HW - GST Boces

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 

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 

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 

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 

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

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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):

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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”

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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. “ 

Consider this quote during this portion of the scene.

Act 1 Object association: What or who do the following objects correspond with?

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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

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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 

http://www.memorial.ecasd.k12.wi.us/Dep artments/langarts/dnelson/eng9/miraclew kr.htm

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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… 

“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. “ 

-Helen Keller

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Please take out your homework (questions #7-10). Grab the worksheet on the front table.

Keller quote of the day: 

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller 

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.

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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?

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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!

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Please grab the worksheet on the front table. HW: Complete journal entry.

Helen Keller’s loss 

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.  

1=Give up first 5= give up last.

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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?

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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.

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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: 

“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.” 

Helen Keller 

What door has been opened for HELEN??? How? And why?

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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.

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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.”

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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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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 

Include KEY WORDS: 

Title, author, character, change….

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Topic sentence: 

Must include character, title, change, 2 details (characteristics). _______________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Text details…Take these right from your graphic organizer.

Tie-back Sentence: 

Must include character, change, how they are different…

Restate thesis statement: 

Look at your thesis and re-arrange/ reword it!! _______________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Rephrase World statement…offer a new insight/idea!!!  ___________________________

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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 

Annie

Died while he and Annie were very young-Annie feels constant guilt because of it 

JIMMIE

Loves and cares for Helen; finally accepts Annie’s teaching 

Kate

Change of heart for both Helen and Annie 

Captain

The household cook 

VINEY

Sarcastic and finally stands up for himself and Annie in the end 

James

Helen and her ability to learn the world around her 

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 

External conflict

A major division of a play  ACT-

How many acts in

The Miracle Worker?

Written form of play 

Script

Smaller divisions of a play 

Scene

Person who fills in the pieces of a play 

Narrator

Written in italics, these tell actors actions and feelings 

Stage directions

Never give up trying to accomplish goals 

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 

Amount of time Annie had Helen

Teacher 

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