A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
~Confucius~

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Mindmap for robberies

Dear all,



You may check your mindmap against what I had written.



Describing the robber

- knife wielding robber

- serial robber

- unemployed


Crimes

- robbery

- extortion

- drug possession

- a string of robberies

- lift robberies



Places

- cab

- lfits

- staircase landing

- bedroom ( ransacked)



Loot

- money

- handbag

- jewellery

- cash register

- passport

- credit cards

- savings



Victims

- taxi driver

- owner of the car accessories shop



Victims' Actions

- pleaded with the robber

- suffered a cut

- put up a struggle



Robber's actions

- targeted taxi-drivers

- confronted

- fled/ got away with

- bolted empty handed

- grabbed and demanded

- rummaging through a handbag

- cut through a window grille

- latch prised open

- forced open a briefcase

Police actions

- nabbed thief

- identified him

- spotted him

- police line up

Punishment

- jailed fourteen years

- deterrent sentence

- previous convictions

- caned twenty-four times


Do you have most of the words or phrases in your mindmap? You may want to share with all of us what other additional words or phrases you have in your mindmap.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi!I'm early(very).These are some words I thought of : Describing the robber :had a tatoo on the left/right arm with an evil grin. Crimes: hi-jacking,stealing,threatening(I'm notsure) Places: a house,a shop,a restraunt. Loot: gold,silver and bronze medals and trophies. Victims: owners of a house,a shop owner,restraunt owner. Victims' actions:put up a fierce struggle,screamed/shouted for help,suffered a few cuts etc. Robber's actions:threatened the victim,hurt the victim etc. Police actions :nabbed the theif, caught the robber red- handed chased rapidly after the robber etc. Sorry if I didn't think of much phrases-no insperation.

5E 2009 said...

Spelling errors in Su-Ann's comments:

restaurant
thief
inspiration

Please take note of it.

Anonymous said...

Hi Miss Pang. Thanks a lot, but I didn't put in some. Well like su-ann, I thought of hi-jacking too.