbs

Writing

News Report

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PAU TEXTS

US Becomes History's Biggest Jailer

Option A 

Imagine you committed a victimless and non-vilent crime and were arrested. Tell the story of how things happened and explain your feelings.

This is a narrative text that follows the Tragedy Plot: 

• Temptation
• Gratification
• Problems begin
• Nightmare problems
• Disaster

Have the criminal tell the story as if he were attempting to convince the reader that his actions were justified

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Introductory Paragraph	Hook	Surprise the reader with a true statement. The Action Opening: Start the novel with the hero in some sort of physical or emotional jeopardy
	Atmosphere	Setting Natural Elements Time
Temptation		give a character something worth fighting for, his motives.
Gratification		Show the hero being selfless
Problems begin		introduce uncertainty—is a friend really a friend? will the next action lead to the one that will bring about the desired goal, or is a character on the wrong track? Confrontation with somebody for a common interest
	Verbs implying change	Become:            Get Turn:                  Grow Go:                     Remain Stay:               Keep Rest:
Nightmare problems		Embarrass your character make characters face their fears The global resolution of the story is when the criminal is brought to justice
Disaster	Unanticipation	“What would a reader expect to happen next?” Create a list of at least three directions the story might take.
	Feelings	why he was ______________, or how ___________ he is. how would I know he’s ___________? what is he doing? what’s the expression in his face?
Ending		Circular ending Use the same idea that you have used in the beginning.

Option B

What are prisons for? Do they make us safer? Do they help rehabilitate criminals?

Related project
Newspaper article
BBC article