Today, the brunt of the mock trial process took place with students acting as attorneys, witnesses, and jury, while I served as judge. My third period students had the opportunity to showcase their talents for one of the CCSD‘s School Instructional Specialists, while my fourth, fifth, and sixth periods did something a little different. Instead of jumping straight into the mock trial as was originally planned, these last three classes participated in an assessment the 8th graded ELA department created from Go Far (the Georgia Online Formative Assessment portal). This assessment, which will be administered to third period tomorrow, is one that is designed to mimic some of what the students will expect to see on the upcoming Georgia Milestones assessment in April.
