{"id":614,"date":"2012-02-15T20:15:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T04:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otacharter.org\/fifthgrade\/?p=614"},"modified":"2012-02-19T13:35:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T21:35:59","slug":"mock-trial-assignment-from-our-mock-trial-coach-due-march-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/2012\/02\/15\/mock-trial-assignment-from-our-mock-trial-coach-due-march-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mock Trial Assignment from our Mock Trial Coach (Due March 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear 5th Grade Students and Parents:<br \/>\nAttached is the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/02\/Robin-Banks-MOCK-TRIAL-Case-1-Vocabulary.pdf\">Robin Banks FACT PATTERN<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0for the next Mock Trial assignment<\/span> (due March 5<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SvcHpSyeMgw&amp;feature=colike\" target=\"_blank\">here to watch the opening statements<\/a>\u00a0in a 4th Grade Mock Trial held to answer this question: <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Is Goldilocks guilty of criminal trespass, damage to property, and theft?\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each 5th Grader needs to <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">prepare an opening statement<\/span><\/strong> based upon the material in the fact pattern.\u00a0 The opening statement should tell the jury what the child intends to bring out at trial which will support their position (either prosecution or defense attorney).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If they are <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>acting as the prosecutor<\/strong><\/span>, they should be highlighting witnesses and facts that show Robin Banks committed the crime.<\/li>\n<li>If they are <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>acting as the defense attorney<\/strong><\/span>, they should be highlighting witnesses and facts that support any reasonable doubt that Robin committed the crime.\u00a0 For example, they should start out by saying something along the lines of <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cLadies and Gentlemen of the jury, the evidence in this matter will show that . . .\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following students were assigned to prepare an opening statement <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">for<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">the prosecution<\/span><\/strong>:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chris<\/li>\n<li>Nick H.<\/li>\n<li>Weston<\/li>\n<li>Eric<\/li>\n<li>Ben<\/li>\n<li>Cady<\/li>\n<li>Maelee<\/li>\n<li>Autumn<\/li>\n<li>Morgan J.<\/li>\n<li>Calysta<\/li>\n<li>Tom<\/li>\n<li>Brian<\/li>\n<li>Alex<\/li>\n<li>Cecilia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following students were assigned to prepare an opening statement <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>for the defense<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ethan<\/li>\n<li>Toby<\/li>\n<li>R.T.<\/li>\n<li>Max A.<\/li>\n<li>Max W.<\/li>\n<li>Jacob<\/li>\n<li>Jake<\/li>\n<li>Payton<\/li>\n<li>Broy<\/li>\n<li>Cierra<\/li>\n<li>Morgan M.<\/li>\n<li>Matthew<\/li>\n<li>Nick R.<\/li>\n<li>Aaron<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Britt at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jbritt@mangumbritt.com\">jbritt@mangumbritt.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer A. Britt, CLS-F<br \/>\nMangum &amp; Britt, APC<br \/>\n5th Grade Mock Trial Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear 5th Grade Students and Parents: Attached is the\u00a0Robin Banks FACT PATTERN\u00a0for the next Mock Trial assignment (due March 5th). Click here to watch the opening statements\u00a0in a 4th Grade Mock Trial held to answer this question: Is Goldilocks guilty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/2012\/02\/15\/mock-trial-assignment-from-our-mock-trial-coach-due-march-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}