- •Introduction
- •Ku Klux Klan.
- •Capital Punishment.
- •Vocabulary notes for Introduction.
- •Comprehension questions.
- •1). Fill in the correct names.
- •2). Use the correct tense form.
- •3). Use Indirect Speech.
- •4). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •Chapter II. Kravitz and Bane.
- •I.Vocabulary Notes.
- •II. Make up comprehension questions.
- •2). Use the correct tense form.
- •3). Use Indirect Speech.
- •4). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •5). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •I. Vocabulary notes.
- •2). Use the correct tense form.
- •3). Use Gerund constructions instead of the Direct Speech.
- •4). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •5). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •6). Connect the following sentences with conjunctions.
- •Chapter IV. On Death Row.
- •Vocabulary notes.
- •Make up five comprehension questions for each part of the chapter.
- •III. Reading between the lines.
- •IV.Topics for discussion.
- •1). Fill in the correct names.
- •2). Use the correct tense form.
- •3). Report the following questions.
- •4). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •5). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •6). Combine the following sentences with the help of ‘so that’.
- •Chapter V.
- •Identities.
- •Vocabulary notes.
- •Make up five comprehension questions for each part of the chapter.
- •Reading between the lines.
- •Topics for discussion.
- •1). Use the correct tense form.
- •2). Use Indirect Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •5). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •6). Combine the following sentences with the help of conjunctions.
- •Chapter VI. Questions of Guilt.
- •Vocabulary notes.
- •III. Reading between the lines.
- •IV.Topics for discussion.
- •2). Use Indirect Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •4). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •Chapter VII. My Dear Sweet Father.
- •Vocabulary Notes.
- •Reading between the lines.
- •III.Topics for discussion.
- •2). Use Indirect Speech or other ways to substitute the Direct Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •4). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •5).Connect the following parts of the sentences.
- •Chapter VIII. A Cruel Way to Die.
- •I.Vocabulary notes.
- •III. Reading between the lines.
- •IV. Topics for discussion.
- •Activities.
- •2). Use Direct Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •5). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •Chapter IX. A Parchman Sunrise.
- •Vocabulary notes.
- •III. Reading between the lines.
- •IV. Topics for discussion.
- •Activities.
- •2). Use Indirect Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •5). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •Chapter X. The Rabbit.
- •Vocabulary notes.
- •III. Reading between the lines.
- •IV. Topics for discussion.
- •2). Use Indirect Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •Chapter XI. Confessions
- •Vocabulary notes.
- •III. Reading between the lines.
- •IV. Topics for discussion.
- •Activities
- •2). Use Direct Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •Chapter XII
- •In Court
- •Vocabulary notes.
- •III. Reading between the lines.
- •IV. Topics for discussion.
- •Activities
- •2). Use Indirect Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •Chapter XIII The Chamber
- •III. Reading between the lines.
- •IV. Topics for discussion.
- •Activities
- •2). Use Indirect Speech.
- •3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •Chapter XIV a New Dawn Questions for discussion
IV. Topics for discussion.
1. What claim was taken seriously and why? Were things moving?
2. What’s on the governor’s mind? Why doesn’t he act on his beliefs and grant
clemency?
3. Why didn’t Sam cooperate with his attorneys?
4. What did Adam gain from the trial?
Activities
1). Use the correct tense form:
1. The phone …(to ring). The clerk at the Fifth Circuit …(to inform) him that the
court …(to deny) Sam’s claim of ineffective representation.
2. The claim …(to make) years ago, and it …(to be) now too late to consider it.
3. Adam’s head ….(to ache) as he …(to pack) most of the Cayhall file in a large
briefcase and a box.
4. In the federal courthouse in Jackson, Breck Jefferson …(to enter) the office of
his boss, Judge F.Flynn Slattery, who …(to talk) angrily on the phone.
5. Breck Jefferson …(to be) the number 2 student in his law class, and Slattery
…(to trust) him completely. “They …(to claim) Sam Cayhall …(not to have) the
mental competence to face an execution. They … (to have) an expert who … (to
will) to give evidence.”
6. By noon, Judge Slattery …(to be) fully in charge of the situation, and though he
…(to try) hard to hide it, he …(to enjoy) immensely this brief interval in the
center of the storm.
7. “It’s strange, you know – you …(to be) the grandson, and you …(to know) him
for less than a month. But I …(to know) him for years. And I always …(to
think) that I …(to look forward) to this day.”
8. “Is Sam really insane? You …(to spend) hours with him. Does he know
what…(to happen)?”
9. “Mr. Cayhall always …(to refuse) to discuss this with me, his lawyer, and even
now …(not to cooperate) with his attorney. There …(to be) facts that, at this
point in the case, we should know – but he …(not to tell) us.”
10. “He …(to be) extremely active and aware. He …(to ask) why he …(to be
moved). He …(to understand) what …(to happen).”
11. Roxburgh …(to ask) about prior meetings with Sam, and Nugent …(to spare)
no details. He …(to seem) to remember every word Sam …(to utter) in the past
two weeks, especially his nasty and threatening remarks.
12. Packer …(to be) an honest man who simply …(to tell) what he …(to see). He
…(to know) Sam for nine and a half years, and the prisoner …(to be) the same
today as when he first …(to arrive).
2). Use Indirect Speech.
to introduce smb to advise to explain to give evidence to ask to admit to suggest to express an opinion to warn to wonder to interrupt
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1. “Let’s deny it and get rid of it. I’m too busy to worry with it. Let Cayhall take it
to the Fifth Circuit. I don’t want it lying around here.”
2. “You’d better look at it.”
3. “Garner, it’s Adam. What’s happening?”
4. “The governor wants to see you at two.”
5. “If I knew that someone else was responsible for the bombs, then I could not
allow his execution.”
6. “He’s pretty sad.”
7. “Lawyers do that every day, Mr. Roxburgh. I don’t want to hear it.”
8. “ I have always suspected that another person was with Sam Cayhall during the
Kramer bombing, and the bombing which came before it.”
9. “When did you last see Sam Cayhall?” “This morning. We moved him to the
Observation Cell.”
10. “Is he aware he is going to be executed?” “Of course. He knows perfectly
well what’s going on. He’s not crazy.”