Play by Reginald Rose Teaching Activities by Rivka Lewenstein

FOREMAN
: Let’s calm down now. (
To 
FIVE) It’s your turn.
FIVE
: I’ll pass it.
FOREMAN
: That’s your privilege. (
To 
SIX) How about you?
SIX
(
Slowly
):
 
I don’t know. I started to be convinced, you know, with the testimony 
from those people across the hall. Didn’t they say something about an argument 
between the father and the boy around seven o’clock at night? I mean, I can be 
wrong.
ELEVEN
: I think it was eight o’clock. Not seven.
EIGHT
: That’s right. Eight o’clock. They heard the father hit the boy twice and then saw 
the boy walk angrily out of the house. What does that prove?
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SAMPLE PAGE FROM 
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
© 2011. A.E.L. Publications

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27 of the play have been removed from 
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Twelve Angry Men
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Twelve Angry Men
2
Basic Understanding
Answer the questions about Act One of the play.
1.
Complete the fact file about the defendant: 
2. 
Copy the vote tally table on page 94 into your notebook (or use the paper that your 
teacher gives you) and complete the first column. (You will complete the rest of the 
table after Acts Two and Three.) (lines 1–108)
3.
a. What will happen to the defendant if the jury declares him guilty? 
b. Copy one phrase or sentence from the text that proves your answer.
(lines 1–124)