TWELVE ANGRY MEN Teaching Unit

Complete unit for the drama, TWELVE ANGRY MEN, providing an engaging, varied range of student activities for rigorous analysis of plot, characters and themes. This is a unit of literary analysis, covering vocabulary of legal terms, analysis of conflicts, interpretation of cartoons related to key ideas in the text, and extension activities.
The unit can be used as

1. whole class, step-by-step lessons or
2. self-contained student-directed work program for individuals to complete at
   their learning pace, complete with all questions to the varied comprehension
   for student self-evaluation

**UNIT PACKAGE **

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAY Power Point (1 - 2 lessons)
   (2 copies - one TEACHER ONLY copy with all answers on vocabulary and
   comprehension questions
   one STUDENT copy with comprehension questions minus
   answers)
   Power Point contains

   • Understanding essential concepts - prior knowledge & vocabulary exercise
   • Legality, Morality and Unjust Laws - comprehension
   • Law making in democratic society / symbolism and law
   • Cartoon representations of problems with the justice system -
     comprehension
   1. **STUDENT STUDY & COMPREHENSION GUIDE (approximately 2 weeks)
      (i) Fourteen comprehension activities covering all of the plot, comprehension
      and interpretation of key lines, using diagrams to compare and contrast,
      sequencing diagram, short answer tasks and crossword on the text.
      (ii) Teacher Power Point with all answers to questions in the study guide for
      class marking and assessing student understanding

   3. EXEMPLAR ESSAY Handout
   Annotated exemplar analytical essay
   Sidebar annotation of textual construction and language features