ENGLISH  7
Checked in library cards. Or the registration so I can get one for you!.

Finishing speeches. To do on Friday: Giuliana, Ethan, Evan, 

Check in Two Kinds questions on Friday. A stamp in your notebook.

HW- Thurs: Mugshot Week Two
Fri: Novel choice due. And spelling exercises, pg. 23, 1-20 and quiz, Unit 3

ENGLISH 8
*Insanity Trial. Handouts. Putting the narrator on trial for the murder of the old man.
 Is he innocent by reason of insanity? Or sane at the time of the killing, and therefore, guilty? That’s our task. 
--Half of the class is the prosecution. Half is the defense.

Rough out your arguments on handout given. You must fill out our argument in the boxes on the sheet you were given. You must use direct passages. That will serve as a rough draft. The writing comes tomorrow.  

Checked in plot diagrams. Got stamp. Need quotes for full credit.
Completed quiz on The Tell-Tale Heart. You may use plot diagrams. 

HW: Thursday -- RD and fill in chart, your side of the Insanity Trial. Make sure to use direct passages.

*insanity

n. mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot manage her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. In criminal cases, a plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity” will require a trial on the issue of the defendant’s sanity (or insanity) at the time the crime was committed.

In this context, “not guilty” does not mean the person did not commit the criminal act for which he/she is charged. It means that when the person committed the crime, he/she could not tell right from wrong or could not control his/her behavior because of severe mental defect or illness. Such a person, according to the law, should not be held criminally responsible for his/her behavior. 

The traditional test of insanity in criminal cases is whether the accused knew "the difference between right and wrong," If found to be insane, the defendant will be ordered to a mental facility."