Play by Reginald Rose Teaching Activities by Rivka Lewenstein

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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
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Act Three
Basic Understanding
Answer the questions about Act Three of the play.
1.
a. Which behavior of ELEVEN’s angers SEVEN shortly after the third vote?
(lines 761–783)
ELEVEN has the “arrogance” … although he …
b. What is FIVE’s response to SEVEN?
2.
FIVE says that the boy could not have killed his father based on …
(lines 786–851)
According to FIVE, experienced knife fighters …
3.
a. What is the initial reason that SEVEN gives for changing his vote?
(lines 852–880)
b. Who pressures him into eventually admitting to a different reason and how? 
4. 
Go back to the vote tally table from page 94 that you copied into your notebook (or 
that your teacher gave you) and complete the fourth, fifth, and sixth columns. 
5.
Go back to the testimony and evidence table from page 95 that you copied into 
your notebook (or that your teacher gave you) and complete any information that 
is provided in Act Three. 
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Twelve Angry Men
Vocabulary Practice 
(List 3-A)
Complete the sentences in any logical manner, using a word from the box below