1. Text Survey and Predictions
Juvenile Justice
Text Survey and Predictions

2. Survey the Text
What do the titles “Supreme Court to Rule on Executing Young Killers” and “Kids are Kids – Until they Commit Crimes” tell you the articles will be about?
Which do you think will be more formal and difficult to read?
What positions do you think these two authors will take on these issues?

3. Predictions: “Supreme Court to Rule on Executing Young Killers”
Let’s read the first 3 paragraphs of this article and then make predictions and ask questions:
What will this article be about?
What is the purpose of this text?
Who is the intended audience for this text?

4. Predictions: “Kids are Kids – Until they Commit Crimes”
Let’s read the first 6 paragraphs of this article and then make predictions and ask questions:
What is Lundstrom’s opinion on the topic of juvenile justice?
Change the title of the article into a question.

5. Key Vocabulary
Here is a semantic map for “juvenile crime” –brainstorm a list of related words in your notes
Causes
Kinds of crime
Juvenile Crime
Punishment

6. Vocabulary Self-Assessment Chart
Create a chart on a piece of paper like this
Vocabulary Word
I know it
I don’t know it
Define the word in your own words – use the dictionary as necessary
1. constitutionality X
This has to do with our constitution and laws
2. prosecutors
These are the district attorneys who try legal cases on behalf of the government
… (Do this for all of the words)

7. Vocabulary Self-Assessment Chart
constitutionality
prosecutors
demeanor
remorse
alienated
nonchalant
plummeting
culpability
mitigating
inconsistency
quandary
heinous
coddling
perpetuating