Burglars

LEVEL: 3 Language function: Vocabulary area: Vocabulary focus:
SUITABLE FOR: ALL reading comprehension crime steal / rob / burgle / mug
A BUNGLED BURGLARY
BEFORE YOU READ
ACTIVITY 1
STUDENT WORKSHEET
Match the words with their definit ions.
1. a nickname 2. an accomplice 3. a parrot 4. authorities 5. a burglary
A. police B. a bird which can copy a human speech C. a person who helps someone to commit a crime D. entering a building and stealing things from it E. an informal name used instead of a real one
The title of this lesson is: A BUNGLED BURGLARY. If someone bungled something it means that they failed at something because they did it very badly or without skill.
WHILE READING
ACTIVITY 2
The article on the next page is a story about a bungled burglary. Put the story in the correct order.
english-4U: NOVEMBER 2004
BURGLARS GET THE BIRD

source: www.sky.com, October 28, 2004
A) "They were afraid the bird would stool on1 them," said police Major Billy Garrett said. "They actually believed he could identify them." B) However, one of the three realised that a parrot in the house had heard him using the nickname "JJ" for one of his accomplices - and had started repeating it. C) Three thieves were undone2 when they returned to the scene of their alleged 3 crime - to silence a parrot. D) His cage broke open in the crash and he flew away. He has not been seen since. E) Police gave chase and caught the men moments later when their car crashed. The men have been charged with aggravated 4 burglary and evading5 arrest. F) They went back for the bird and were loading it into their car when police arrived, authorities said. G) The trio allegedly stole DVD players, computers, radios, televisions and other electronic items from a house in Memphis, Tennessee. H) However, the story has not ended happily for Marshmallow, the six-year-old parrot at the centre of the drama.
1 ___
2 ___
3 ___
4 ___
5 ___
6 ___
7 ___
8 ___
1 2
(slang) to help the police to catch a criminal by giving them some information made to fail 3 not proven 4 with unnecessary violence 5 avoiding
WORD FOCUS
steal / rob / burgle / mug

STEAL - to take something without the owners permission. to steal something from somebody ROB - to steal money or things from a person or place. to rob a place (e.g. a bank), to rob a person, to be robbed (about a person) BURGLE - to enter the building illegally and steal from it. to burgle a place, to be burgled (about a place, e.g. office, house, etc.) MUG - to attack sb violently in order to steal their money, especially in a public place to mug somebody
ACTIVITY 3
Fill in with correct words:
a person who steals is a person who robs is a person who burgles is a person who mugs is
ACTIVITY 4
. . . .
Write the STEAL / ROB / BURGLE / MUG in correct forms. Sometimes you can use more than one word.
1. Nearly 2 million pets are .. a year. 2. I would like to report a car. 3. She was .. in the park in broad dayline. 4. The house on the other side of the road was last week. 5. They are planning to .. the bank. 6. He was .. of all his money. 7. Ive been .. .
LEVEL: 3 Language function: Vocabulary area: Vocabulary focus:
SUITABLE FOR: ALL reading comprehension crime steal / rob / burgle / mug
A BUNGLED BURGLARY
BEFORE YOU READ
ACTIVITY 1 PAIRS > WHOLE CLASS
TEACHER WORKSHEET
Match the words with their definitions.
1. a nickname 2. an accomplice 3. a parrot 4. authorities 5. a burglary
A. police B. a bird which can copy a human speech C. a person who helps someone to commit a crime D. entering a building and stealing things from it E. an informal name used instead of a real one
1-E
2-C
3-B
4-A 3-D
The title of this lesson is: A BUNGLED BURGLARY. If someone bungled something it means that they failed at something because they did it very badly or without skill.
WHILE READING
ACTIVITY 2 INDIVIDUALLY
The article on the next page is a story about a bungled burglary. Put the story in the correct order.
When the story is put in the correct order, ask the student to tell the story.
BURGLARS GET THE BIRD

source: www.sky.com, October 28, 2004
A) "They were afraid the bird would stool on1 them," said police Major Billy Garrett said. "They actually believed he could identify them." B) However, one of the three realised that a parrot in the house had heard him using the nickname "JJ" for one of his accomplices - and had started repeating it. C) Three thieves were undone2 when they returned to the scene of their alleged 3 crime - to silence a parrot. D) His cage broke open in the crash and he flew away. He has not been seen since. E) Police gave chase and caught the men moments later when their car crashed. The men have been charged with aggravated 4 burglary and evading5 arrest. F) They went back for the bird and were loading it into their car when police arrived, authorities said. G) The trio allegedly stole DVD players, computers, radios, televisions and other electronic items from a house in Memphis, Tennessee. H) However, the story has not ended happily for Marshmallow, the six-year-old parrot at the centre of the drama.
1C
2G
3B 4A
5F
6E
7H
8D
1 2
(slang) to help the police to catch a criminal by giving them some information made to fail 3 not proven 4 with unnecessary violence 5 avoiding
WORD FOCUS
steal / rob / burgle / mug

STEAL - to take something without the owners permission. to steal something from somebody ROB - to steal money or things from a person or place. to rob a place (e.g. a bank), to rob a person, to be robbed (about a person) BURGLE - to enter the building illegally and steal from it. to burgle a place, to be burgled (about a place, e.g. office, house, etc.) MUG - to attack sb violently in order to steal their money, especially in a public place to mug somebody
ACTIVITY 3 PAIRS > WHOLE CLASS
Fill in with correct words:
a person who steals is a person who robs is a person who burgles is a person who mugs is
ACTIVITY 4 INDIVIDUALLY > WHOLE CLASS
a thief a robber a burglar a mugger
Write the STEAL / ROB / BURGLE / MUG in correct forms. Sometimes you can use more than one word.
1. Nearly 2 million pets are stolen a year. 2. I would like to report a stolen car. 3. She was mugged / robbed in the park in broad dayline. 4. The house on the other side of the road was burgled / robbed last week. 5. They are planning to rob the bank. 6. He was robbed of all his money. 7. Ive been mugged / robbed / burgled.

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LEVEL: 3 Language function: Vocabulary area: Vocabulary focus:

Match the words with their definit ions.

1. a nickname 2. an accomplice 3. a parrot 4. authorities 5. a burglary

english-4U: NOVEMBER 2004

BURGLARS GET THE BIRD

steal / rob / burgle / mug

Fill in with correct words:

LEVEL: 3 Language function: Vocabulary area: Vocabulary focus:

Match the words with their definitions.

1. a nickname 2. an accomplice 3. a parrot 4. authorities 5. a burglary

english-4U: NOVEMBER 2004

BURGLARS GET THE BIRD

steal / rob / burgle / mug

ACTIVITY 3 PAIRS > WHOLE CLASS

Fill in with correct words:

a thief a robber a burglar a mugger

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