Good afternoon! Please take out
your packet out and grab the
worksheet on your way in.
“Although the world is full of suffering,
it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
Helen Keller
Roles:
(must be responsible for
play guide!)
1. Actors / Readers
2. Definers
3. Q and A!
Literary Terms
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You are responsible for knowing all of
these terms for the unit test at the end of
this unit
Drama
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A story written to be acted out on a
stage with actors and actresses
taking the parts of specific characters
(a play)
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Act
A major division of a play.
Short plays often have 1 act.
Modern plays have 3.
Scene
A
smaller division in a play
occurring within one act
Playwright
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The author of the play
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Ex. William Gibson is the playwright of
The Miracle Worker
Script
 Written
form of a play
Stage Directions
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Written in italics, these tell the actors
where they should stand on the stage
and how their lines should be spoken
(tells actions and feelings)
DRAMATIC DIALOGUE
 Character
names used when the
character speaks
 Stage directions replace
description of action
 Scene background used at the
beginning of each scene
Narrator
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The person who is telling the story; in
a play it’s the person who ‘fills in
pieces’ or gives additional information
to the audience
Good Afternoon!
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Please take out your study guide
questions and Miracle Worker play guide.
If you would like to sign up to act, then
please write your name on the board.
HW: Complete study guide questions!
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“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we
yield to it, we can never do anything good
in the world. “
How does this relate to the photos above?
The home: ______________
http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.or
g/The_Home/floor_plans/floor_plan
s.html
Vocabulary (inside page of page 1
in packet):
Good afternoon!
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Please sign up for acting today and also,
see me if you would like to be the
“definer” today.
Place your homework on your desk.
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HW: Enjoy the weekend!
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“Everything has its wonders, even
darkness and silence, and I learn
whatever state I am in, therin to be
content “
What does Helen need to learn?
Act 1 Object association: What or who
do the following objects correspond
with?
“Peculiar young woman”
Good morning! (periods 4 and8)
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Please sign up for acting today and also,
see me if you would like to be the
“definer” today.
To consider:
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“Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the
world straight in the eye. “
HW: Enjoy the weekend!
“Never bend your head. Hold it
high. Look the world straight in the
eye. “
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Consider this quote during this portion of
the scene.
Act 1 Object association: What or who
do the following objects correspond
with?
Good morning!
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Period 1:
Make sure to have b book for H.O.B.
We will have a raffle to determine who
gets the comfy chairs
Good afternoon!
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Please open up to your DOL and take out
your Miracle Worker questions.
"Life is either a daring adventure or
nothing at all. Security is mostly a
superstition. It does not exist in nature."
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HW: Happy Thanksgiving!
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Please consider what you have learned
about Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, and the
entire cast of characters of The Miracle
Worker. What has watching the movie
added to your understanding or vision of
the play?
Is there anything that you now
understand better or can visualize?
Are there any questions that you now
have?
http://edhelper.com/books/The_Mir
acle_WorkerQZ2.htm
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http://www.memorial.ecasd.k12.wi.us/Dep
artments/langarts/dnelson/eng9/miraclew
kr.htm
Welcome back!
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Please grab the worksheet on the front
table and quietly consider the first three
questions.
Please take out your study guide
questions and packet for The Miracle
Worker.
HW: Complete the study guide questions:
___ - __
Let’s consider Helen’s character…
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“Character cannot be developed in ease
and quiet. Only through experience of trial
and suffering can the soul be
strengthened, ambition inspired, and
success achieved. “
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-Helen Keller
Good afternoon!
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Please take out your homework (questions
#7-10).
Grab the worksheet on the front table.
Keller quote of the day:
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“Alone we can do so little; together we
can do so much.”
Helen Keller
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How does this relate to the story right now?
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The Miracle Worker: Act II, the dining room
scene
In the struggle to teach Helen some table
manners, every action of Annie’s seems to meet
with an equal opposing reaction by Helen which
then brings another action by Annie. Plot the
sequence of events from this scene in the
diagram below showing cause and effect.
Good afternoon!
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Please grab a worksheet on the front table and
take out a book from beneath your desk.
HW: Complete questions 11-14.
Open up to page 69 (bottom of)
“The highest result of education is tolerance.”
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Helen Keller
Make a prediction: What will today’s scene be
about?
Act 2 objects: What is their
significance?
Good morning!
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Please take out your homework and your
movie viewing guide.
“Smell is a potent wizard that transports
you across thousand of miles and all the
years you have lived. “ -Keller
HW: Finish questions for Act 2 and work
on extra credit vocabulary!
Good morning!
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Please grab the worksheet on the front
table.
HW: Complete journal entry.
Helen Keller’s loss
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Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on
June 27, 1880. Her infancy was normal until, at
a year and a half of age, she contracted
meningitis. The disease rendered her both deaf
and blind. The next years were harsh for her
family, as they knew of no way to reach through
her double disabilities to communicate with her.
As for herself, she was imprisoned in her body,
and lonely, unable to make her needs and
desires known.
