Twelve Angry Men SAC

The Rules

• 3 periods: Wed March 21 – Thur March 22• Word count: 800 – 900 wordsPaper dictionaryDouble A4 handwritten notes No text No netbooks No electronic dictionaries

The TextWrite out the full title: ‘Twelve Angry Men’

12AM or 12 Angry Men

Use ‘_____’ or ______ the title

Refer to the text as a play

A film, movie, book, novel

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Names

Include the author’s name in the introduction: Reginald Rose

Spell out the jurors: Juror Three, Juror Seven

J2 or juror five

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Quotes

Cite the page number of the quote you use: ‘a boy may die’ (p18) and ‘this isn’t a game’ (p25)

Don’t use quotes longer than 1 sentence

Choose the most important words and use .... to show that you have left some words out

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Understand Key TermsPrejudiceA negative feeling, opinion, or attitude based on someone’s race, religion or

backgroundSome jurors think the boy is guilty because he is Latino and lives in the slums

Synonyms: preconception, intolerance, bigotryAntonyms: fairness, justice, respect, tolerance

Prejudice – ‘Twelve Angry Men’ is about the struggle for justice to overcome prejudice.

Prejudices – The jurors in ‘Twelve Angry Men’ let their personal prejudices affect their decision about the boy’s guilt.

Prejudiced – Juror Three is prejudiced towards teenagers because of his troubled relationship with his own son.

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Use the Correct Form of a Word

Apathy / Complacence – nounJuror Seven approaches the case with apathy /

complacence; all he wants is to get to his baseball game.

Apathetic / Complacent – adjectiveJuror Seven is the most apathetic / complacent of the

twelve Jurors; he doesn’t care about the outcome of the trial, so long as he gets to his baseball game on time.

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Write in the Present Tense

‘Twelve Angry Men’ was a play written by Reginald Rose that explored the influence of people’s personal prejudices on the effectiveness of the jury system.

‘Twelve Angry Men’ is a play written by Reginald Rose that explores the influence of people’s personal prejudices on the effectiveness of the jury system.

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Explain the Evidence

Juror Eight sees through Juror Three: ‘You behave like a self-appointed, public avenger, you personally want the boy to die.’

It is evident that Juror Eight sees through Juror Three when he says, ‘You behave like a self-appointed public avenger. You personally want the boy to die.’

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Proofread for Plurals

The juror in ‘Twelve Angry Men’ all think the boy is guilty at the first vote, except Juror Eight who think there is reasonable doubt.

The jurors in ‘Twelve Angry Men’ all think the boy is guilty at the first vote, except Juror Eight who thinks there is reasonable doubt.

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Do Not Use Personal Pronouns

Firstly, I want to talk about prejudice. It has positive and negative sides and it is shown clearly in the play.

Both the positive and negative sides of prejudice are explored in detail throughout the play ‘Twelve Angry Men.’

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Do Not Use Contractions

Didn’t / Doesn’t Wasn’t / Hasn’t It’s / Isn’t Couldn’t / Wouldn’t He’ll / He’s etc...

Did not / Does notWas not / Has notIt is / Is notCould not / Would

notHe will / He is

Except for Direct Quotes

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Ask Questions Suppose that they just made things up? What

is the consequence after the boy dies? Nothing. They can’t make up for the loss of his life.

If the jurors let their personal prejudices interfere with their decision, the defendant will face the electric chair. This is a worse outcome than setting a guilty boy free because nothing can make up for the loss of an innocent boy’s life.

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Sample Cheat SheetPlan:Essay topic: content & direction wordsRe-write topic in own wordsMain ideasupporting ideas / 1 quote for each ideaHow does each relate back to the essay topic?

Intro: ‘Twelve Angry Men’ / Reginald RoseBackground info & contextRestate essay topic in own words & main ideaMention supporting ideas

T – supporting idea / main idea of paragraphE – explain more information about your ideaE – evidence – quotes, examples, actionsL – link evidence & idea by explaining how it relates to back to my main idea

& essay topic

Conclusion:Summarise how each supporting idea relates to my main ideaRestate in different words how my main idea answers the essay topic

Vocabulary & spelling:

Facts:

My Ideas:

Quotes:

Have I... Used the full title ‘Twelve Angry Men’ & quotation

marks? Referred to it as a play? Used the author’s name in the intro? Spelled out the jurors? Cited page numbers after quotes? Only used short quotes? Stayed in the present tense? Not used contractions? Proofread for plurals? Used the correct form of each word? Not asked questions? Explained my evidence? Proofread for fluency & mistakes? Written my name on everything?