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Teens in Jail

Teens in Jail. Cyberlesson on Monster , by Walter Dean Myers. Slide 1. Introduction. You will be reading Walter Dean Myers’s book, Monster . This is a book about a sixteen-year old boy who is in jail awaiting trial for murder.

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Teens in Jail

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  1. Teens in Jail Cyberlesson on Monster, by Walter Dean Myers Slide 1

  2. Introduction • You will be reading Walter Dean Myers’s book, Monster. This is a book about a sixteen-year old boy who is in jail awaiting trial for murder. • We will also be discussing and investigating what the jail and prison experience is really like for teenagers. Slide 2

  3. Materials Needed • Copies of Monster • Computer with internet access • Writing Utensil • A Monster folder • A partner from your class • An open mind Slide 3

  4. PART IBefore Reading (1-151) • Visit this website to check out some inmate poetry and articles. • http://www.prisonwall.org/ • Do you know anyone who went to jail? Write a 1-page response about describing your impressions of what life is like in jail or prison on a Monster Journal Entry. • Print out. • Save your entry in your Monster folder. Slide 4

  5. PART IBefore Reading (1-151) • Find a picture online that you believe represents experience in jail. You may find some on your own or use this website: Google Images. Copy and paste this picture into a Monster Journal Entry. Write a few sentences to tell why you chose this image. • Print this out. • Share this with a partner. Respond to your partner’s image on their paper. • Return your partner’s paper to them. • Save your paper in your Monster folder. Slide 5

  6. PART IBefore Reading: Predictions & Questions • Skim through the book. Write down a few things that you notice about the book. Read the blurb on the back of the book and the first few pages. • Write a list of predictions about the book on the Monster Journal Entry. • Print out your predictions and observations. • Save this in your Monster folder. Slide 6

  7. PART IDuring Reading (pp. 1-151) • Create a picture of two of the major characters in the book. Save these in your Monster folder. • Record 10-15 “Golden Lines” on a Monster Journal Entry. Print this out and save it in your Monster folder. • (A “golden line” is a line or two that you find particularly interesting, thought-provoking, controversial, or upsetting—It’s up to you!) Slide 7

  8. PART IAfter Reading (1-151) Is Steve Harmon a “monster”? Connect his experiences with experiences you know about. • Write a page-long Monster Journal Entry on this topic. • Print out the entry and save it in your Monster Folder Take part in a discussion web activity. Slide 8

  9. PART IBeyond Reading (1-151) • Write a poem, song, or rap about why teens get involved with crime. Write it on a Monster Journal Entry. • Print it out. • Save it in your Monster folder. • Create an illustration to go along with your creation. Slide 9

  10. PART IIBefore Reading (153-281) • Click on this website and listen to the three songs posted there. The lyrics are also there to help you get the message. Prison Songs site • Complete a Monster Journal Entry discussing your reaction to them. • Print it out. • Save it in your Monster Folder Slide 10

  11. PART IIDuring Reading (153-281) • Who do you think is the most important person in Steve’s life? Why? Fill out a Monster Journal Entry. • Print it out. • Save it in your Monster folder. • Record 10-15 “Golden Lines” on a Monster Journal Entry. • Print this out • Save it in your Monster folder. Slide 11

  12. PART IIAfter Reading (153-281) • Working with a partner, write a skit between Steve and his parents on the day he gets home on a Monster Journal Entry. Present it to your classmates • Pretend you are Steve at age 26, 10 years after his incarceration and trial. Write a letter to Kathy O’Brien, your former defense attorney, letting her know what your life is like. Print this letter out and save it in your Monster folder. Slide 12

  13. PART IIAfter Reading (153-281) • Go back to your folder & take out the Predictions that you listed before you read the book. • Highlight or circle the predictions that came true. • Answer any questions that you had. Slide 13

  14. PART IIBeyond Reading (153-281) • Consider this question: Who is to blame for youth violence? Visit some of these websites for information and listen to this song. Discuss with your partner and people in your life. • Bad Seed: The Fledgling Psychopath • “What the Kids Say” • Combating Youth and Gangs • Facts and figures • Why Do Youth Get in Trouble? • Violence After School • Now, write a 1-2 page report on a Monster Journal Entry discussing this. • Print it out. • Save it in your Monster folder. Slide 14

  15. PART IIBeyond Reading (153-281) Some Interesting Figures Study the graph. Write a Monster Journal Entry about responding to the graph’s data. Read your response to a partner. Write a response to your partner’s reaction on your partner’s paper. Return your partner’s paper to them, and save your own in your Monster folder Reminder: Offender = person who committed a crime Victim = person who the crime was committed against Slide 15

  16. PART IIBeyond Reading (153-281) • So, what can kids do to stay out of trouble? Check out these websites. • Options for spending your time: • Option 1 • FBI Page • Write a 1-2 page reaction about whether or not these options would work for people you know on a MonsterJournal Entry. • Print it out. • Save it in your Monster folder. Slide 16

  17. Before you go… • Print out the rubric (click on the link at the bottom of this page). • Fill out the student evaluation column. • Organize and hand in your Monster Folder containing all your wonderful artifacts. • Monster Rubric Link Slide 17

  18. Congratulations, You’ve finished! You may now get out of jail free!

  19. Acknowledgements • Myers, Walter Dean, Monster. HarperCollins, New York, 1999. • www.google.com • www.prisonwall.org • Abadiano, Helen—the Discussion Web (from a workshop) • “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash • “The Prison Song” by System of a Down • “Lavish” by Twista • http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/178992.pdf • http://www.legal-info-legale.nb.ca/showpub.asp?id=73&langid=1 • http://www.rizer.co.uk/access/default.asp?pg=info&art=Facts%20and%20Figures&id=861 • http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/pressreleases/1998/NIJ99008.htm • http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/kids1/say_5.html • http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/psychology/psychopath/1.html • http://www.ncfy.com/expreng.pdf • http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/youth.htm

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