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Considering we have
read, seen, and acted
her story so far, let’s
take a step back and
consider if we
suffered such a huge
loss how we would
respond to it.
This is about sacrifice:
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Look at your list and consider what item
would be easiest to sacrifice from your list.
What could you give up and still be okay?
Now consider this for the rest of your
list…and rank them 1-5.
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1=Give up first
5= give up last.
Free write time:
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What makes this last sacrifice so
important to you? Remember to write
vividly….please consider how your life
would be different without it??
There is no wrong answer…just write your
thoughts as they come and really think
about this.
Now that you considered your own
sacrifice, what makes your loss
different from Helen Keller’s?
Good afternoon!
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Please take out your homework (journal)
for collection.
Please take out your study guide questions
and open up The Miracle Worker to Act 3
( p. 90).
HW: Complete study guide questions (17
and 18)
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“When we do the best that we can, we
never know what miracle is wrought in our
life, or in the life of another. “
Helen Keller
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Focus on the “miracles” that Helen is
taught…
Directions: They say that you learn something new everyday, so
as we read Act 3, please note all the different things that Annie
has taught Helen. As we read, listen, and watch Act 3, please
compose a list of the words that Helen has learned, the types or
words, her actions, as well as how her manners have developed.
Good afternoon!
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Please take out your study guide
questions for a HW check and copy down
tonight’s homework.
HW: Complete study guide questions.
Keller quote of the day:
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“When one door of happiness closes,
another opens; but often we look so long
at the closed door that we do not see the
one which has been opened for us.”
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Helen Keller
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What door has been opened for
HELEN??? How? And why?
Good afternoon!
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Please take out your review outline from
yesterday.
HW: Complete PART of outline ( I will
explain! )
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Review outline…
TASK: Throughout The Miracle
Worker, many of the characters
changed quite a bit. You will
choose one character from
your graphic organizer, and
complete the essay outline.
Fully explain how the character
changed, including specific
examples from the story.
Happy Friday!
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Please take out your homework and write
down tonight’s homework assignment.
HW: Complete first draft of essay outline
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FCAs:
1. clear introduction containing a world
sentence and thesis statement
10
points
2. specific text details within the body
paragraph
10 points
3. clear conclusion that summarizes the
main ideas and brings the ideas to a close
10 points
Constants: Accurate spelling,
grammar, punctuation, no “you.”
World Statement:
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You will start your introduction
with a WORLD SENTENCE. The
purpose of this sentence is to appeal
to the reader, pulling in their interest.
This sentence is a general statement
that applies to the WORLD. This will
go at the top of your triangle
Paragraph #1
World Statement:
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__________________________________
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Thesis statement
 The
thesis statement needs to
let the reader know where you
are going in your writing and
what you plan on proving.
This will go at the bottom of
your triangle.
Thesis Statement
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Include KEY WORDS:
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Title, author, character, change….
_______________________________________
_____________________________________
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Topic sentence:
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Must include character, title, change, 2
details (characteristics).
_______________________________________
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Text details…Take these right from
your graphic organizer.
Tie-back Sentence:
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Must include character, change, how they
are different…
Restate thesis statement:
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Look at your thesis and re-arrange/ reword it!!
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Rephrase World statement…offer a
new insight/idea!!!
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Good morning!
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Please take out your homework (outline)
HW: Complete final copy of outline in pen
and study for test tomorrow! Bring a
pencil and your vocab book!
Please bring a #2
pencil and a pen to
class today!
Spoiled child who learns
how to communicate
 Helen
Strict, caring teacher who gets
over her memories of her
brother through working
with Helen
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Annie
Died while he and Annie were very
young-Annie feels constant guilt because
of it
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JIMMIE
Loves and cares for Helen; finally accepts
Annie’s teaching
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Kate
Change of heart for both
Helen and Annie
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Captain
The household
cook
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VINEY
Sarcastic and finally stands
up for himself and Annie in
the end
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James
Helen and her ability to
learn the world around her
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Internal Conflict
Annie’s constant memories
of her brother
Internal conflict (this is also a
FLASHBACK!)
James holding the door from his father as
Annie’s out with Helen
 External
conflict
Annie’s struggle with the Keller’s and
her teaching practice
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External conflict
A major division of a play
 ACT-
How many acts in
The Miracle Worker?
Written form of play
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Script
Smaller divisions of a play
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Scene
Person who fills in the pieces
of a play
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Narrator
Written in italics, these
tell actors actions and
feelings
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Stage directions
Never give up
trying to
accomplish goals
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THEME
Be true to oneself and stand up for
one’s beliefs
 THEME
Discipline is necessary for learning
 THEME
Used these to make eyes for
doll
 BUTTONS
Water
 First
word Helen comprehends
2 weeks
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Amount of time Annie had Helen
Teacher
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Helen refers to Annie as this
Parents’ love
 Helen’s
biggest handicap in
Annie’s eyes
Did this to get Helen jealous to
practice sign language
 Woke
Percy up
Kate, Helen, Annie all
learned this
 Sign
language