[etni] Fwd: re: bridging question for 12 angry men

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 15:50:38 +0200
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From: remanuel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Fwd: bridging question for 12 angry men

That's a very good bridging question, but I (and my pupils) don't like
the final question - How does this information add to your
understanding of the play?
"It doesn't. I understood the play perfectly well without this
information." It adds to my understanding of why the author wrote the
play, and why he portrayed certain characters as he did, etc. I told
my pupils to learn certain sentences by heart for use if they are
confronted with a question such as this: "Authors/Playwrights often
draw on their own experiences to enhance their writing."
I think the final question needs to be rephrased. Perhaps something
like: What aspects of Rose's own experiences are reflected in the
play?


Abcalo wrote:
> how about this one?   Don't know the AEL version, so sorry if it is a repeat
>
> Bridging Text and Context:    80 – 100 words (20 points)
>
> Reginald Rose, the author of Twelve Angry Men, wrote the play after
> his own experience sitting on the jury of a manslaughter (murder)
> case. Describing that time, he wrote: “This was my first experience on
> a jury, and it left quite an impression on me. The receipt of my jury
> notice activated many grumblings1 ... most of which began with lines
> like, ‘...eight million people in New York and they have to call me!’
> ... But strangely, the moment I walked into the courtroom ... and
> found myself facing a strange man whose fate was suddenly more or less
> in my hands, my entire attitude changed ... I doubt whether I have
> ever been so impressed in my life with a role I had to play, and I
> suddenly became so earnest2 that, in thinking about it later, I
> probably was unbearable3 to the eleven other jurors.”
>
>
> How has reading the information above added to your general
> understanding of the play?
>
>
> Sara wrote:
>>
>> does anyone have a bridging question for 12 angry men that is NOT in
>> the AEL book? i need it for a moed bet (or maybe gimil) for some of my
>> students.
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