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Level 3 - 12th October, 2018

France wants its prisons blurred on Internet maps

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Contents

The Article

2

Discussion (Student-Created Qs)

15

Warm-Ups

3

Language Work (Cloze)

16

Vocabulary

4

Spelling

17

Before Reading / Listening

5

Put The Text Back Together

18

Gap Fill

6

Put The Words In The Right Order

19

Match The Sentences And Listen

7

Circle The Correct Word

20

Listening Gap Fill

8

Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

21

Comprehension Questions

9

Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals

22

Multiple Choice - Quiz

10

Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23

Role Play

11

Free Writing

24

After Reading / Listening

12

Academic Writing

25

Student Survey

13

Homework

26

Discussion (20 Questions)

14

Answers

27

Please try Levels 0, 1 and 2 (they are easier).

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THE ARTICLE

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France's government has asked Google to blur all images of French prisons on the Internet. The request is because a prisoner escaped from Reau Prison near Paris in July. The prisoner who escaped was an infamous killer. He is known as the "jailbreak king" because he has escaped from prisons in France many times. The people who helped the man escape from Reau Prison used a helicopter to land inside the prison and then flew the man out. They used Google Maps to get an idea of the layout of the prison's grounds. France's justice minister has now asked Google to remove or blur all images of prisons in France from its services. This is to help stop future jailbreaks.

France's justice minister said she did not want any details or pictures of prisons online. She particularly wanted all aerial photos to be blurred so no one could use them to carry out criminal activities. She complained to a local radio station that: "It's not normal that photos of security buildings such as our prisons are out there on the Internet." Google said it has contacted the companies that provide the images. A spokesperson told Reuters news agency that Google's mapping services used images provided by other companies. It said: "We have given our suppliers a list of sensitive locations and asked them to take the necessary steps as soon as possible to conform with the law."

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WARM-UPS

1. PRISONS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about

prisons. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will

the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

France / government / prisons / prisoner / killer / escape / helicopter / images / future justice / aerial photos / criminal activities / security / mapping / sensitive locations

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. NO MAPS: Students A strongly believe buildings like prisons should not be on

Internet maps; Students B strongly believe they should. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

4. INTERNET MAPS: What should and shouldn't be on Internet Maps (and why)?

Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Prisons Nuclear power stations People's homes People-s faces Schools Royal palaces

Should/Shouldn't

Why?

Possible Dangers

5. ESCAPE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate

with the word "escape". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

6. IMAGES: Rank these with your partner. Put the things that should never be on

online maps at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

? Prisons ? People's homes ? Army camps ? Car license plates

? People's faces ? Power stations ? Kindergartens ? Presidential homes

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VOCABULARY MATCHING

Paragraph 1 1. blur

2. request 3. escaped 4. infamous 5. land

6. layout

7. grounds

a. Break free / run away from a prison or a situation in which you have no control.

b. Make something unclear and difficult to see.

c. Well known for doing bad things.

d. Touch the ground after being in the air.

e. An act of asking politely or formally for something.

f. An area of land surrounding a large house or other building.

g. The way something is arranged; design; map.

Paragraph 2 8. justice

9. minister

10. particularly 11. criminal 12. contacted 13. provide 14. conform

h. The head (top) of a government department.

i. Communicated with; wrote to, phoned or emailed.

j. Fair behavior or treatment.

k. Especially.

l. Make available for use; supply.

m. A person who has broken the law.

n. Follow rules or laws.

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BEFORE READING / LISTENING

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1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a. France wants all world prisons to be blurred on Internet maps. T / F b. France wants prisons blurred on online maps because a killer escaped. T / F c. A helicopter landed in a French prison to help a prisoner to escape. T / F d. France's Justice Ministry asked Google to blur images of its prisons. T / F e. France's justice minister said aerial photos of prisons were OK. T / F f. The article says the minister complained to a local TV station. T / F g. Google uses images on its maps that are provided by other companies. T / F h. Google said it can't ask its suppliers to take steps. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: (The words in bold are from the news article.)

