English Let’s have fun

Pedagogical Module 1
Curriculum Threads: Communication and Cultural Awareness,
Oral Communication, Language Through the Arts, Reading, Writing.

Tenth Grade EGB

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According to the Council

of Europe...
Sport is an element found in all cultures. Statistics
indicate that more than 60% of young people in
the EU between 15- and 24-years old practice some
sport at least once a week. In addition, sports offer
the possibility of interacting with other people. As
a result, young people acquire knowledge, attitudes,
and skills necessary to develop in civil society.
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Retrieved from: https://www.coe.int/en/web/compass/culture-and-sport

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Do you agree with what the European Council states? Why? Do you believe that the same
amount of young people practice sports in your city?

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Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

What do you know about the Olympic Games? Does your country have any Olympic champion?

The Olympic Games were founded in ancient Greece 3,000 years

ago and they were brought back to life in the 19th century. At the
beginning, the Olympic Games were a celebration of religious
character. People participated to honor the god Zeus, every four years
from the 8th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D. The first modern
Olympic Games took place in Athens in 1896 with only 280 athletes
from 13 nations. The participants competed in 43 competitions. In
1994, the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games
were split. Today, the Olympics are the most important sports
competition in the world with more than 300 events. Some of these
events were incorporated in 1896, like track and field, gymnastics,
swimming, shooting, fencing, cycling, tennis, weightlifting, and
others like figure skating and ice hockey were added later.
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Retrieved from: https://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicorigins.shtml and

https://www.history.com/topics/sports/olympic-games

1. Do you know any other sport championship or tournament?

2. Which is your favorite sport? Why do you like it?

3. Is there any sport you dislike?

4. Which sport is the easiest to practice in your city?

5. Match each of the sports with the picture it corresponds to.

Vocabulary
Archery - Fencing - Badminton - Voleyball - Lacrosse -
A.D. Abbreviation for Anno Weightlifting - Synchronized swimming - Gymnastics - Basketball
Domini : a Latin phrase - Taekwondo - Speed skating - Rugby
meaning “in the year of the
Lord”, which is used when
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referring to a year after Jesus

Christ was born.

B.C. Abbreviation for Before

Christ: used in the Christian
calendar when referring to a
year before Jesus Christ was
born.

split. Divided into two or

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more parts.

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Oral Communication

Do you know the difference between football and rugby?

1. Listen to two sport experts talking about football and rugby. Take notes
on what they say.

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Audio
Listen to the dialogue.
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2. Now listen again and organize your notes in the Venn Diagram below. Tip
Write the things that the two sports have in common in the middle.
Venn diagrams are a good
way to organize information
visually. It allows us to see the
relationship between items and
their elements or characteristics.
Venn diagrams are very useful
to show the similarities and
differences and to compare and
contrast items.
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Vocabulary

helmet. A strong, hard hat

that covers and protects the
head.

Did you know anything about rugby and American football? Have mouth guard. A device that
you seen a game of any of these sports? Based on the description of protects the mouth from
these sports, which one do you like the most? Why? getting damaged.

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Writing
What was the most memorable moment in the history of sports?

Every time someone tells a series of events, this is called narration.

Telling a story is not as simple as it seems. There are three types of narration:
first person, second person, and third person, and each has a purpose.

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First person

In this type of narration, a character tells the story from his / her
perspective. You can recognize it by the use of “I”, “me”, or “we”.

Grammar note
Second person
Remember that when you talk
In this type of narration, the author uses a narrator to communicate or write about events that took
directly to the reader. You can notice a lot of “you”, “your”, and “yours.” place in the past, you can use
the simple past (verb + ed for
regular verbs). It is used with
actions that started in the past
Third person and ended in the past.
Here, a narrator who is external tells the story. You can notice many
cases of “he”, “she”, “it”, or “they” in this type of narration.

Retrieved from: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-narration.html

1. Think of a sport moment that you really like. It can be from any time
or place. Write down all the information you know about this moment.
Now do some research and add more interesting facts about the event
you chose. Continue your list.
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With all the ideas and information that you collected, write
a short 80-90 words narration. Be sure to write all the events in
chronological order. You must use at least five time expressions, for
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example: before, after, during, as soon as, while, then, later, at the
same time, etc.

