Damilola Murder Article, Virtuel Undervisning, d. 18. december 2012

Write your answers in a blog post with your names as the title. Remember to speak English when you are working on these questions - and remember to take turns writing the answers down. The point is for you guys to get better at speaking, reading and writing in English, right? :) 

Damilola Taylor - the murder victim.

Group 1. Matilde, Andrea, Nanna, Natascha

1. Structure

Divide the article into sections (between 5 and 10 sections) and give each section a title. Write your titles like this: Introduction to murder case (p. 62, first column, line 5.12).

2. Angle on the murder case: Police investigation

Describe in your own words how the police has tried to solve the murder case and what kind of challenges they have faced in the process.

3. Connect your answer to question 2 to the following quote from the text (who says it, what is his connection to the murder case, what relevance does his comment have to Operation Seale's work etc.):

“When I first started, you'd sometimes stick kids in a cell just to show them what it was like. It used to scare the shot out of them. If you tried that these days the only thing that would happen would be that the kid's street cred would go up” (p. 64, column 1, l.43- column 2, line 3)

4. Message

What do you think is the message of this article? Find at least two quotes from the text to support your answer.

Group 2. Mette, Sasja, Josefine, Mads, Malene

1. Structure

Divide the article into sections (between 5 and 10 sections) and give each section a title. Write your titles like this: Introduction to murder case (p. 62, first column, line 5.12).

2. Angle on the murder case: Social problem

Describe in your own words how the murder of Damilola is a symptom of a social problem in the United Kingdom.

3. Connect your answer to question 2 to the following quote from the text (who says it, what is her connection to the murder case, what relevance does her comment have to the social problem you discussed above etc.):

“The kids just want to prove themselves. They want to be good at something, to be someone. They don't realise that what they do is bad. All the kids know that the law says you can't touch them.” (p. 65, column 2, line 8 – 13)

4. Message

What do you think is the message of this article? Find at least two quotes from the text to support your answer.

Group 3. Lioba, Natacha, Camilla, Jeanette, Thomas

1. Structure

Divide the article into sections (between 5 and 10 sections) and give each section a title. Write your titles like this: Introduction to murder case (p. 62, first column, line 5.12).

2. Angle on the murder case: Social problem

Describe in your own words how the murder of Damilola is a symptom of a social problem in the United Kingdom.

3. Connect your answer to question 2 to the following quote from the text (who says it, what is his connection to the murder case, what relevance does his comment have to the social problem you discussed above etc.):

“They say 'why should we study? So we can end up like you? No thanks.' There are kids on the estate of 12 and 13 who are going out stealing every day, and they are making more money than their parents earn. How are you suppose to convince people like that you know what's best?” (p. 65, column 1, line 15-22)

4. Message

What do you think is the message of this article? Find at least two quotes from the text to support your answer.

Group 4. Kristina, Martina, Kirstine, Patrick, Kimmie

1. Structure

Divide the article into sections (between 5 and 10 sections) and give each section a title. Write your titles like this: Introduction to murder case (p. 62, first column, line 5.12).

2. Angle on the murder case: Social problem

Describe in your own words how the murder of Damilola is a symptom of a social problem in the United Kingdom.

3. Connect your answer to question 2 to the following quote from the text (who says it, what is her connection to the murder case, what relevance does her comment have to the social problem you discussed above etc.):

“The gang culture has developed because these children do not feel they can trust adults. They turn to each other for support, and in Peckham the only currency they have is violence and anger” (p. 66, column 2, line 12 – 17).

4. Message

What do you think is the message of this article? Find at least two quotes from the text to support your answer.

Group 5. Christian M., Christian A., Brian, Kathrine

1. Structure

Divide the article into sections (between 5 and 10 sections) and give each section a title. Write your titles like this: Introduction to murder case (p. 62, first column, line 5.12).

2. Angle on the murder case: Social problem

Describe in your own words how the murder of Damilola is a symptom of a social problem in the United Kingdom.

3. Connect your answer to question 2 to the following quote from the text (how is the incident discribe in the quote connected to Damilola's murder and how are the two cases connected to the wider social problem you discussed above etc.):

“A year ago, 16-year-old Joshua was kidnapped by a gang of his own friends. They held him prisoner for hours and tortured him be burning him with cigarette ends and cutting him with knives. Despite his ordeal he can still be seen hanging out regularly with the sam gang. He was seen as weak, and now he is seen as one of them.” (p. 66, column 1, line 12-20)

4. Message

What do you think is the message of this article? Find at least two quotes from the text to support your answer.