Week 2 Lessons

This week we will turn our attention to the upcoming Assessment Task in Week 3.  You will be writing an essay in class in response the the question:

'The study of drama helps us to understand human behaviour.'  How is this true for the play you have studied in class?


So this week will allow you the opportunity to:

1. Choose the behaviours you will address in your essay
2. Locate examples in the text where these behaviours are demonstrated
3. Compose a paragraph for each behaviour that includes the examples and techniques used to 'help us to understand' that behaviour.

Aim to write 3 paragraphs in total.

Friday - Period 5

Playwright: Reginald Rose

Dramatic Techniques:  We will complete our notes today by looking at some of the dramatic techniques employed by playwright, Reginald Rose.  These techniques are additional to any language techniques found in the dialogue of the characters.

• juxtaposition
• stage directions
• time
• pauses/silences
• rhetorical questions
• irony
• motifs

Wednesday - Period 4

12 Angry Men - Setting

In today's lesson we will look at how playwright, Reginald Rose, uses the setting of the jury room in his play.  On your Weebly create a new page for the play and then place the photo to the right (found in our 'Classwork' folder).  Then underneath complete the following:

1. Make a list of words that describe the set and the mood created by the setting
2. Then in a paragraph explain how the confined setting of the jury room aggravates or creates the conflicts that arise in the play.