Play by Reginald Rose Teaching Activities by Rivka Lewenstein

4. 
Who suggests that they go around the table and give every juror a chance to speak? 
What does he hope to accomplish? (lines 107–159)
5.
What does EIGHT consider questionable about the testimony of the woman across 
the street? (lines 180–196)
6.
At times, the jurors become very emotional in Act One. Give two examples where 
a juror gets angry at, or offends, another juror.
7.
List two claims that the boy made to defend himself (his alibi), as well as explanations 
given by a juror as to why they cannot be believed. (One explanation is provided.) 
(lines 160–293)
a. Claim: 
Why it cannot be believed: 
He couldn’t even remember what pictures he saw.
b. Claim: 
Why it cannot be believed: 
8.
Copy the testimony and evidence table on page 95 into your notebook (or use the 
paper that your teacher gives you) and complete any information that is provided 
in Act One. (You will complete the rest of the table after Acts Two and Three.)
Age:
...
Background: 
...
Criminal background:
...
Crime he is accused of:
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Act One
2
Vocabulary Practice
(List 1-A)
Complete the cloze with words from the box below.
In the play 
Twelve Angry Men
, twelve men are gathered together in a room to decide 
whether a boy accused of murder is innocent or guilty. The boy’s life is 
1.
…, because 
if he is found guilty, he will be sentenced to death. Although all the 
2.
… in the court 
case seems to point in the direction of the boy’s guilt, the jurors aren’t all sure that he 
is guilty. In their first