Level
of Difficulty: **
BEFORE
YOU READ
·
Brain development in teenagers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dISmdb5zfiQ
·
Brain growth and development
in teenagers http://bcchristianacademy.ca/brain-growth-development-teenagers/
(Scroll down for the podcast)
LISTEN
AND HIGHLIGHT
·
Click the icon to the left of the screen where it says “listen here” and highlight the text as you read.
QUESTIONS
1. Cunningham’s crime can best be described as
unacceptable/ incorrect / careless / awful.
2.
The
reason why courts are more lenient with young offenders is that …
3.
The
main problem with considering immaturity as the reason for leniency is that you
would then have…………
4.
Cunningham
would not have been charged with attempted murder if he had…
5.
Read
the paragraph beginning “Cunningham made no such call”. Why don’t “adolescents
think straight in heightened emotional situations”? Refer to the videos you
watched before you started.
6.
Which
sentence in the paragraph beginning “But then what does?” best expresses the
writer’s reason for the need for leniency?
7.
Which
sentence in the following paragraph best qualifies your answer to the previous
question? (Qualifies: in grammar, a
word or phrase that qualifies another word or phrase limits its meaning and
makes it less general; The Cambridge English Dictionary)
8. Watch this one minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4is4hlTz3g
Now decide which word in the last paragraph best expresses the reason for the judge’s
decision in the video.
WRITING
TASK
Use all the information you
have gleaned to write a paragraph or an essay discussing the reasons why leniency
is necessary in the case of juvenile crime.
CHILDREN DESERVE LENIENCY IN LAW, AND THE REASON IS
POLITICAL; KEY AND TEACHERS’ NOTES
This text addresses the controversial issue of
leniency in the case of teenage offenders and why it is important. It is a
complex issue yet this short text is very well written, well organized and
straightforward. As such, it is easy to follow as the writer develops his
argument throughout the essay. It should suit adult learners who wish to tackle
more philosophical issues.
1.
Awful
2.
It is a matter of conscience
3.
Follow where science leads
4.
Raised a reasonable doubt
about intent to kill (Learn to give the most general answer and not the
support. The support consists of some examples but there are others which are
not mentioned.)
5.
Possible answer from the first
video: there is a mismatch between judgment
and our emotions./ Possible answer from the second video: Teenagers read
situations differently and respond to them differently.
6. The concluding statement: Adult citizens who are
punished are complicit in the actions of the government against them thanks to
their entitlement to exert influence over the law through the vote and through
free-speech protections
7. Those who are diminished in their say over the law
are diminished also in the degree to which they are fitting objects of criminal
punishment.
8.
Disenfranchised
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