Name: Ms. Fittz English 2 13 January 2015  

English 2 Agenda Tuesday, January 13  

 

  Bell-Ringer.

1. Good Morning! What is one thing you are going to do today in order to achieve your goals for this semester?

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2. Fairy Tale Trials. What did you think about the Fairy Tale Trials yesterday? Was justice served? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

3. Stereotype. What is a stereotype? List some common stereotypes you’ve heard of. ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Prejudice. What is prejudice? Can stereotypes cause us to be prejudiced? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

II. Zoom III. Journal #2 IV. Trial Vocabulary: Verdict, Jury Foreman, Convict, Acquit, Stereotyping V. Begin Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose

a. Watch Act I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzPll63y2b0 { 4:20-32:00 } b. The Jurors c. Analysis Questions ! due by end of class

VI. Exit Ticket: Twelve Angry Men: Act 1

Homework #2: Due Friday || Quiz #2 Friday

Learning Objectives *We will… ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

*We will… ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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 The Jurors:

1. What is the responsibility of a jury? _________________________________________________________

2. What must the vote be at the end of jury deliberation? _______________________________________

3. What sentence will the defendant face if he is found guilty of this crime? ______________________

Act 1: Analysis Questions:

1. Describe the mood of Act I. How do the set, temperature, and the juror’s emotions help create this mood? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Who is the defendant? Of what has the defendant been accused? ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. The first vote was ______ (guilty) to _______ (not guilty).

4. Why does Juror #8 says he voted this way? _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What does Juror Ten’s comment reveal about himself?: “We don’t owe him a thing… he’s lucky he got a trial. How can you believe him, knowing what he is? I lived among ‘em all my life. You can’t believe a word they say.” {bonus: is this direct or indirect characterization?} _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. How does Juror #5 respond to the above comment? _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Describe at least 3 details about the defendant’s background. * _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Describe the evidence we know about the case:

Witness (es) Evidence

Evidence #1

Evidence #2

Evidence #3

Evidence #4

9. What proposal does Juror Eight make at the end of Act I? What is his motive for making the proposal? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Predict: what do you think will be the outcome of the second vote? _________________________________

! Early finisher: where (so far) do you see stereotyping and prejudice in this play? What do you want to say to these jurors?