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Unit 9
8th Grade
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Analyze the playwright’s deliberate choices of character actions and words.
Analyze the irony at the end of Act I.
Book: Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose pp. 40 – 48
Video: “12 Angry Men (5/10) Movie CLIP - Re-enactment (1957) HD” by Movieclips
Article: “Scientists Trace Memories of Things That Never Happened” by James Gorman (optional)
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Why does Juror 8 call Juror 3 a sadist on p. 47?
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Which piece of evidence supports the answer to Part A?
At the end of Act I, a juror shouts something extremely ironic and unexpected. What does he shout and why is it ironic? Why did Reginald Rose choose to end Act I this way, and what does it prove?
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Make sure to watch the movie clip so students can observe how the filmmaker builds tension between the characters.
RL.8.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
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Connect the symbolism of the hot weather and the rising tension.
Explain how the stage directions help to create the mood in the jury room.
Build background knowledge on the justice system through an interactive lecture and reading on the American criminal justice system.
Standards
RI.8.2
Review parts of a drama.
Make inferences about character roles and relationships by conducting pre-reading for Twelve Angry Men.
RL.8.3
Make inferences about character motivation and setting through both stage directions and direct lines.
Demonstrate knowledge of the characters by acting/reading aloud Act I.
Analyze the conflicts that emerge between the jurors.
Define “reasonable doubt” and determine whether or not there is evidence of the defendant’s guilt/innocence.
Analyze how the playwright propels action in the plot.
Evaluate Juror 8’s persuasion technique based on logic and rational, rather than emotion and gut feeling.
Analyze how the playwright uses Juror 8 to propel action in the plot.
RL.8.4
Analyze the symbolism of each character's actions during Juror 10's monologue.
Explain how the stage directions contribute to Rose's message about justice.
RL.8.2
Debate whether Rose is skeptical or optimisitic about the American Justice System in the 1950s through his teleplay Twelve Angry Men.
Take a position in writing about Rose’s ultimate message about the American criminal justice system.
RL.8.2SL.8.1W.8.1
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