Lesson Overview

Is America’s justice system rigged against the poor? What is perpetual punishment and how does it ruin people's lives? How would allowing ex-criminals to reenter society smoothly and fully improve society? This ESL lesson plan on crime explores and tries to answer these questions and more!

This ESL class covers the topic of crime in detail, creating lively discussions while allowing students to expand their knowledge. An excellent video from vox, gives a detailed explanation of the challenges prisoners face when leaving prison, the speaker gives a first-hand account and uses real-life case studies, presenting problems and solutions. The language and concepts presented in the video are studied throughout the lesson plan.

This ESL lesson plan on crime follows a tight structure to ensure the necessary scaffolding is given to students, allowing them to progress and enjoy the class. 

1. Picture round. 
2. Define the crime. 
3. What’s the punishment? 
4. Video vocabulary . 
5. Video analysis. 
6. Crime phrasal verbs, 
7. Let’s debate. 
8. Discussion questions. 
9. Name game. 

Homework

1. Video. 
2. Writing task.