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Nov.10th class note (with spelling/grammar revision :) )
1. Assignment: Summarize a famous court case. 1 paragraph. 1 source. Due: Nov.15th
2. We will begin working Mock Trial next week. We need 1 accused, 1 judge, 3 defense lawyers, 3 Crown lawyers, 1 clerk/sheriff, 3 defense witnesses, 3 prosecution witnesses, and a jury. It is a murder trial. (Re: DON VON CHOVI stands charged:
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BIO ESSAY
Term 1, Semester 1 Summative:
For the Bio essay, students are to pick a famous lawyer, judge, or legal key figure (such as a famous defendant or politician who had an effect on law).
Title page: /5
Bibliography (min 1 source): /5
Mechanics/grammar: /10
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Remind App
If you would like due dates and important reminders sent to you by text messages throughout this semester, ask your teacher for details about the Remind App.
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12 Angry Men q's
12 Angry Men /30
CLU3M
NAME: What effect, if any, did the 12 jurors personal background have on their decision? why is this question important when discussing a fair impartial jury?(2) Define jury, jury selection, alternative jury: (3) Why were all the jurors male? (1) By what kind of knife is the victim stabbed? (1) Butcher knife Steak knife Butterfly knife Switchblade knife What was unique … -
Week III in-class work
p.16 #1-2; p.18 #1-3; p.20 #1-6; p.22 #1-3; p.22 #4 (but do in the form of a letter to the Prime Minister).
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#TrendThink
#TrendThink is our own class hashtag this semester for use in our discussion board and on Twitter to promote social commentary and class-inspired observations regarding social justice and potential paradigm shifts #paradigmshift
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General steps to following through on a project
1. READ THE WHOLE ASSIGNMENT OUT LOUD FROM START TO FINISH :)
2. Brainstorm ideas
3. Create Outline
4. Conduct Research
5. Revise Outline
6. Conduct more Research
7. Reference Research (citationmachine.net)
8. Write Rough Draft- turn your outline points into sentences
9. Proofread & Edit
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What's your take on this quote? Is it positive, negative? Do you agree? Disagree?
"Punishment--A strange thing, our punishment! It does not cleanse the criminal, it is no atonement; on the contrary, it pollutes worse than the crime does."
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in the news
One of the country's former top biker cops, now accused of selling information to the Hells Angels, says he will "not go down alone," in a telephone conversation obtained by a joint CBC and Radio-Canada investigation. Benoit Roberge, a former sergeant-detective with the Montreal police, was arrested in October, and is now facing two charges of gangsterism, one count of obstruction of justice and …
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Poll
Should we shame drunk drivers? The family of a teen killed by a drunk driver is urging convenience stores to post his picture.
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Parents Rights and punishment
Discussion: having the hinges taken off your door. Taking your mattress away. Shooting your pet goat. The craziest ways you were punished as a kid were...
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Poll of the week
A McDonald's in New York is at war w/a group of elderly men who sit for hours in the restaurant sharing one order of small fries. What are your thoughts on loitering laws?
