Reading Homework

HW: Please read Chapters 6-7 (74-99) by Monday. Please write 3 right there OR think and search questions and 3 author and me OR on my own questions. (you should have SIX total)

Petitions and Tone

HW: Vocab cards (prefixes sub, syn, trans--see sheet for more variations of those prefixes)
         Read Chapter Five ( X ) of My Brother Sam is Dead (expect a reading check)

Activity: In journals, write the following: The tone of my petition is________________,________________

Let's see how accurate your writing tone is. Pass your petitions clockwise. The person will read your petition and determine the tone. You may refer to the tone handout if you're at a loss for words. Write the tone on the back of the petition.




Petition--tone questions on board



Freewrite: What is perspective? Does everyone have the same perspective? Why or why not?




Perspective-your attitude or point of view on something; how you see something.




Then: Compare the petition to the issues raised in the book (especially at the beginning of chapter 2 and the beginning of chapter 3)

Form a scripted debate between Tories and Patriots: Bring up issues for and against going to war---but you must base your responses on the book and the petition.

Word Study Wednesday

Oh yes. Word study Wednesday has taken on a new flavor. No! Not grape.

We will be moving on to prefixes, and a slightly new format. You will receive a chart of the most common prefixes in the English language, and I will let you know which prefixes you are responsible for each week. The vocab card format will remain the same.

Welcome Back!

Today's Agenda:

1. Reading Check
2. Question Check/ Discussions
3. Literary Term: TONE

Literary term:

Tone:  The author's, speaker's, or character's attitude toward a subject or event.

Remember mood?

Mood accounts for the feelings that the author creates within an audience. Those feelings belong to the audience.

Tone, however, belongs to the author/speaker.

Notice how my tone shifts, depending on my purpose: Get out! (angry) versus get out (playful)

Tone also relies on audience: If you want permission from your parents to do something your tone might be submissive and extremely respectful.

If you want your little sibling to do something, your tone might be threatening.

In writing, we have a voice, but it is not audible. We must use our words to convey the tone. 

Tone Exercise


We're going to study a primary source document that lists some of reasons why Americans are upset at the British. We will then compare this to how the book portrays these issues (most likely tomorrow)

My Brother Sam is Dead-day #1

HW: Please read up to page 60 (through chapter 4, IV) by the Monday we return. Expect a short plot-based quiz as a reading check. In your journal: For each chapter, write 4 questions (one of each type)This means you should 16 questions total.



NOTES: Literary Term

internal conflict- a struggle that occurs within a character

external conflict- struggles or issues that arise from outside forces (i.e. British troops vs. American Patriots)

Word Study Wednesday

phys- nature, the body, medicine

spir- breathe

struct- build

Due Friday

HW for Thursday

Please complete your Twelve Angry Men  fragmented essays by putting all your work in one space.
-Please type this up, Times New Roman, 12pt font, double-spaced.

The Declaration of Independence

You are a colonist in the summer of 1776. The Declaration of Independence has just been signed and published, and you've got your hands on a copy!

After reading over this new document, you are going to meet with several other colonists.

Please discuss:
-what this new document is going to mean for you
-what dangers and possibilities do you now face?
-what will happen to you if they are caught with it by British troops or Tory sympathizers?

We will conduct a town meeting to discuss what your mini groups have discussed. Each group should have a summarizer that jots down big discussion points. You will then assemble those points into a brief summary.

Building body paragraphs from thesis

During our bad ad essay, I supplied questions for you to answer for each body paragraph. If you have a strong thesis, however, the information of your body paragraphs should already be suggested.

Thesis: In the film, the characters who are fickle, hesitant, or simply unwilling to recognize the seriousness of jury duty are considered weak jurors.


Body paragraph topic sentence: 


           Throughout the movie, the characters who are fickle, or easily persuaded, can be considered weak jurors. For example, when Juror #12. . . 

       
Then I would explain why Juror #12's actions are a threat to democracy or justice. 

If this were a full length paragraph, I would then need another example along with an explanation.



YOUR TASK:

1. Write three body paragraph topic sentences

2. Provide only ONE example per body paragraph--this means you will need to discuss one of the juror's from the film and share a particular scene that illustrates the personality trait stated in the topic sentence

3. Then provide an explanation of how their behavior makes them a good, bad, or weak juror (depending on your thesis statement)



HW: Please complete the above task for homework. Please bring your intros and "body paragraph segments" to class tomorrow

Developing an Introduction

Introduction:
- begin with a general statement about our justice system or democracy. 
 -Transition to a sentence about good, bad or weak jurors in general.  
-Introduce the film (background info), and give necessary background info. 
 -Slide into thesis- and provide the “so what.” 


HW: Complete introduction for HOMEWORK (you may complete in journal)




For our justice system to succeed, every juror must understand his role in seeking the truth. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to stand up for what is right and just. In Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men, we get an intimate view of what goes on during jury deliberations. Here, as men determine the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of killing his father, one can clearly see how a human's will to  fight for the truth is tested. Some characters do, in fact, crumble under the pressure and are shown to be weak jurors, or jurors that struggle with upholding democratic values. In the film, the characters who are fickle, hesitant, or simply unwilling to recognize the seriousness of jury duty are considered weak jurors. As a result, democracy is threatened, as well as the life of a possibly innocent boy. 

Literary Analysis--building a thesis statement

Please speak to the person next to and brainstorm adjectives or character traits that make an individual a weak, strong, or bad juror. Please try to come up with three or four traits for each.


Thesis statement: an argument or claim that you set out to prove.

Choose the category of jurors that you feel you have the most to say about: weak jurors, bad jurors, or strong jurors.

Then, choose three DISTINCT character traits or qualities that belong to the category you're focusing on.





Thesis starter for weak jurors

In the film Twelve Angry Men, the characters who are fickle, hesitant, or simply unwilling to recognize the seriousness of jury duty are considered weak jurors.

Plans for Thursday

Students will need:

1. Juror’s handbook,

2. Twelve Angry Member jury sheet

3. journals

 Please choose two jurors, one that helps democracy succeed and one that threatens or compromises democracy. Provide your reasoning for both choices. This should be about one journal page long.


NEXT:

On a separate piece of paper, to be handed in by the end of class:

1. Choose six jurors from the film

2. Write their names (juror #2, juror #4, etc.) on the paper, leaving several (around 5-6) lines between each one.

3. Please classify each juror you've selected as a weak juror, a strong juror, or a bad juror

4. Next to your classification, provide a quote from the juror’s handbook to support your response

5. Finally, include a moment from the film that shows how they are violating or following the rule from the juror’s handbook.