The Trial of Cardigan Jones

Genre: Fantasy - an imaginative story with characters or events that are not real

Reading Skills: Drawing Conclusions and Author's Word Choice

Strategy: Infer/Predict

Essential Question: Why are courts an important part of our government?

Student Objectives:

-Use conclusions to infer what characters are like.

-Use text evidence to draw conclusions and demonstrate understanding.

Vocabulary

trial: a meeting in court to decide if someone has broken the law

jury: the group of people who make the decision in a trial

convinced: made someone believe or agree to something

guilty: having done something wrong

pointed: used a finger to show where something was

honest: truthful

murmur: the sound of people speaking very softly

stand: the place where a witness in a trial sits while being questioned

Online Practice Resources:

Vocabulary Quizlet or Quizlet Vocabulary - with pictures

BrainPOP Types of Sentences