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Lesson B

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Do you think that all the words of a language can be translated literally to another?

Phrasal verbs
World fact
A phrasal verb is a phrase that results from the combination of a verb
Not all languages have and a preposition, an adverb, or both. The function of a phrasal verb is
phrasal verbs. English to convey a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual
does, but Spanish does not. words that form it.
Phrasal verbs are usually not
able to be literally translated • Below are some phrasal verbs related to sports. Try to guess what they
word-for-word from one mean using the context.
language to another.
1. I enjoy working out at the gym every night after work.

2. Oh no! I ate too much pizza. I must work every slice of it off if I want
to wear that dress!

3. Don’t do HIIT yet! You need to warm up first, or you can get a sprain.

4. Michael loves baseball and he is good at it. He should try out for the
team.

5. Near the end of a triathlon, many athletes pass out due to exhaustion
and dehydration.

6. Did you see that Andy Ruiz Jr. won the fight when he knocked out his
opponent?

7. Daniel Cormier never gives up during a fight, that is why he is the

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UFC heavyweight champion.

• Match the phrasal verb with its meaning.

to become unconscious.

to exercise in order to
Try out for
improve the strength or
appearance of your body.
Work out
to prepare yourself for a
physical activity.
Knock out
In pairs write a dialogue
using 3 phrasal verbs you just to exercise in order to lose the
learned. The dialogue should weight or be in good physical
Warm up condition.
be at least 12 lines long. Write
it in your notebook.
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Work off to demonstrate your abilities

so a coach can decide if you
should be on the team.
Vocabulary Give up
to stop doing something,
sprain. An injury to a joint. to quit.
Pass out
HIIT. High Intensity Interval
Training. to hit somebody and make
them unconscious.

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Oral Communication

Can you practice extreme sports in your country? Is there any extreme sport you can’t practice in your city? Why?

Listen to the following recording about places to travel to practice extreme

sports. As you listen the first time, fill in the chart with the important
information you hear. Then, the second time, check if they are interesting
or boring to you.

Place Sport Dimensions/Height/Depth Interesting Boring

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Go around your class and ask your classmates who has done each
sport and where.

For example:

Have you played tennis? Where?

Sport Name Where

Tennis

Soccer
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Basketball
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Baseball Vocabulary

BASE jump. Parachuting or

Swimming wingsuit flying. Jumping off
a cliff.

Gymnastics coral reef. An area of coral.

peak. The pointed top of

Extreme Sports a mountain.

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Language Through the Arts

What is in an amusement park? What does a typical amusement park have?

Amusement parks around the world

There are many places where you can have fun, but nothing is like
amusement parks. Here is a list of the most amazing places to visit if
you are a fan of roller coasters.
Denmark’s Tivoli Gardens is full of flowers. It was an inspiration for
Walt Disney. It exists since 1843. It is full of different games like
bumper cars and roller coasters.
Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is in Orlando, Florida. It is the
biggest park in the world, with more than 20 million visitors yearly.
There are castles, mountains, and many new things every time you
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visit.
Efteling Park in the Netherlands is an amusement park with its
inspiration in ancient legends. There is a magic tree called Marerijk
and a scary roller coaster called Baron 1898. This roller coaster falls
very quickly before circling the park.
These are just some of the amazing amusement parks in the world.
There are also other beautiful places like Beto Carrero World in Brazil
with big roller coasters or like Epcot in Germany’s Europa Park with
indoor and outdoor roller coasters.

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1. Briefly describe in your own words two of the most interesting parks for
you from the reading.

2. Is there any big amusement park in your country? What is it called?

What does it have?
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Vocabulary

bumper cars. Cars that

are driven for fun at an
amusement park.
3. What would you add to the amusement parks in your country?
roller coasters. Attractions at
an amusement park that take
you up, down, and in circles
very fast.

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Communication and Cultural Awareness

What is the difference between football, soccer, and rugby?

