English - Unit 1 Exam

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"You cant send someone off to die on evidence like that"

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"You cant send someone off to die on evidence like that"

Based on clear reasonable doubt being found/Juror 2 is finding his voice

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"We'd be better off if we took those tough kids and slapped 'em down"

Juror 3 prejudice against children in terms of the way they should be treated

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"I have no personal feelings about this"

Irony as Juror 3 has bad relationship with his son

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"It's the kids, the way they are nowadays"

Juror 3 prejudice against children in terms of the way they act

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"Anybody says a thing like that the way he said it, they mean it"

Juror 3 in terms of how the defendant said "i'll kill you"

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"Everyone has a breaking point"

Juror 4 referring to the Defendants relationship with his father

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"Slums are breeding grounds for animals"

Prejudice against people from slums by Juror 4

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"There is a reasonable doubt in my mind"

Juror 4 uses the American Justice System

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"I've lived in a slum all my life. I nurse that trash in Harlem Hospital 6 nights a week"

Juror 5 reveals he is from the slums

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(in a low voice) "I - don't think he's guilty"

Juror 7 showing shame after stating his verdict as not guilty

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"They're only people. People Make Mistakes. Could they be wrong?"

Juror 8 reflecting on people's belief

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"We say it every day. It doesn't mean we're going to kill someone"

Juror 8 referring to the term "I'll kill you"

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"It's very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this"

Juror 8 discussing personal prejudice

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"It suddenly occurs to me that you must be an ignorant man"

Juror 9 referring to the 10th Juror

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"It's only one night, a boy may die"

Juror 9 discussing the repercussions of the Jurors actions

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"It's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others"

Juror 9's input in terms of social ridicule

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"It's those people! I'm tellin' you they let the kids run wild up there”

Juror 10's first layer of prejudice

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"I've lived among 'em all my life. You can't believe a word they say. I mean, they're born liars"

Juror 10 has a clear prejudice against the defendants minority group.

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"The kids who crawl outa those places are real trash"

Juror 10 referring to slums

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"He don't even speak good English"

Juror 10 Irony, as what he said was grammatically incorrect

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"I have always thought that in this country a man was entitled to have unpopular opinions"

Juror 11 reflecting freedom of speech in the US

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"Facts may be coloured by the personalities of the people who present them"

Juror 11 discussing the manipulation of the truth

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"I have a reasonable doubt in my mind"

Juror 11 upholding the US justice system

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The switch knife

Represents the certainty (that is wavering)

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secret ballot

Anonymous voting method that helps to make elections fair and honest/stopping peer pressure

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Weather: Heat

oppressive, and suffocating for the Jurors, and inescapable

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Weather: storm/rain

When it begins, it symbolises the climax. Tensions are intensifying in the jury room, the 10th Juror is beginning to make personal attacks as he grows more and more frustrated.

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Weather: Rain clears

symbolic of the tensions within the jury room 'washing' away.

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Justice

Highlights the importance placed on democracy in the Justice system

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Writing to Express

You would explore recounts, storytelling and/or narratives of imagination

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Writing to Explain

Seeking to explain would explore cause and effect and the possible consequences of actions

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Writing to Argue

Exploring a point of view

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Writing to Reflect

seeking to reflect explores experiences of personal discovery that shape their understanding of actions, events, experiences and ideas

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mode

Refers to the process of communication.

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medium

Refers to the way we access a text.

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form

Refers to the type of text

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audience

Who do want to engage with the text?

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Purpose

What is the point of writing the text?

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“The judge won’t accept a hung jury. We haven’t been here long”

Reflects the importance of justice in 12 Angry Men

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“The most serious charge in our criminal courts”

Referring to that the jury should think deeply about the case

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“We have a responsibility. This is a remarkable thing about democracy”

Juror 11 reflecting the positives of democracy

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