1. Baton Rouge Shooting Questions for Discussion
PART 1: As a group, take the short quiz. Choose your best answer, then use textual evidence to support your answer. Write one or two sentences of textual evidence to justify your answer.
(Last line of green sheet, page 3, that got cut off: “get to know these usually young men and women, look into their eyes and into their hearts before you pre-judge.“)
PART 2: Then discuss and write short answers to the following questions (one paper per group). You may answer questions 1 & 2 together:
1. Why are police officers being intentionally killed in the line of duty?
2. What has happened to cause hatred toward cops?
3. What is ironic about the death of Montrell Jackson?
4. List five current event topics (people, places, and situations) that you have seen in the news that relate to this article.
5. Explain how this article relates to Monster.
PART 3: Complete a current event analysis about one of the five events you listed in number 4.

2. Current event topics Philando Castile Alton Sterling
Dallas police shootings
Atlanta officer indicted for murder
Statistics on 2016 cop/suspect shootings
Taking a Stand?
Kaepernick and others refusing to stand for the national anthem.
Street protests after Dallas shooting
Black Lives Matter
Blue Lives Matter

3. Monster Portfolio: Due 9/16/16
1. Anticipation Guide 2. Blog OR three journal entries (1/2-page each) about topics relevant to Monster: Stereotyping Profiling Any of the ten topics on the anticipation guide Other ideas? 3. Write one short (or partial) scene of the script as dialogue. Must contain five lines of dialogue with at least two different speakers. (See example on next slide.) 4. Write one scene in the novel from another character’s point of view (1 page) 5. Current event analysis 6. Reading Checks, including RACES theme paragraph (Edmodo).

4. Dialogue Example (p. 18)
Asa Briggs, the lead counsel for the defense of James King, stands. He is dressed in a dark blue suit and a light blue tie. “Ready,” said Briggs. “Ready, Your Honor,” stated O’Brien. “All right. I’m ruling the kid’s testimony is admissible. You can bring up your motions relative to that ruling this afternoon or if there’s a break, replied the judge. “Hope everyone had a good 4th of July?” He looked up from his notes at the two attorneys. Briggs sighed. “The usual barbecue and softball game that reminded me I can’t run anymore. “With all the fireworks, it’s my least favorite holiday,” nodded O’Brien. “Bring in the jury,” declared the judge.

5. Monster Blog and Book Club
Create five DOK 3 & 4 questions that may be answered by textual evidence from the novel, combined with other texts, personal connections, prior knowledge, or other information OUTSIDE the novel.
These questions MUST require 2-3 sentence responses.
Each person must post at least two of their approved questions and answer five questions created by others.
Edmodo Group join code: 8kciv6