English 10
Monster
Daily Lesson Plan
Day 13* 2/8/11
Student Objectives
Students Will:
 Know Monster vocabulary terms
 Know Monster synopsis and come to their own conclusions about the verdict
 Know how to prepare for upcoming Monster final discussion
 Know how to generate ideas through brainstorming techniques
Standards Addressed
Materials:
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Monster Packet
Monster in class text
Brainstorming Writer’s Notebook
Computers
Procedure Overview
 Review vocabulary words from entire Monster packet (see notes below)
 Review questions from Monster Packet day 6-7-8
 Explain final Monster Discussion requirements
 Hand out/explain Brainstorming Writer’s Notebook
 Explain upcoming writing project
 Brainstorm for 10 minutes about one person listed in day 7 Monster Packet
 Review Journal Rubric
 Work on Journals for the remainder of class
Student Assessment
 Comprehension of vocabulary term definitions
 Responses to reading journal questions
 Participation during brainstorming activity
 Journal entries
Revisions:
Practice Oral MONSTER VOCABULARY
1. Admissible-- able to be admitted or allowed; especially able to be allowed or
considered in a legal case
 (Judge p.18) All right. I’m ruling the kid’s testimony is admissible.
What does the word admissible mean in the following book sentence?
2. Apprehended-- arrested, seized
 (Briggs p. 102) Mr. Cruz, when you were apprehended, did you make a statement
to the police about your part in this crime?
What word means to be arrested or seized?
3. Articulate--intelligible, able to speak , expressing oneself readily, clearly, or
effectively
 (CUT TO p.28) Jose Delgado is on the stand. He is young, very well built, and
articulate.
If I speak well and choose my words very carefully; if I am able to speak clearly and
effectively--what am I?
4. Bravado—confident or brave talk or behavior that is intended to impress other
people; the quality or state of being foolhardy
 (CUT TO p.266) (Steve and King) One looks terrified. The other is putting on a
show of bravado.
What does the word bravado mean?
5. Careen--to go forward quickly without control *The car careened down the hill
 (p.42) Throws rock. We see that it bounces in front of the post and careens
slightly to one side.
We see that it bounces in front of the post and zigzagged slightly to one side—which of
your words is a synonym for zigzag?
6. Concentric--having a common center
 (FADE IN p.199) Concentric colorful circles and hurdy-gurdy music…
Define the word concentric.
7. Conspirator--a person who is involved in a secret plan to do something harmful or
illegal; a person who is involved in a conspiracy
 (Petrocelli p. 23) Further, there will be evidence that prior to the robbery there
was a plan or conspiracy, to rob the store…Yet another of the conspirators, the
planners of this robbery that left a man dead, was to go into the store prior to the
robbery to check it out…
What word means: a person who is involved in a secret plan with others to do
something illegal?
8. Contend—to claim, argue, insist, or state; strive in debate; maintain, assert
 (Petrocelli p. 22) The State will contend that one of those men was Richard
“Bobo” Evans.
What does the word contend mean in the following book sentence?
9. Diminutive--small; little; tiny; petite; a small thing or person
 (p. 161) An Assistant DA ushers in Lorelle Henry. The diminutive 58-year-old
retired school librarian is neatly dressed.
Mrs. Henry is described as a small woman in Monster, which of your vocabulary
words means small?
10. Felony--a serious crime that usually involves violence
 (Petrocelli p. 25) Very simply put, this is a case of murder. It is, moreover, a
murder committed during a felonious act. The two defendants you see before you
will be shown to be participants in that act and are being charged with felony
murder.
Read book sentence; what is the definition of felony?
11. Grandiose--characterized by absurd exaggeration; impressive because of uncommon
largeness, scope, effect, or grandeur
 (Briggs p. 27) Miss Petrocelli, representing the State, has presented this case in
very broad and grandiose terms.
Margaret planned an extravagant party, complete with elephants, trapeze artists, and
clowns. Which of your vocabulary words could you use to replace the word extravagant
with?
12. Grotesque--odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or
absurd; bizarre.
 (CUT TO<photos of Mr. Nesbitt> p. 27) Black-and-white shots from various
angles of body in grotesque position.
Use grotesque in a sentence?
13. Impede--to interfere with or slow the progress of
 (Petrocelli p. 23) Another of the planners of this crime was to stand outside the
drugstore and impede anyone chasing the robbers.
Which of your vocabulary terms means to interfere with or slow the progress of?
14. Infringing--to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress; to infringe a
copyright; to encroach or trespass (usually followed by on or upon) *Don’t infringe
on his privacy.
 (Petrocelli p. 21) Most people in our community are decent, hardworking citizens
who pursue their own interests legally and without infringing on the rights of
others.
Most people in our community are decent, hardworking citizens who pursue their
own interests legally and without intruding on the rights of others.
Which of your vocabulary words would best replace intruding in the sentence?
15. Pensive—engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought
 (CLOSE UP of O’Brien p. 276) Her lips are tense; she is pensive. She gathers
her papers and moves away as Steve, arms still outstretched, turns toward the
camera.
Define pensive.
16. Perpetrator—someone who commits a harmful or immoral action connected to a
crime
 (Karyl p. 74) It’s my understanding that the crime scene technicians didn’t find
any fingerprints they could establish as belonging to the perpetrator.
Someone who commits a harmful or immoral action connected to a crime is defined as a
what?
17. Pertinent—having a clear relevance to the matter at hand
 (Judge p. 55) Overruled; it’s pertinent.
Fill in the blank with one of your vocabulary words.
He was so off topic, nothing he said was _________to what we were talking
about.
18. Prosecutor--a lawyer who represents the side in a court case that accuses a person of
a crime and who tries to prove that the person is guilty
 (Steve p. 5) I’ll write it down in the notebook they let me keep. I’ll call it what
the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER.
Use the word prosecutor in a sentence that shows its meaning.
19. Redress--compensation for wrong or loss.
 (O’Brien p. 26) When a crime is committed, it is the state that must apply the law
in a manner that offers redress and that brings the guilty parties to justice.
Which of your vocabulary words means compensation for wrong or loss?