Wednesday, November 7, 2018

CHILDREN DESERVE LENIENCY IN LAW, AND THE REASON IS POLITICAL



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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