Justice for all?

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are for students to:

• – develop their critical analysis skills by discussing justice system issues and inequalities in legal processes;
• – acquire and use advanced vocabulary related to law and justice by completing matching exercises, gap-fills, reading comprehension activities, and discussions;
• – express their opinions about a video on “politicized justice system claims” and discuss complex legal cases using language acquired in various interactive activities.

In this C1-level ESL lesson plan, students develop critical analysis skills by discussing justice system issues and practice using advanced vocabulary related to the law and justice.

Warm-up: 

Students find hidden words related to justice in a word search puzzle.

Video: 

Students complete a gap-fill exercise based on a video called “‘I’m pretty angry’: Dem. lawmaker on Biden’s claim of politicized justice system in Hunter pardon”.

Exercises: 

First, students acquire useful target language by completing matching exercises with legal phrases and definitions, and gap-fills using appropriate vocabulary. They then examine and discuss some complex case scenarios.

Reading: 

Students read a text about inequalities in the justice system before answering some related questions.

Discussion: 

Students express their opinions by discussing questions related to the justice system.