Juvenile Justice

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Juvenile Justice

• Texts
• On Punishment and Teen Killers
• Juveniles Dont Deserve Life Sentences

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Preparing to Read

• Using strategies you have employed with previous
  reading selections, quickly survey these two new
  texts, making predictions about the content of
  the texts. Then skim the texts independently, and
  identify five key words or phrases in each text.
  If you are unsure what they mean, try to guess
  their meanings from the context or look them up.
  Circle the words or phrases and write their
  meanings or predicted definitions in the margins.
  Focus on making predictions about the content.

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Reading for Understanding

• Now as a table group decide how you will read
  these texts. You can read them silently to
  yourseves, or take turns reading quietly to each
  other. Dont worry about annotations right now
  just focus on reading with the grain.

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Reading for Understanding

• After reading the two texts independently, answer
  the following questions
• Which of your predictions turned out to be true?
• What surprised you?
• If your prediction was inaccurate, what in the
  text misled you?
• What, if anything, is confusing to you?

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Annotating Questioning the Text

• As you reread On Punishment and Teen Killers
  and Juveniles Dont Deserve Life Sentences,
  make 3-4 annotations per page. After your
  annotations, make these marginal notations.
• 1. In the left-hand margin, label what the author
  is saying as follows
• The introduction
• The issue or problem the author is writing about
• The authors main arguments
• The authors examples
• The authors conclusion
• 2. In the right margin, write your reactions to
  what the author is saying. You can ask questions,
  express surprise, disagree, elaborate, and note
  any moments of confusion.

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Analyzing Stylistic Choices

• The choices writers make when they choose words
  create certain effects for their readers. Think
  about these words from Jenkinss On Punishment
  and Teen Killers. Put a plus () next to the
  words and phrases that have a positive
  connotation and a minus () next to the words and
  phrases that have a negative connotation. If you
  arent certain of the meaning of a word, look it
  up and write a brief definition or synonym next
  to the word in the list.

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Word Definition Connotation
culpability deserving blame guilt -
lovingly
violence-loving culture  
alarming  
intelligent  
bragging  
traumatic  
justice  
enlightened  
victim  
repeat violent offenders  
propaganda  
nobility  
misleading  
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Summarizing and Responding

• Use Garingers article with your annotations to
  help you write the summary and response.
• 1. Write a summary of the article (one
  paragraph). A summary is a shorter version of the
  text which contains all of the most essential
  informationand nothing extra. Identify the
  title, the author, the source, and the date of
  publication in your summary, and write the entire
  summary in your own words do not quote.
• 2. Write a response to the article (one
  paragraph). A response is your personal reaction
  to the text. For example, what personal
  experiences have you had that cause you to agree
  and/or disagree? Why? Does the author make a
  particularly strong or weak argument? Explain.

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Thinking Critically Jigsaw

• In your group, answer the questions about the
  traditional rhetorical appeals that the authors
  use. Each person is responsible for recording the
  groups answers on their own paper.

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Should Your Juvenile Offender be Tried as an
Adult?

• Under California law, there are five criteria the
  juvenile court must consider when determining
  whether to certify a child up to the adult
  system
• 1. the level of the offender's criminal
  sophistication
• 2. whether he can be rehabilitated within the
  time the juvenile court has to work with the
  minor
• 3. previous delinquent history
• 4. the success of prior attempts at
  rehabilitation
• 5. the seriousness of the crime
• Read through the description of your juvenile
  offender and consider the criteria then answer
  these questions in 3-5 sentences each.