Romeo and Juliet is a wonderful story to teach and requires a great end project. This mock trial is a wonderful way to wrap up this unit. Students will put Friar Laurence on trial for manslaughter, and the defense will try to prove him innocent while the prosecution is trying to prove guilty. Students will be given differentiated roles to play in the trial, including defense or prosecution lawyers, witnesses (as characters from the play), judge, and jury members. Each role has an assignment in p