Objective; By the end of class, students will analyze character in order to determine motive in short fiction.
DO NOW
Do you think Mary Maloney was guilty of pre-meditated murder or was she temporarily insane? Why do you think what you think?
Direct Instruction
Review the directions ob the handout regarding the Mary Maloney trial.
Guided
Identify the conflicts together.
Divide room into groups that either support the insanity plea or the murder charge.
Independent
Groups work together to identity the traits and provide the evidence. Then, state a claim and find three examples (direct quotes) from the text to support the claim.
When complete, everyone will write EITHER A PERSUASIVE CONVICTION SPEECH that suggests she should go to jail for life for the murder of her husband or A PERSUASIVE SPEECH TO CONVINCE THE JURY SHE IS INNOCENT BY TEMPORARY INSANITY.
Speech should be at least 1 page in length and include two of the three examples (quotes) from the story as supportive evidence.
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