Lesson 9: The Real Thief p. 23-58

Discussion Director: Your job is to ask 5 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph that the answer can be found on. Ask the following:

                        1 MCEOG

                        1 cause/effect

                        2 problem/solution

                        1 on your own

                        Character Sketcher: Your job is to sketch Derek

                        Passage Picker: Your job is to pick 5 passages that exhibit the following:

                        2 surprising

                        1 interesting

                        1 informative

                        1 descriptive

Word Wizard: Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following words.

                        Consequence p. 26 par. 2

                        Ducats p. 28 par. 1

                        Ecstatically p. 29 par. 1

                        Restitution p. 36 par. 1

                        Injustice p. 39 par.1

Investigator: Your job is to investigate court systems and how someone goes to jail since Gawain is put on trial. You will follow these directions:

1.      Go to http://www.yahooligans.com

2.      search for “courts”

3.      when the results come up, click on # 15, King County Superior Court Kids Website

4.      click to see how criminals go to jail

5.      click on the sad face

6.      What happens when the police think a crime has been committed?

7.      click on the sad face again

8.      What is an arraignment? (when the judge reads the charges against you, asks you if you understand, you enter your plea, go to trial if you plead “not guilty”, get a court appointed lawyer if needed.)

9.      click on next

10.  What is a plea negotiation? (prosecutor tries to get you to admit to something less serious)

11.  click on the frown to go to trial

12.  What happens at a trial? (a jury of 12 people will listen to the prosecutor and your attorney, the prosecutor will try to prove you are guilty, your attorney will try to prove your innocence, and the jury makes a decision).