Details
Pages
8 Pages
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Standard
Not standard specific
Subject
English as a Second Language (ESL), Criminal Justice
Languages
English
Product
Digital
Description
Get ready to hear your student's best closing argument ! This Legal English lesson will focus on the highly controversial topic of capital punishment. Students will be asked to express their views on the death penalty, while analyzing the purpose of punishment and prisons. Does punishment truly deter people from committing crimes? Can prisoners be rehabilitated? Throughout this lesson students will be exposed to high level legal vocabulary that highlights the appeals process. Ultimately, students will be tasked with deciding what we do with people that break the rules. All of this will lead into an essay question about cancel culture and the court of public opinion.
Get ready to hear your student's best closing argument ! This Legal English lesson will focus on the highly controversial topic of capital punishment. Students will be asked to express their views on the death penalty, while analyzing the purpose... more