Reading and Writing

Related Words  Crime  Government  Opinion  Murder  Protest  Justice  Punishment  Doctor  Disagreement  Execution

Discussion  Capital punishment means taking the life of someone who has committed a crime. How many forms of capital punishment do you know about?

 Electrocution/electric chair

 Hanging

 Lethal injection

 Execution by Firing Squad

 Gas Chamber

 Death by stoning

 Beheading

 Crucifixion

Preparing to Read

Vocabulary 1. F 2. I 3. K 4. A 5. L 6. B 7. J 8. D 9. G 10. C 11. H 12. E

Reading for Main Ideas 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. B

Reading for Details A. B. 10 C. 6 D. 8 E. 9 F. 1 G. 2 H. 4

List of qualities that describe the author of “Life in prison is still life”  Believes in forgiveness  Cares about prisoners  Believes in fairness  Cares about victims  Hopes to change people  Wants to protect society

List of qualities that describe the author of “Why do we kill people…”  Cares about prison workers  Believes freedom is important  Cares about prisoners’ families  Wants other countries to follow the United States  Believes mistakes are unusual  Hopes that people will change

PRO, p.161  An executed murderer will never murder again.  An executed murderer will not be able to enjoy life.  An executed murderer will not have to be supported in prison with tax money.  Execution sends a strong message to others that murderer will be punished.

Con, p. 161  It teaches people that forgiveness is unnecessary.  An innocent person might be executed by mistake.  Poor people and minorities are executed more often than whites  Execution costs more tax money than keeping a person in prison for life.  People can change for the better while they are in prison, and execution takes away this hope.

Reading Two, Graph 1, p countries (answers may vary) 3. Against. More countries have abolished the death penalty or have not used it for decades. 4. Answers will vary.

Graphs 2 and 3 5. It dropped because people were given another choice: life imprisonment without parole. 6. More people support life imprisonment than capital punishment.

Graph 4 7. It shows that innocent people have been imprisoned or executed by mistake. 8. Answers will vary.

Linking readings 1 and 2 1. In 2002, 55 percent of voters in Albany County, NY, said in a survey that they agree with capital punishment. 2. In the 1900s, 23 innocent people were executed by the United States government, and 327 innocent people were going to be executed but were released from prison.

3. (Pro) Eighty-four nations allow capital punishment today. (Con) One hundred eleven nations have abolished capital punishment or have not used it for decades.

Focus on Vocabulary, p Misunderstanding 4. Anger 5. Punishment 6. Justice 7. Citizenship 8. Innocence 9. Government 10. Guilt 11. Society 12. Rights

Page H 2. F 3. A 4. I 5. J 6. B 7. E 8. D 9. C 10. G

Pages Executes (stronger) 2. Criminal (weaker) 3. Cruel (stronger) 4. Loved ones (stronger) 5. Citizens (stronger) 6. Foreigners (neither) 7. Destroy (stronger) 8. Revenge (stronger)

Sentence Variety, p. 168  Simple  Compound  Complex

Simple sentence  One subject + one verb S V The victims of murder are gone forever.

Simple Sentence + compound subject  2 subjects + verb S1 S2 V Their hopes and plans have ended permanently.

Compound sentence  Two clauses (subject/verb combinations)  Joined by coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, so) S V I believe in capital punishment, but my sister doesn’t.

Complex sentence  Independent clause + dependent clause  Dependent clause begins with a subordinating conjunction (because, if, since, when, although) IC DC Murder is unfair because the victims of murder are gone forever.

Focus on Writing 1. Wayne Paulson was the kind of guy that was never noticed at school and never got in trouble. 2. Since the police came to his house and arrested Wayne for murder, his life has never been the same. 3. Because Wayne was found guilty at the end of his trial, he was given the death penalty. 4. Wayne said that he is innocent, but the jury didn’t believe him.

5. Although his life in jail is very different now, Wayne still remembers his life before jail. 6. Wayne’s mother doesn’t want him to feel lonely, so she visits him almost every day. 7. Some prisoners like Wayne are able to leave prison if they get new trials. 8. Wayne asks about getting a new trial when his lawyer visits him.

pp We’ve been discussing capital punishment, and my classmates and I have been shocked by some of the statistics we’ve learned. 2. The United States has executed ten since 19909, and it plans to continue to execute child criminals. 3. I used to agree with capital punishment because I always thought that the fear of the death penalty stopped criminals, but that is false.

4. …between 1900 and 1992, 350 criminals were sentenced to death. They were later found to be innocent. 5. Although some of the prisoners are innocent, they get executed because there is perfect way to find out if someone is guilty.

Grammar, pp Has been 2. Has been waiting 3. Has been writing 4. Has been 5. Have visited 6. Has been coming 7. Has always believed 8. Has been telling 9. Has loved