Soccer

Also known as football in Europe, soccer is a sport played with two

teams of 11 players each. It has become the most famous and beloved
sport in the world. It is a sport that only needs a ball and is played on
a rectangular grass field, sand, or artificial turf that has a goal at each
end. The aim of the players is to take the ball to the opposing goal
using their feet only. Each person on the team has a role. There are
the defenders, the attackers, the midfielders, the forwards and the
goalkeepers, who are the only ones who can use their hands or arms
to throw the ball. The team with the highest number of goals by the
end of the game wins. If the score is tied at the end of the game, the
referee declares a tie or the game goes into overtime. During finals
there is sometimes a penalty shootout.
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World fact
Goalkeeper
American football, rugby,
and soccer are all football. Defenders
The word football comes from
Midfielders
a family of sports. Rugby
Football and Association Forwards
Football were invented in
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England. Rugby football is

known as rugby. The word
“association” became “assoc.”
and this then became
Answer each of the questions according to the reading.
“soccer”. In the US people
use soccer to differentiate
1. What are the main rules of soccer?
the sport from American
football. So soccer is not an
American invention, it was
first played in England.

2. Does every player play the same role during a game? (Explain)
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Vocabulary

tied. To finish at the same

time or score the same
number of points. 3. When the score is tied, which type of ending do you prefer? Why?
score. The number of points,
goals, etc. achieved in
a game or competition.

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Oral Communication

What is an entertaining plan for the weekend in your opinion? How do you make entertaining plans?

Let’s find out the meaning of these phrasal verbs. Tip

1. Listen to a conversation between two friends about plans. What does
each of the phrasal verbs mentioned in the dialogue mean? Match the Remember that phrasal verbs
phrasal verb and its meaning. are verbs with a main verb and
an adverb or a preposition,
or both. Their meaning is not
ask for an answer or opinion obvious from the meanings of
the individual words in them.
Go back
leave home to go to a social So, you can’t translate them
event literally to your language.
Check in

return to a place
Drop by

arrive and register at a place

Ask around

Give out ask many people the same

question

Call on
arrive without an appointment
Go out
give to many people (usually
at no cost)

2. Choose 4 of the phrasal verbs you heard in the dialogue. Write your Vocabulary
own dialogue of 50-60 words where the characters use the phrasal verbs
with each other. grill. To cook food over fire or
hot coals, usually on a metal
frame.

not mind. Give no importance,

not making a big deal.

Good ways to organize ideas

Form groups of four. Select one phrasal verb (each group must have a
different phrasal verb). Make a mind map with the phrasal verb at the
center. Write all the words related to the phrasal verb. You can include
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sentences, examples, and drawings. Be prepared to show your work to the

class and explain the relationships among the elements in your mind map.
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English Breaking the Law
Pedagogical Module 2
Curriculum Threads: Communication and Cultural Awareness,
Oral Communication, Language Through the Arts, Reading, Writing

Tenth Grade EGB

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The Perfect Mistery

There are few prisons as emblematic as On June 12th, 1962, the guards were completely
Alcatraz. Surrounded by icy waters of the Pacific shocked when they did not find the brothers John
with sharks, it was known as The Rock. Alcatraz and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris. When the
was the maximum-security prison of the world guards lifted the blanket on the bed of one of them
in the 1930s. The most dangerous criminals like one head the fugitives made, fell to the floor and
Al Capone or the birdman of Alcatraz were locked broke into pieces.
there. It had strong iron bars, a dozen daily checks
on the inmates, and the guards were strategically The FBI searched all over the island and the
located. Escaping from Alcatraz was impossible. coast, but they could never find anything other than
paddles and handmade life vests. It is a mystery up
All the escape attempts were discovered. The until today whether the three prisoners survived
prisoners died in the attempt except for a mystery and escaped from Alcatraz or if they died while they
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that the FBI could never solve. tried to escape.

Retrieved from: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape

• Did you know anything about Alcatraz?

• What do you think that happened for real? Do you think the three inmates could escape?

• Why doesn’t Alcatraz exist as a prison anymore?

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Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

How do you think justice was regulated in different societies in the past?

