Reading And Creating - 12 Angry Men

[J_Rho]

Please help me come up with ideas!!

This task requires you to demonstrate your knowledge of the set text - 12 Angry Men - in the form of a creative piece on or from a juror
You are to deliver this piece in the form of an oral presentation
Close consideration of the assessment criteria is recommended (See assessment sheet attached)
While you are expected to present fluently and in an authentic voice, you are not expected to know your speech by heart. Therefore, you are encouraged to read from notes rather than memorise your speech.
You are to accompany your piece with:
a written statement of explanation which will outline and explain your authorial choices.
at least 1 draft with teacher feedback
You speech should be 3.5 - 5 minutes in length.
You will have 3 sessions to prepare your draft for this presentation.
Due Dates:
First Draft - Thursday 28th (upon conclusion of English class)
Presentation of Oral - Week 8, Monday 18th March

[OZLexico]

The first thing to do is to pick a juror who is interesting to you.  You will need to invent a bit of this character's back story (Why is the juror so obsessed about sport? What is the story of the juror who has a difficult relationship with his son? What's the background to the advertising man? How did Juror 8 become so concerned about the boy's fate?). So this person might be reflecting on their "normal" life and how they feel about being on a jury.  This could be followed by reflections on the conduct of the case (which might also reveal this character's views and values) and then their observations of events in the jury room.  Make sure you do some good scene setting early on, to put your listeners in the picture. You also want to show this character changing and developing through your presentation - don't just limit this to the changing of their vote in the jury room.  The experience of being on a jury was important and memorable for the playwright Rose so it would be good to be able to reveal this more broadly in the character you choose to write about.