Monster
by Walter Dean Myers
Current Events & Pop Culture
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Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture
Mock Trial
Since the book is mostly about the trial and there are a lot of legal terms, a mock trial would fit right in. After briefly reviewing how a trial works and going over some vocab, you can assign parts and the class goes to trial—a.k.a. read through a script, like, say, this one.