Before Reading The Study of Crime

• Have you heard of Felipe Criminology is based on the ideas of some
Guama Poma de Ayala’s “El thinkers and philosophers. They asked how
primer nueva Corónica y we can live in society and stated that this
Buen Gobierno”? was only possible thanks to a construction

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we all live in called “social contract”. That is,
• What type information do
we limit some of our freedom in order to live peacefully
you think it has?
in society. If someone breaks the social contract, society makes
them pay through punishments or limitations. There are many types
of criminals like burglars, robbers, identity thieves, bank robbers,
shoplifters, pickpockets, kidnappers and society has made laws to
World Fact punish all these people. Nowadays the solution is deprivation of
freedom, or in more serious cases, death penalty.
Punishments in the Past.
After the conquest much Retrieved from: http://sociology.iresearchnet.com/sociology-of-crime-criminology/
information was lost about
what life was like before the 1. What did philosophers say about living in society and what was the result
arrival of the Spaniards. or effect of their ideas?
However, thanks to some
texts such as “The Chronicles
of the Indies”, we know 2. Explain in your own words what “social contract” is. Give examples from
that the Inca Empire had your environment.
rules that regulated the
conduct of people and
actions considered criminal. 3. According to the text, how does society keep the peace?
These norms established
punishments according to
the seriousness of the crime 4. Have you heard of any peculiar type of “justice” mechanism or institution
and the social class of the
from the past?
person who had committed
the crime. Historians affirm
that the Incas had extremely
5. Complete the sentences with the words in the chart.
hard and cruel rules, some
qualified as draconian. For
Burglar - Shoplifter - Identity thief - Bank robber
example, the “Vinpillai”,
- Pickpocket - Kidnapper - Plagiarist - Drug dealer
or punishment of adultery,
consisted of stoning the
culprit to death. a. A person who steals from a store is a

b. A person who enters a construction to steal is a

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Retrieved from: https://revistas.juridicas.

unam.mx/index.php/historia-derecho/article/
c. A person who takes the name of another person is a
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document/323899462/La-Justicia-Incaica d. A person who takes the money from the bank is a

e. A person who abducts a person until someone pays

to liberate them is a
Vocabulary
f. A person who steals things from purses or bags is a
draconian. extremely severe
g. A person who takes the ideas of another person
spaniards. a person from without citing is a
Spain
h. A person who sells illegal substances is a
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Oral Communication

Do you know what a courtroom sketch artist does? Do you think that is it a difficult job? Why?

Jobs Related to Crime

Audio
Listen to the dialogue.

Listen to a courtroom sketch

artist talking about the secrets
of his profession. Take notes

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while you listen.

1. Listen again and select True(T)/False(F) and explain your (F) answers.

(T) (F)

a. Maurice always wanted to work as a

courtroom sketch artist.

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c. Women usually ask for a change in the

drawing to look better.
Tip

Remember that to talk

d. People with soft, fair skin are hard to about an action that was
draw. completed at some point in
the past before something
else happened, we use the
past perfect tense. It is
e. The interviewer isn’t surprised about
what Maurice says. formed with: had + participle.
For example: I had visited a
morgue before I was 18.

2. According to the listening, describe the best and worst scenario for a
courtroom sketch artist.

Best scenario Worst scenario

Vocabulary
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smell. the characteristic

of something that can be
recognized or noticed using
the nose

faint. the act of suddenly

becoming unconscious
Investigate a case, read the trial description or create one and draw decomposition. the action
a courtroom sketch. Make arrows pointing to the most important of decaying, or causing
objects and people in the portrait. something to decay

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Oral Communication

Have you heard from Billy the Kid?

Billy the Kid – Marty Robbins

Before Reading
I’ll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid Was on a sad night when poor Billy died
I’ll sing of some desperate deeds that he did He said to his friend, “I’m not satisfied Many songs, books and movies
‘Way out in New Mexico long long ago There’s twenty one men I have put bullets
have been created based on
When a man’s only chance was his own forty- through the story of criminals. Billy the
four Sheriff Pat Garrett must make twenty two!” Kid is one of the most famous.
When Billy the Kid was a very young lad I’ll sing you how Billy the Kid met his fate The following is a traditional
In old Silver City he went to the bad The bright moon was shining, the hour was late country song from the US. What
‘Way out in the West with a gun in his hand Shot down by Pat Garrett who once was his do you think Billy the Kid did
At the age of twelve years he did kill his first friend to be so famous? Make a guess
man The young outlaw’s life is now come to an end before listening the song.
There’s Mexican maidens play guitars and sing There’s many a man with a face fine and fair

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Songs about Billy, their boy bandit king Who start out in life with a chance to be square
‘Ere his young manhood has reached his sad end Just like poor Billy they wander astray
With a notch and his pistol for twenty one men! They’ll lose their lives in the very same way!

