This video provides some real insight into the way our brains retain and process information. It is particularly interesting to apply these ideas to the way we approach VCE and the exams.
As yourself the question: what can I do to ensure what I hear this year stays in my working memory for the exam?
You have been assigned a character from Twelve Angry Men.
Here is an excerpt from an excellent TED talk by game designer Jane Mcgonigal. In it she discusses four types of resilience that we can strengthen to enable us to deal with life’s challenges more effectively, to live a life with fewer regrets and to live a scientifically proven 10 years longer.
Click this link for the excerpt: http://www.tubechop.com/watch/438406 (8:45)
Or watch the full version below:
Now that you are the expert for a particular character, put together a Facebook profile, including how you think they would interact with other Jurors. You can use Fakebook to make these profiles: http://classtools.net/fb/home/page
You can check out these ones my year 11s made for inspiration.
Once you have finished and saved your Fakebook, paste the link into the comment section.
Juror Number One Wordle
You need to know the whole play, but it can be interesting to see what jumps out at you when you only look at the dialogue of one character.
This is an incredibly arbitrary re-working of the play, 12 Angry Men, but you may find it interesting to see what each character says individually.
NB: I have not checked this for accuracy against the VCAA mandated text. This was compiled from the online, 3 Act version, that can be found at: http://home.planet.nl/~brui1713/litbite/files/twelveangrymen.doc
If you notice any inaccuracies or would like to suggest amendments, please include them in the comments.
| Juror One | Juror Two |
| Juror Three | Juror Four |
| Juror Five | Juror Six |
| Juror Seven | Juror Eight |
| Juror Nine | Juror Ten |
| Juror Eleven | Juror Twelve |
The image above was create by using Microsoft Word to remove all of the times “FOREMAN –” appeared in the Juror One text, and then I pasted the result into Wordle. If you make a wordle for any of the characters, I’d love to see them, so tell me in the comments!
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