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Pregnant Briton Faces Death PenaltyBritish human rights lawyers are fighting a battle against time to save a Briton from the death penalty in Laos. Samantha Orobator, 20, has been in a Laotian prison since August last year. She was arrested at the international airport in Laos on drugs charges. She is accused of being in possession of 680g of heroin. Ms Orobator denies any knowledge of the drugs. She claims Laotian officials have made a terrible mistake and mistook her for a drug trafficker. The court in Laos has suddenly decided Samantha’s trial will be next week. If she is found guilty, she will receive the death penalty. The British government is very concerned as they now have almost no time to help Samantha with a lawyer. Human rights campaigners are very worried about Samantha. They have questioned how she became pregnant while in prison, sparking fears she was raped. British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said: “Nothing that happens in that prison is voluntary.” The jail has a very bad reputation and many prisoners complain of shocking abuse. Mr. Smith said: "If convicted next week, Samantha would face death by firing squad. Samantha is severely distressed, and [we have] grave concerns for her health and that of her unborn child." British Foreign Minister Bill Rammell said: "The British government is opposed to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. We have made the Laos authorities aware of this at the highest levels." WARM-UPS1. DEATH PENALTY: Walk around the class and talk to other students about the death penalty. 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. HUMAN RIGHTS: With your partner(s), make a slogan for each of these human rights. Are these rights respected in your country? Change partners and share your ideas.
4. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: Students A strongly believe capital punishment is never acceptable; Students B strongly believe capital punishment should be a part of all criminal justice systems. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. TERRIBLE MISTAKES: What are your biggest mistakes with these things? Talk about them with your partner(s).
6. CAMPAIGNER: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘campaigner’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the gaps.British human rights lawyers are fighting a battle _____________________ a Briton from the death penalty in Laos. Samantha Orobator, 20, has been in a Laotian prison since August last year. She was arrested at the international airport in Laos _________________. She is accused of being in possession of 680g of heroin. Ms Orobator _________________ of the drugs. She claims Laotian officials have made a terrible mistake and _______________ drug trafficker. The court in Laos has suddenly decided Samantha’s trial will be next week. If _________________, she will receive the death penalty. The British government is very concerned as they now have _________________ help Samantha with a lawyer. Human rights campaigners _________________ Samantha. They have questioned how she became pregnant while in prison, sparking fears she was raped. British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said: “Nothing that happens in that _________________.” The jail has a very bad reputation and many prisoners complain _________________. Mr. Smith said: "If convicted next week, Samantha would face death by firing squad. Samantha is severely distressed, and [we have] _________________ her health and that of her unborn child." British Foreign Minister Bill Rammell said: "The British government is opposed _________________ death penalty in all circumstances. We have made the Laos authorities _________________ highest levels.” AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘death’ and ‘penalty’.
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 DEATH PENALTY SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about the death penalty 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.
DEATH PENALTY DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEBritish human rights lawyers are (1) ____ a battle against time to save a Briton from the death penalty in Laos. Samantha Orobator, 20, has been in a Laotian prison since August last year. She was arrested at the international airport in Laos (2) ____ drugs charges. She is accused (3) ____ being in possession of 680g of heroin. Ms Orobator denies any (4) ____ of the drugs. She claims Laotian officials have made a terrible mistake and mistook her for a drug trafficker. The court in Laos has suddenly decided Samantha’s trial will be next week. If she is (5) ____ guilty, she will receive the death penalty. The British government is very concerned as they (6) ____ have almost no time to help Samantha with a lawyer. Human rights campaigners are very worried about Samantha. They have (7) ____ how she became pregnant while in prison, sparking (8) ____ she was raped. British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said: “Nothing that happens in that prison is (9) ____.” The jail has a very bad reputation and many prisoners complain of shocking abuse. Mr. Smith said: "If convicted next week, Samantha would (10) ____ death by firing squad. Samantha is severely distressed, and [we have] grave concerns for her health and (11) ____ of her unborn child." British Foreign Minister Bill Rammell said: "The British government is opposed to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. We have made the Laos authorities aware of this at the (12) ____ levels.” Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about capital punishment 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 capital punishment in different countries. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. DEATH PENALTY: Make a poster about different methods of the death penalty. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. GUILTY: Write a magazine article about someone found guilty of a crime and sentenced to the death penalty. Include imaginary interviews with that person and the judge who gave the sentence. 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 British Foreign Minister Bill Rammell. Ask him three questions about Samantha’s case. Give him three ideas on what he could do to help Samantha. 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: Pregnant Briton faces death penaltyBritish human rights lawyers are fighting a battle against time to save a Briton from the death penalty in Laos. Samantha Orobator, 20, has been in a Laotian prison since August last year. She was arrested at the international airport in Laos on drugs charges. She is accused of being in possession of 680g of heroin. Ms Orobator denies any knowledge of the drugs. She claims Laotian officials have made a terrible mistake and mistook her for a drug trafficker. The court in Laos has suddenly decided Samantha’s trial will be next week. If she is found guilty, she will receive the death penalty. The British government is very concerned as they now have almost no time to help Samantha with a lawyer. Human rights campaigners are very worried about Samantha. They have questioned how she became pregnant while in prison, sparking fears she was raped. British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said: “Nothing that happens in that prison is voluntary.” The jail has a very bad reputation and many prisoners complain of shocking abuse. Mr. Smith said: "If convicted next week, Samantha would face death by firing squad. Samantha is severely distressed, and [we have] grave concerns for her health and that of her unborn child." British Foreign Minister Bill Rammell said: "The British government is opposed to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. We have made the Laos authorities aware of this at the highest levels.” LANGUAGE WORK
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