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1. Was your guess right?

2. Based on the song, who was Billy the kid and why did he have that
nickname?

3. Who was Paul Garrett?

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4. What had Billy already done when he was 15 years old?

5. How many men had Billy the Kid killed when he died?
Vocabulary

deed. an intentional act,

6. What had Paul Garret and Billy the Kid been when they were younger? especially a very bad or very
good one

wander. to walk around

7. What did Billy the Kid say before his death? slowly in a relaxed way or
without any clear purpose or
direction

manhood. the state of being

How did you imagine Billy the Kid when you heard the song? a man
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Describe him using the past simple in 5 sentences and draw him
according to your description. maiden. a girl or young
woman

lad. a boy or young man

shoot down someone. to kill

a person with guns

ere. archaic expression

meaning before (in time)

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Language Through the Arts

Have you seen crimes in pieces of art?

Crimes in Art
Artists like to represent or capture special moments. There are
multiple works of art, photographs, films, pictures and songs about
crimes. Below is a compilation of some crime scenes that were captured
in works of art.
“Birmingham Race Riot” (1964) by Andy Warhol are photographs
of a policeman letting his dog attack “rioters” who had been protesting
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civil rights in Alabama.

In 1493, Leonardo da Vinci released his work “A Man Being
Pickpocketed” in this painting, we see a man in the middle of men that
had surrounded him to steal his money. “The Murder” (1867-8) by the
French artist Paul Cézanne is a work in which Cézanne portrays a fierce
murder perpetrated by two people. “The first murder” is a photograph
Arthur Fellig took in 1941. He was known because he always got to the
World Fact crime scenes before the police. In the photograph we see a group of
young people who were looking at a man who had been murdered. Like
There are indeed many these, there are many other artworks that portray crimes.
works that portray or
capture crimes or deaths.
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It is normal for a death crime-scenes-in-art
cause us pain, sometimes 1. What kind of artworks is the text about?
accompanied by curiousity
or even morbid interest. We
want to keep looking and to
2. Why do you think artists like to capture crime scenes in artworks?
know what had happened
before that moment.
The more mysterious,
3. In your opinion what was the purpose of Warhol when he published
incomprehensible or “Birmingham Race Riot”?
incredible, the more interest
it generates. When an artist
captures that moment, the 4. Do you agree or disagree with galleries where this type of artwork is
public can keep it after the exhibited?
author’s death.

5. Match the picture with the description:

A group of men who have made a

Vocabulary circle to take a man’s money
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rioter. one of a group of A picture where we can see a group

people who meet in a public of people watching an authority
place and behave in a noisy, doing something unusual
violent, and uncontrolled way,
often as a protest A picture where we see a pair of
pickpocket. to steal things cardsharps who fleece a young
out of people’s pockets or
A picture where we see a person who
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bags, especially in a crowd

has been stabbed violently by a man

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Oral Communication

How were criminals punished before?

Methods of Punishment

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1. Listen to the following lecture about punishments throughout history.
Then complete the following sentences with the correct word of the
box. There are extra words.

hanging - capitally - Wales - vagabonds - stocks and pillory -

criminals - law - punishment - drowning - physically Audio
Listen to the dialogue.

a. In Tudor and Stuart times criminals were punished

and .
Tip
b. were marked with a V if they were found begging.
Notice how the past perfect
c. Criminals and were punished from the 15th to simple “had done” focuses
the 18th century. on a past action that
occurred before another past
d. Queen Elizabeth created a for the poor. action. And the past perfect
e. The common methods of punishment were and continuous “had been begging”
focusses on a continuous
burning. action that happened until
f. consisted of throwing food to the culprits. another past action occurred.

g. There were punishments for men who had beaten their wives
in .

