Mock Trial Part 1
On a Saturday in March, our school will be competing in an event called the Mock Trial. Nine students (including me) are busy preparing for this event. We all have different roles, for example I am a prosecution lawyer. We will attend court on that Saturday and act out a real situation that may occur.
Having been given the case and our roles, we are now devising what we will say. Seeing as I am a prosecution lawyer, I have started to think of questions to ask the defendant/defence witnesses. As it is a competition, our prosecution lawyers and other prosecution roles are trying to achieve the verdict of ‘guilty’. They are also being scored out of 10 each time they ask questions or speak. They will be against another school’s defence lawyers. Then our defence lawyers and other defence roles will compete against the opposing school’s prosecution team, in a bid to get the verdict of ‘not guilty’ and get some more good scores.
On a Saturday in March, our school will be competing in an event called the Mock Trial. Nine students (including me) are busy preparing for this event. We all have different roles, for example I am a prosecution lawyer. We will attend court on that Saturday and act out a real situation that may occur.
Having been given the case and our roles, we are now devising what we will say. Seeing as I am a prosecution lawyer, I have started to think of questions to ask the defendant/defence witnesses. As it is a competition, our prosecution lawyers and other prosecution roles are trying to achieve the verdict of ‘guilty’. They are also being scored out of 10 each time they ask questions or speak. They will be against another school’s defence lawyers. Then our defence lawyers and other defence roles will compete against the opposing school’s prosecution team, in a bid to get the verdict of ‘not guilty’ and get some more good scores.
An update will be given on how well we do, once we have experienced the day! I think I speak for all of us, when I say that we can’t wait and are so excited!
Charlotte 8HC