U.S. child guilty of mother's murder

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 2

Today's reading lesson

Wat?                         Artikel lezen + woordenschat vergroten

Hoe?                         Samen met de klas en zelfstandig

Leerdoelen:          1 Voorspellen van inhoud vóór het lezen

                                   2 Herkennen van taal in artikel over misdaad 

                                          

Which crime words
do you know?

Read the following headline:

'U.S. child guilty of mother’s murder.'

Now make predictions -->

An American teenager shot and killed his own mother.

1. True
2. False

The boy shot his mother eight times with her gun.

1. True
2. False

The boy’s mother taught him how to use a gun for self-defense.

1. True
2. False

The mother always treated her son with great love and kindness.

1. True
2. False

The boy has been sentenced to 23 years in prison.

1. True
2. False

US law says children can only serve a maximum of 18 years in prison.

1. True
2. False

The boy’s lawyer said he was too young to understand what he did.

1. True
2. False

A psychologist said the boy was mentally and physically abused.

1. True
2. False

Now do

What?                              Read the article in Teams Opdrachten  

How?                               By yourself

Finished?                       Hand in individually before the end of the
                                           lesson