2. According to the dialogue, what do each of the following words mean?

Choose the best option for each one.

A not violent, severe, or extreme

B very bad
mild
C not violent, severe, or extreme
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D rough treatment

A a type of unkind or cruel punishment

B a not violent, severe, or extreme punishment
harsh
C humorous; causing laughter
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Vocabulary
D making you feel embarrassed
whip. to hit a person or
animal with a whip
A a person who has no home and usually no job,
flog. to beat very hard
and who travels from place to place with a stick or a whip as a
vagrants
B someone who commits a crime punishment
C a person who is guilty of heresy swear. to use words that are
rude or offensive
D someone who has done something wrong

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Oral Communication

What happens when you take the work of someone else?

1. Listen to the audio about plagiarism. Choose the right option.

a. When Cecilia came back from the bathroom the teacher...

had changed the topic / was changing the topic / talked about the same topic

b. Radiohead lost a demand against...

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The Hollies / Radiohead / Lana del Rey

c. The song Creep / The air that I breathe / Get free from Lana del Rey
was considered plagiarism.
Audio
Listen to the dialogue.
d. Radiohead must pay / sue / earn a percentage of the income
of “Creep”.
Vocabulary
e. To take the work of someone else is a serious crime / offense / work
sue. to take legal action
against a person or
f. A politician lost his charge because...
organization, especially by
making a legal claim for
he had been plagiarized / hadn’t plagiarized / had plagiarized money because of some harm
that they have caused you
g. Many universities have expelled / have sued / have imprisoned due
fired. to remove someone
to plagiarism. from their job

2. Students and professionals can lose their degrees or their jobs due
to plagiarism, even if it was intentional or unintentional. It is a serious
offense. Do you think plagiarism should be punished in all cases or just
in some? How? Explain.
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Reading

How are traffic laws in your country? Are there many laws to follow?

Before Reading Traffic Laws in Ecuador

What are the traffic laws like in Each country has its own laws to maintain order and a harmonious
your country? Are there many life among the inhabitants. Traffic laws are very important to keep the
laws to follow? order. In Ecuador, the national transit agency or ANT by its initials
in Spanish, is responsible for developing and amending laws for the
management of motor vehicles. According to the ANT, imprisonment,
fines categorized according to the seriousness of the offense, and the
revocation, reduction of points, temporary or definitive suspension of
the license or and even community work are the penalties applied.
In all cases of traffic offenses, the authorities reduce the driver’s license
points depending on the severity of the infraction. The contraventions
are classified as minor, serious, very serious and crimes.
The reduced points go from 1.5 to 4,5 for the slight contraventions.
Serious contraventions are punished with 6, 7.5 and 9 points. Very
serious offenses are punished with 10 points. Finally, the authorities
take 11 to 30 points of the license for crimes. Once all the points have
been lost, that is to say 30 points, the drivers are not allowed to drive for
60 days, and they must attend a driving course. After leaving the course,
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these drivers only recover 2O points. If a person loses the license more
than four times, he or she cannot renew it.
In Ecuador it is considered a serious contravention to drive under the
influence of alcoholic substances or narcotics. But it is a crime if, by DUI,
a driver causes an accident where someone dies. In addition, this person
will be imprisoned for 8 to 12 years, will not be able to have a license
to operate any vehicle and will pay the value of 30 unified salaries. The
penalty for a person who was drunk and caused an accident in which one
or more people have been injured and are unable to work, is 4 to 5 years
in prison.
If a person causes a fatal accident because of negligence, incompetence,
recklessness or speeding the penalty is 3 to 5 years and a fine of 20
unified basic salaries.

Retrieved from: www.amt.gob.ec/files/AMT-COIP-CAPITULO-TRANSITO.pdf

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2. What is the purpose of the ANT?

Vocabulary 3. Do you consider the punishment for DUI too exaggerated? Why?

DUI. driving under the

influence. Driving while
4. Have you ever seen a person committing any of these contraventions?
affected by more than the
Which one? Were they punished? Explain.
legal amount of alcohol

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