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Twelve Angry Men SAC
The Rules
• 3 periods: Wed March 21 – Thur March 22
• Word count: 800 – 900 words
Paper dictionary
Double A4 handwritten notes
No text
No netbooks
No electronic dictionaries
The Text
Write 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
Check & Correct
Names
Include the author’s name in the introduction:
Reginald Rose
Spell out the jurors: Juror Three, Juror Seven
J2 or juror five
Check & Correct
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
Check & Correct
Understand Key Terms
Prejudice
A negative feeling, opinion, or attitude based on someone’s race, religion or
background
Some jurors think the boy is guilty because he is Latino and lives in the slums
Synonyms: preconception, intolerance, bigotry
Antonyms: 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.
Check & Correct
Use the Correct Form of a Word
Apathy / Complacence – noun
Juror Seven approaches the case with apathy
/ complacence; all he wants is to get to his
baseball game.
Apathetic / Complacent – adjective
Juror 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.
Check & Correct
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.
Check & Correct
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.’
Check & Correct
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.
Check & Correct
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.’
Check & Correct
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 not
Was not / Has not
It is / Is not
Could not / Would
not
He will / He is
Except for Direct Quotes
Check & Correct
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.
Check & Correct
Sample Cheat Sheet
Plan:
Essay topic: content & direction words
Re-write topic in own words
Main idea
supporting ideas / 1 quote for each idea
How does each relate back to the essay topic?
Intro:
‘Twelve Angry Men’ / Reginald Rose
Background info & context
Restate essay topic in own words & main idea
Mention supporting ideas
T – supporting idea / main idea of paragraph
E – explain more information about your idea
E – evidence – quotes, examples, actions
L – 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 idea
Restate 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?