Saturday 17 December 2011

Blog activity about crime

A new mission for you, girls!

First, visit this post: YOUTH CRIME ACTIVITY

Try to find the meaning of the new words, then watch the video and answer the questions that follow either on your blog or mine.

This will add even more words to your 'crime' word list, right? :-)

3 comments:

  1. A really good way of dealing with young criminals is mentioned in that article. It is offered to young people boxing lessons bitesize maths and English lessons.It is a mild method, with beneficial results as we can understand from Chevez's and Duhaney's examples. Otherwise each student costs £10,000 a year to teach and train, it is an efficient solution because the rest of the money is given by private doners.

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  2. You are right Mary! Well done for completing the whole activity on your own!

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  3. Maria's complete comment (with some of my corrections!)

    A really good way of dealing with young criminals is mentioned in that article. Boxing lessons, bitesize maths and English lessons are offered to young people. It is a mild method with beneficial results as we can understand from Chevez's and Duhaney's examples. Otherwise, each student costs £10,000 a year to teach and train. It is an efficient solution because the rest of the money is given by private donors.

    'nip youth crime in the bud': stop youth crime developing further
    'go off the rail': to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally
    'end up in custody': arrive at in prison/in the care of
    'to roam the streets': wander without destination in streets
    'there is a sanction attached': there is a legal punishment
    'to face eviction': the state may take the house you live in

    Not only is the state responsible for youth crime, but their parents share the responsibility, too. They are overly permissive and, as a result, children stop being under control, develop antisocial behaviour and do illegal actions. Furthermore, parents have to support their children and set proper aims for them.

    Note for Mary: The last question was this:

    What is the measure explained by the Home Secretary and what is your opinion of it? Choose again two adjectives from the ones offered in Step 3.

    So you have to explain what the new measure is and your opinion about it. When you talk about the new measure, you can describe it using some of these adjectives: tough/ mild, efficient/ worthless

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