Unit 7

Lesson 1

• Read the text below and figure out the title of the unit: 2 words, 16 letters (DETECTIVE STORIES)

"Harry got to his feet and scanned the floor: Perhaps the rest of the letter was here somewhere. He seized papers, treating them in his eagerness, with as little consideration as the original searcher, he pulled open drawers, shook out books, stood on a chair to run his hand over the top of the wardrobe, and crawled under the bed and armchair. 

At last, lying facedown on the floor, he spotted what looked like a torn piece of paper under the chest of drawers. When he pulled it out, it proved to be most of the photograph that Lily had described in her letter. A black-haired baby was zooming in and out of the picture on a tiny broom, roaring with laughter, and a pair of legs that must have belonged to James was chasing after him. Harry tucked the photograph into his pocket with Lily’s letter and continued to look for the second sheet. 

After another quarter of an hour, however he was forced to conclude that the rest of his mother’s letter was gone. Had it simply been lost in the sixteen years that had elapsed since it had been written, or had it been taken by whoever had searched the room? Harry read the first sheet again, this time looking for clues as to what might have made the second sheet valuable. His toy broomstick could hardly be considered interesting to the Death Eaters . . . The only potentially useful thing he could see her was possible information on Dumbledore. It seems incredible that Dumbledore—what? "

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by JK Rowling, Ch.10 Kreacher’s Tale, p.160. 

• Now have a look at the picture and fill in the table below in your copybook

=> correction

Presentation of the unit: in this unit, you are going to become a young police officer and you are going to investigate a crime. Every lesson, you'll discover a new clue and try to figure out the solution of the riddle. Good luck!

Lesson 2

• Now you can either play the "game" below or follow the more traditional way!
• If you want to play the game: take your time. Have a look at everything on every page. And keep your copybook close so that you can take notes, make a list of vocabulary and grammar rules! Like a true detective you need your notebook to take notes at every opportunity! Here you go:
  

If you want to keep studying more traditionally, let's go!

• Today is the day! You are presenting your exam to enrol in the Police Academy!
• First some revisions:

Now, I hope you are ready to present your exam! Here you are for the first part:

• Read the document.

• Fill in the form below:

• Here is the second part:

• And last part:

• Now read this the two documents below:

• Assignment 2: Look at the oath. Fill in the blanks. Then, go on this website and have a look at the words you don't know. Listen to their pronunciation and practice reciting the oath, then when you are ready, record yourself!

-> You'll find the correction below.

Lesson 3

• You have just received a call. Listen to the recording below and take notes.

=> correction

• Now let's go to the crime scene.
  Have a look at the picture and draw your first conclusions

=> correction

• Improve your grammar skills:

Lesson 4

At the crime scene, you meet three people: research their job to know what exactly you can ask them to do:

=> correction

• This is what the ME tells you:

and the lab tech has given you those two files.

Now you are going to interview your first suspect, Mrs. Studridge. 

=> Assignment: find out the questions to fit at least 10 of her answers (in order to be able to hear the answer, you need to download and open the slideshow with Powerpoint)

-> First report to your DCI -> here

Lesson 5

• Describe the picture in your copybook using the table below and figure out the idea behind it.

• What is the idea behind the picture?

• How to ask questions in English? 

Remember there are two ways:

• WH-questions: you want to know something more, you want to gather information

• YES/No questions: the answer can only be yes or no

Formulas:

• WH- + Aux+ S + BV + complément + ?

• Aux + S + BV + complément + ? 
  
  

• Do the exercice below:

Lesson 6

• You have a list of suspect to interview but first decide if you are a good or a bad cop by taking the quiz 
• Click on the suspect you want to interview and follow the instructions. 

Mrs. Villaroy (good cop / bad cop)

Mr. Smith (good cop / bad cop)

Mr. Pitt (good cop / bad cop)

Mrs. Studridge (good cop / bad cop)

=> Assignment: write your second report to your DCI -> here

Lesson 7

• The forensic team is giving you their report. There are a series of files related to the crime. Read them all and do the Assignment. 

Ballistic report

Fingerprints

Shoeprints

DNA

Anonymous letter

Suspects' files

• Mrs Villaroy's
• Mr Smith's
• Mr Pitt's
• Mrs Studridge's

=> Assignment: write your third report to your DCI -> here

Lesson 8

We've just received the interview of Mr Pitt. He was interviewed by three Italian policemen. Unfortunately, 2 of those three policemen are lying. Take notes and decide at the end who told you the truth. 

=> Assignment: Don't forget to write your report to your DCI -> here

Lesson 9

(this one works best in the game, Chapter 6)

• Listen to the interview of the next suspect

• Following his statement, try to construct the IDkit of the suspect with the elements given to you in the file

• Once you have an idea of what the suspect looks like, check in the file if they are known to the police.

=> Assignment: Don't forget to write your report to your DCI here

Lesson 10

• Today, you're going to interview your prime suspect. In order to do so, you'll have to prepare yourself. 
• Watch the three videos and then fill in the table:

• Then have a look at your notebook below and organise your thoughts. 

=> Assignment: Write the dialogue between yourself, a Police Constable and your prime suspect. In the end, you will have to convict him of the murder. 

(200 words minimum).