12 Angry Men Lesson Plan

Scene Study, Day 2

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

To understand Rose's text in its intended form

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5

Structure:

Students should be given 15 minutes to rehearse and set up, then should perform for each other the scenes they began working on yesterday.

After each scene, or after all of the performances (depending on your class's attention span), discuss the interpretations and choices that each group made. Was the 3rd Juror like you imagined him? Was the 8th Juror more forceful than you thought he would be? Was the 5th Juror a powerful presence? How did the...