UNIT 2: Dead Man Walking EXTRACT 2 Prosecutor’s plea

Extracts from the movie Dead Man Walking,  (Tim Robbins, 1995)

Extract 2: The prosecutor’s plea

Matthew Poncelet has been in prison for six years, awaiting execution after being convicted and sentenced to death for killing a teenage couple.

The scene takes place in a courtroom. The prosecutor delivers his final plea.

IF YOU FEEL CONFIDENT

1/ LISTEN to the document

Write down the words you hear. Use your notes to recap the document IN FRENCH

2/ IN ENGLISH, explain what the prosecutor’s strategy is.

IF YOU DON’T FEEL CONFIDENT

1/ BEFORE LISTENING

These are words from the script. Use those words to make suppositions about the lawyer’s arguments.

years- brutal – murder – justice – appeals – petitions- no doubt – heartless- calculated – never – graduate – christmas – unbearable

2/ LISTEN TO the document.

Write down the words you hear. Use your notes to recap the document IN FRENCH

3/ IN ENGLISH, explain what the prosecutor’s strategy is.