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California Abduction: Mystery DeepensThe California couple who were arrested for abducting an 11-year-old girl are denying the charges. Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy have denied kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and keeping her captive for 18 years. Police charged Mr Garrido with a series of terrible crimes, including rape, kidnapping a child under 14, and imprisonment by violence. Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29, escaped from the Garrido family home and went to a local police station. She has been re-united with her parents. Her stepfather Carl Probyn said Jaycee had very mixed emotions about her sudden freedom. He said she "expressed some regret, like guilt, when she saw her mother, that she hadn't escaped earlier".ABC. Jaycee Lee Dugard was on her way to school back in 1991 when Phillip Garrido bundled her into his car. Carl Probyn saw the incident and tried to chase the vehicle on his bicycle, but could not keep up with it. Probyn was a suspect in the case for many years. Jaycee was kept in a series of tents in a compound in the Garridos’ back garden. Mr and Mrs Garrido abused her over many years and she had two children. She gave birth to the first child when she was just fourteen. Phillip Garrido was a convicted rapist. In 1977 he was sentenced to prison for 50 years, but nine years later he was released. In a telephone conversation to a local radio station, Garrido told a reporter, “you're going to find the most powerful, heart-warming story”. WARM-UPS1. KIDNAPPING: Walk around the class and talk to other students about kidnapping. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. CHILD DANGERS: What dangers are there in the world for children? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change again and share what you heard.
4. SAFETY: Students A strongly believe parents should take children everywhere; Students B strongly believe children need to go places alone. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. NOW & THEN: Is it better to be a child today or was it better 30 years ago. Talk about these things with your partner. Change partners and share your ratings again.
6. CRIME: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘crime’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gapsThe California couple _________________ for abducting an 11-year-old girl are __________________. Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy have denied kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and _________________ for 18 years. Police charged Mr Garrido with a series of terrible crimes, including rape, _________________ under 14, and imprisonment by violence. Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29, escaped from the Garrido family home and went to a local police station. She _________________ with her parents. Her stepfather Carl Probyn said Jaycee had very mixed emotions about her sudden freedom. He said she "___________________, like guilt, when she saw her mother, that she hadn't escaped earlier". Jaycee Lee Dugard was on her way _________________ 1991 when Phillip Garrido bundled her into his car. Carl Probyn saw the incident and tried to chase the vehicle on his bicycle, but _________________ with it. Probyn was ___________________ for many years. Jaycee was kept in a series of tents in a compound in the Garridos’ back garden. Mr and Mrs Garrido abused her _________________ she had two children. She gave birth to the first child when she was just fourteen. Phillip Garrido was a convicted rapist. In 1977 he was _________________ for 50 years, but nine years later he was released. In a telephone conversation to a local radio station, Garrido told a reporter, “you're going to find the most powerful, _________________”. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘terrible’ and ‘crime’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT KIDNAPPING SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about kidnapping in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
KIDNAPPING DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICEThe California couple (1) ____ were arrested for abducting an 11-year-old girl are denying the (2) ____. Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy have denied kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and keeping her captive for 18 years. Police charged Mr Garrido with a (3) ____ of terrible crimes, including rape, kidnapping a child under 14, and imprisonment by violence. Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29, (4) ____ from the Garrido family home and went to a local police station. She has been re-united with her parents. Her stepfather Carl Probyn said Jaycee had very (5) ____ emotions about her sudden freedom. He said she "expressed some regret, like (6) ____, when she saw her mother, that she hadn't escaped earlier". Jaycee Lee Dugard was on her way to school (7) ____ in 1991 when Phillip Garrido bundled her into his car. Carl Probyn saw the incident and tried to chase the vehicle on his bicycle, but could not keep (8) ____ with it. Probyn was a suspect in the (9) ____ for many years. Jaycee was kept in a series of tents in a compound in the Garridos’ back garden. Mr and Mrs Garrido abused her over many years and she had two children. She (10) ____ birth to the first child when she was just fourteen. Phillip Garrido was a (11) ____ rapist. In 1977 he was sentenced to prison for 50 years, but nine years later he was released. In a telephone conversation to a local radio station, Garrido told a reporter, “you're going to find the most powerful, heart-(12) ____ story”. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about kidnapping for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. SAFETY: Make a poster about child safety. Include tips on how kids can stay safe. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. DANGERS: Write a magazine article about what children think about dangers in this world. Include imaginary interviews with some children. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to the head of your police service. Ask him/her three questions about crime. Give him/her three suggestions on how to keep kids in your society safe. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: California abduction: mystery deepensThe California couple who were arrested for abducting an 11-year-old girl are denying the charges. Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy have denied kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and keeping her captive for 18 years. Police charged Mr Garrido with a series of terrible crimes, including rape, kidnapping a child under 14, and imprisonment by violence. Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29, escaped from the Garrido family home and went to a local police station. She has been re-united with her parents. Her stepfather Carl Probyn said Jaycee had very mixed emotions about her sudden freedom. He said she "expressed some regret, like guilt, when she saw her mother, that she hadn't escaped earlier". Jaycee Lee Dugard was on her way to school back in 1991 when Phillip Garrido bundled her into his car. Carl Probyn saw the incident and tried to chase the vehicle on his bicycle, but could not keep up with it. Probyn was a suspect in the case for many years. Jaycee was kept in a series of tents in a compound in the Garridos’ back garden. Mr and Mrs Garrido abused her over many years and she had two children. She gave birth to the first child when she was just fourteen. Phillip Garrido was a convicted rapist. In 1977 he was sentenced to prison for 50 years, but nine years later he was released. In a telephone conversation to a local radio station, Garrido told a reporter, “you're going to find the most powerful, heart-warming story”. LANGUAGE WORK
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