The+Cupcake+Thief+Reinforcement+Activity

 Title of NCSS Notable Trade Book: **  ||  //The Cupcake Thief // (2007) Written by Ellen Jackson and illustrated by Blanche Sims. New York, NY: Kane Press, Inc. (2008 Notable Book) ISBN-13: 978-1-57565-247-4 Suggested reading level: Grade 3-4 Duration: Approximately four hours or five fifty minute sessions.  ||      ||  This book begins with Zack’s cupcake “being stolen” and his accusation of fellow student, Tyler, of the crime. It then leads the reader through the process of taking the accused through the court system by having Tyler go to Student Court. Comparisons are made between Student Court and the actual court system as the reader weaves through the story. Helpful information boxes are included that explain some of the terminology and facts associated with the court system. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || NCSS Standards: ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">IV. Individual Development and Identity <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> V. Individuals, Groups, and Institutions <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">VI. Power, Authority, and Governance <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> X. Civic Ideals and Practices <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An emphasis is placed on Civic Ideals and Practices // <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students will identify and explain terminology associated with the court of law. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students will explain the role of a juror. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students will evaluate the need for civic participation in the court system. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students will demonstrate civic participation through involvement in a classroom court system. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Exploration/ Introduction: // <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Development: // <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Expansion: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
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 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Materials: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Copy of //The Cupcake Thief// for the teacher and classroom library
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ten wordstrips with lesson terms for the word wall
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Important Terms //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> handout
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Whiteboard and markers
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Power Point for discussing terminology that includes visuals where appropriate
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An actual jury summons or one printed from online at [] (also can be obtained by going to the local courthouse)
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Copies of //The Cupcake Thief// Reader’s Theater for each student with the various parts highlighted in yellow
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Social studies journals or notebook paper, pencil
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Grading rubric for writing assignment
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Optional: Equipment for simulated courtroom (gavel, chairs, identification badges for jurists, robe)
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Court Case Request forms
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Request box
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|| <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Prior to this lesson: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The teacher will tell the students that he/she (or a relative or co-worker) has been summoned to be on jury duty. The teacher will tell the students to think about //what a jury is//, //what being on jury duty means//, and //what is involved when a person has jury duty//. The teacher will have the students brainstorm within their small group about those three questions and the ten words that are listed on the word wall. The teacher will use the students’ input to make a concept map on the board, with jury as the key concept. The teacher will tell the students that they will come back to the concept map later to see what needs to be added or changed. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> __<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Power Point/Discussion __ <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The teacher will pass out the //Important Terms// handout and lead a discussion on each of the terms while showing a Power Point presentation that includes visual examples when appropriate. The teacher will pass around the copy of an actual jury summons for the students to view. A discussion on the rights and responsibilities of citizens is key to this lesson and should be included during the Power Point discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">the teacher should place the ten wordstrips with the terms (listed on the //Important Terms// handout) on the word wall. These words should remain on the wall for the students and teacher to refer to throughout the lesson.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">the teacher will place the students in small groups.

__<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Book: //The Cupcake Thief// __ <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The teacher will show the book and tell students that as it is being read they need to think about any of the terms they just discussed and see how the students in the book put those words into action. The teacher will show the book, discuss, and read through page 6. The teacher will have the students predict what they think will take place. The teacher will read and discuss the remainder of the book, stopping where and when appropriate, keeping in mind that the students need to relate the new terminology to the contents of the book as well as the overall objectives of the lesson. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> __<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reader’s Theater: //The Cupcake Thief// __ <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The teacher will assign each of the students a role to play. The teacher will handout the copies of the play with individual roles highlighted in yellow to make it easier for the students to know when to speak. Jury members with shared speaking parts are included for some students as well. Badges for the jurists, a gavel, and other props can be distributed if desired. The students will perform the reader’s theater after having time to look over and silently read through the script. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Closure: The teacher will follow the oral reading with a discussion, referring back to the original concept map on the board. The teacher will ask what needs to be added or changed to the concept map.

__<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Evaluation __ <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The students will write about “The Time I Was a Juror” in their social studies journal. The teacher will tell the students that they get to pretend they were called to be a juror and it can be about any kind of case. The teacher will pass out the grading rubric and tell the students what they need to include. //Students should use at least five of the new terms, explain the major role of a juror, and tell how being a juror is showing good citizenship.// <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students will be allowed to form their own Student Court. This can be done by having student “police” by assigning three conscientious students to fill these positions. Another, more manageable, option is to have a “Court Case” request box. Students fill out a request for court form and place it in the box. The teacher would decide to allow it to go to court or it would be thrown out due to lack of evidence. The teacher assigns the following positions: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The judge will mediate the session and make a final decision as to the appropriateness of the ruling. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jury members take notes during court, deliberate, and come up with an acceptable sentence. (Sentences MUST be approved by the judge and teacher.) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Prosecuting attorneys defend the rights of the class as a whole. Defending attorneys defend the accused. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The bailiff says, "All rise for the honorable Judge (name)", swears people in, and makes a record of any students in the audience talking during court. (These students will be found "in contempt of court” and receive a ticket to appear in court the following court date.) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The court reporter takes notes during the court session and can also run a tape recorder if desired. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The police officers would give out tickets as needed, the first ticket would be a warning, the second would be a final warning, and the third would be a “call to court”. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Court would take place every two weeks. The teacher has the option of changing roles as needed or desired. After the Student Court sessions take place, the teacher would conduct a short discussion on the proceedings that took place and the role of the participants within the court. The focus should be on the process and not the outcome. || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Exploration/ Introduction: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Concept Map <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Development: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Journal Writing (rubric provided) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Expansion: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Court Session and Follow-up Discussion <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> · <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">B.B. Wolf Mock Trial [] · <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mock Trial [] · <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">New Jersey State Bar [] · <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Texas Politics: The Jury Summons [] · <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Wordsmyth, The Premier Educational Dictionary-Thesauraus [] <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bibliography <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Alberto, D. (2004). Pete for president. New York, NY: Kane Press, Inc. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jackson, E. (2007). The cupcake thief. New York, NY: Kane Press, Inc. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Knudsen, M. (2005). Carl the complainer. New York, NY: Kane Press, Inc. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6 jury members
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 prosecuting attorneys
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 defending attorneys
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 bailiff
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 court reporter
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 police officers (if this option is chosen)
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 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Extension **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Activities: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do the activities found on page 32.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Read //Carl the Complainer// by Michelle Knudsen or //Pete for President// by Daisy Alberto and have the students write their own Reader’s Theater
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do a mock trial. Scripts can be found at: [] and []
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Design a mock trial competition (see [] for ideas).
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