1. asked 2. escaped 3. infamous 4. layout 5. remove 6. particularly 7. such as 8. complained 9. locations 10. steps

a. places b. take out c. especially d. broke free e. protested f. notorious g. actions h. requested i. like j. plan

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. The prisoner who escaped 2. He is known 3. get an idea of the layout of the prison's 4. remove or blur all images 5. This is to help stop future 6. carry out criminal 7. photos of security buildings such 8. mapping 9. take the necessary steps 10. conform with

a. as soon as possible b. jailbreaks c. services d. was an infamous killer e. activities f. grounds g. the law h. of prisons i. as our prisons j. as the "jailbreak king"

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GAP FILL

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France's government has asked Google to blur all (1) ____________ of French prisons on the Internet. The (2) ____________ is because a prisoner escaped from Reau Prison near Paris in July. The prisoner who escaped was an (3) ____________ killer. He is known as the "jailbreak king" because he has escaped from prisons in France many (4) ____________. The people who helped the man escape from Reau Prison used a helicopter to (5) ____________ inside the prison and then flew the man out. They used Google Maps to get an idea of the (6) ____________ of the prison's grounds. France's justice (7) ____________ has now asked Google to remove or blur all images of prisons in France from its services. This is to help stop (8) ____________ jailbreaks.

infamous times layout request future images minister land

France's (9) ____________ minister said she did not want any details or pictures of prisons online. She particularly wanted all (10) ____________ photos to be blurred so no one could use them to carry out criminal activities. She complained to a (11) ____________ radio station that: "It's not normal that photos of (12) ____________ buildings such as our prisons are out there on the Internet." Google said it has (13) ____________ the companies that provide the images. A spokesperson told Reuters news (14) ____________ that Google's mapping services used images provided by other companies. It said: "We have given our suppliers a (15) ____________ of sensitive locations and asked them to take the necessary steps as soon as possible to conform with the (16) ____________."

local contacted list justice law security agency aerial

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LISTENING ? Guess the answers. Listen to check.

From

1) The prisoner who escaped was ______ killer a. an in famous b. anon famous c. anon famously d. an infamous

2) helped the man escape from Reau Prison used a helicopter to ______ prison a. land insides the b. lands inside the c. land inside the d. land inside these

3) They used Google Maps to get an idea of the layout of ______ a. a prison's grans b. the prisoner's glands c. the prisoner's grouts d. the prison's grounds

4) France's justice minister has now asked Google to ______ all images a. remove or blur b. removal or blur c. rim move or blur d. ream move or blur

5) This is to help stop ______ a. future jail bleaks b. future jail's break c. future jailbreaks d. future jail-breakers

6) France's justice minister said she did not want ______ pictures a. any detail saw b. any detail sore c. any detail sour d. any details or

7) all aerial photos to be blurred so no one could use them to ______ activities a. carry out criminals b. carry out criminality c. carry out criminal d. carry out criminalize

8) Google said it has contacted the companies _______ images a. that divide the b. that provide the c. that devise the d. that provision the

9) We have given our suppliers a list of ______ a. sensitively locations b. sensitive location c. sensitivity locations d. sensitive locations

10) asked them to take the necessary steps as soon as possible to ______ law a. conform with then b. conform with the c. conform with them d. conform with these

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LISTENING ? Listen and fill in the gaps

From

France's government has asked Google (1) ___________________ images of French prisons on the Internet. The request (2) ___________________ prisoner escaped from Reau Prison near Paris in July. The prisoner who escaped (3) ___________________ killer. He is known as the "jailbreak king" because he has escaped from prisons in France many times. The people who helped (4) ___________________ from Reau Prison used a helicopter to land inside the prison and then flew the man out. They used Google Maps to get an idea (5) ___________________ of the prison's grounds. France's justice minister has now asked Google to remove or blur all images of prisons in France from its services. This is to (6) ___________________ jailbreaks.

France's justice minister said she did not (7) ___________________ or pictures of prisons online. She particularly wanted all aerial photos to be blurred so no one could use them (8) ___________________ criminal activities. She complained to a local radio station that: "It's not normal that photos of security buildings such (9) ___________________ are out there on the Internet." Google said it has contacted the companies that provide the images. A spokesperson told Reuters (10) ___________________ Google's mapping services used images provided by other companies. It said: "We (11) ___________________ suppliers a list of sensitive locations and asked them to take the necessary steps as soon as possible (12) ___________________ the law."

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