Wednesday After School February 13

Make sure you come!   Ms. Bazzelle will be there to help us hone our case!!!

Mock Trial Meetings

We have only two weeks to prepare our case.

We need to meet Tuesday through Friday after school, as much as you can possibly come, officially Wednesday and Friday during CaveTime, and on Tuesday and Thursday, again during Cavetime Ms. Dorsey will provide a place for you to meet, but will be working with intervention students.
Keep your grades up so you can be there!

Tuesday, February 5,  after school, we need to decide on our story of the alleged incident, and what we need to get out of each witness.

All opening and closing statements and witness questions must be written by this Friday, February 8. 

Witnesses, you should have your statements memorized (know them inside-out) by Friday, February 8.  Remember, you will NOT recite your statement.  Your attorney will prepare you to answer questions based on your statement.  

All:  Study the comments here.  Add to materials on the pages within our wiki for the witness statements.

Link to our Wiki

http://cavemocktrial2013.pbworks.com/w/page/63159753/FrontPage

If you don't have your log-in information, pick it up from Ms. Dorsey.

Marking Your Handbook

Marking Your Mock Trial Handbook These are things out of the handbook that you need to understand.
Attorneys pages 12 and 15  Steps of the trial Page 17-28  Rules of Evidence Pages 36-38 Guidelines	Witnesses Page 37 #3 Page 38 #5
Bailiff page 39-40 time sheet in the back of the packet	All pages 3-4, #2 page 4, #3 and #5  (Rules of Mock Trial) Page 6 (Order and Time of a Trial) Page 46 Last two pages of the packet (qualities and activities the judges evaluate you on)

Important Notice: Friday, too!

Important notice:   Next week we will begin meeting also on Friday's during cave time.

No Cave Time Again! Your Homework

We need to be preparing, and cave time was cancelled again today, so here's some homework:

read through the case at http://lawrelatededucation.org/images/stories/phocadownload/mock-trials/Elementary_Mock_Trial-State_v_Gold-E-Locks.pdf

You could pick up a copy from me or on Edmodo, too.
PDF:  Elementary_Mock_Trial-State_v_Gold-E-Locks.pdf

This is NOT the case we will be preparing, but is a prepared script of a "fun" case.  Read through it, watching for the 

 *  Opening statements by both attorneys: What sorts of things do they say to start building their cases? 

*  Swearing in of witnesses:  In mock trial the bailiff swears in witnesses, and they raise their hands, not their paws. : )  

*  Direct examination:  How are questions asked during a direct examination different from questions asked during a cross examination?  

     See https://sites.google.com/site/coachingamocktrialteam/direct-examination-1

     and https://sites.google.com/site/coachingamocktrialteam/cross-examination-1

*  Cross Examination:  How are questions asked during a direct examination different from questions asked during a cross examination?  

*  Objections:  What sorts of objections do the attorneys make during this trial? 

*  Closing Argument:  No closing arguments are given here,  but if you would like to be an attorney on our case, write a closing argument for either the defense or the prosecution on this case. 

Tentative, but pretty sure, Competition Dates and Times

D 2/19 1:00 Orem
X Lakeridge A
P 3/8 9:00 Orem
X Springville