The Trial of Johnny Cade

150+ intermediate students at Gananoque Intermediate and Secondary School have been studying the novel The Outsiders for the past four weeks. The students have enjoyed the novel immensely. Their energy and passion for the book has inspired our expansive and epic culminating assignment “The Trial of Johnny Cade”. Even though Johnny Cade is a fictional character from S.E. Hinton's novel, we are going to make this as real as possible. It requires everyone to "get into role". Students will become the witnesses, the barristers, the solicitors, judge, jury, social media, the press, forensic teams and sketch artists. Students will have just over a week to prepare themselves. With the guidance, knowledge and experience of community members, intermediate teachers
and high school teachers, students will immerse themselves into the roles. They will work with community artists, police officers, lawyers. They will find themselves in the high school science labs, law classes and art studios. The rigorous training and collaboration will make the event seem a reality.

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Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Johnny cade
The video about Johnny Cade’s defence starts out with the Socs starting the fight by coming on to the Greaser’s side and trash talking them. The Socs take Ponyboy Curtis to a fountain in the park and then they start drowning Ponyboy to death. Ponyboy’s best friend is Johnny and Johnny reaction was to kill Bob the Soc. What would you do to help your friend if someone was drowning him? Would you do the same thing Johnny did? If Johnny did it for self-defence, Johnny should not be put on trial. 
                                            ~KEYNAN KENNEDY 
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