Cloze Activity Based on the Opening of Twelve Angry Men
This is a summary of Twelve Angry Men. The story starts when the tells the jury that they have to decide if the boy is guilty of . The has to be , which means they all have to agree on the vote.
When the jurors enter the room, they talk about several things before they talk about the case: , , and . The guard is the door.
The jurors decide to take a right away before any discussion. Juror is the only one to vote on the first vote. He wants to the case for a while. We know the boy is years old. We know the knife went into the father inches. Juror eight provides information about the boy that we did not know yet:
- The boys mother .
- The boy lives in a .
- The boy is a , kid.
We found out information about some of the jurors. One said he worked his way through , but he never anyone. Another one said he lived around them his whole life and we cant a word they say.
From Using High-Interest Materials to Engage Secondary Students in Reading by Rita Mulholland.
Reading Online, www.readingonline.org
Posted October 2002