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TEACHER GUIDE • Assessment Rubric ................................................................................... 4 • How Is Our Literature Kit Organized? ......................................................... 5 • Graphic Organizers .................................................................................... 6 • Bloom’s Taxonomy for Reading Comprehension .......................................... 7 • Teaching Strategies ..................................................................................... 7 • Summary of the Story ................................................................................. 8 • Vocabulary .................................................................................................. 9 STUDENT HANDOUTS • Spotlight on William Gibson ....................................................................... 10 • Chapter Questions Act 1, Scene 1 ..................................................................................... 11 Act 1, Scene 2 ....................................................................................... 14 Act 1, Scene 3 ....................................................................................... 17 Act 1, Scene 4 ...................................................................................... 20 Act 2, Scene 1 ...................................................................................... 23 Act 2, Scene 2 ...................................................................................... 26 Act 2, Scene 3 ...................................................................................... 29 Act 2, Scene 4 ...................................................................................... 32 Act 3, Scene 1 ...................................................................................... 35 Act 3, Scene 2 ...................................................................................... 38 • Writing Tasks .............................................................................................. 41 • Word Search ............................................................................................... 44 • Comprehension Quiz ................................................................................. 45 EZ EASY MARKING™ ANSWER KEY ............................................................ 47 GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS .......................................................................... 53 4 Additional worksheets for your students FREE! 6 BONUS Activity Pages! NAME: ...................Student Worksheet NAME: Literature in Context ...................Student Worksheet Activity Six Literature in Context NAME: PHYSICAL DISABILITIES Student Worksheet ................... Activity Five This activity can be done individually or in small groups. Literature in Context AN ALTERNATE ENDING • Go to our website: www.classroomcompletepress.com/bonus NAME: What if you, or someone you love, became blind and deaf through a ...................Student Worksheet Activity Four serious illness! Fortunately, since the time of Helen Keller’s youth, much has been done for the deaf and blind in North American society. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR This activity can be done individually or in small groups. NAME: Literature in Context Student Worksheet The conclusion of The Miracle Worker is probably one Whatof the can most be famous done for people in North America today who are both deaf ................... in English literature. It is dramatically presented, ties several “loose ends” Activity Three Helen Keller was born in 1880, fi fteen years after the great and devastating American and blind? Research information that would help answer this question. NAME: together, and of course, most importantly it features the classic “happy Literature in Context Civil War ended. Helen’s father, Arthur H. Keller, was a captain during this confl ict, and Consider such things as technology, education, medical treatment, Student Worksheet HELEN KELLER ending” that readers love so much. ................... Helen’s mother, Kate, was a cousin to Robert E. Lee, the commanding general of the possible career choices, etc. You may wish to interview a health care Activity Two Confederate troops. Kate’s father, Charles W. Adams, was a brigadier general in the What if Helen hadn’t remembered the word “water” during this fi nal Helen Keller was probably one of the most amazing people ever professional for that person’s input. If possible, include information on Literature in Context Consider this...Confederate army. scene? What if Annie had not enjoyed this major breakthrough at this PUTTING ON A PLAY to have lived. Her accomplishments were simply astounding. Keller modern day Helen Kellers that have proved to be an inspiration. Everything has itsDuring the play there is much discussion (sometimes quite heated) between Captain most important time? What would have happened? Would Captain Keller Activity One went on to become a world famous speaker and author and wonders, even darkness • Enter item CC2701 – The Miracle Worker and silence, and I learnKeller and his son, James, about the Civil War. The war seems to have had a tremendous have quickly tired of Annie’s stubborn ways and sent herYour back report to Boston? should be about a page in length. This activity needs to be done with students working in small groups. is remembered as an advocate for people with disabilities and whatever state I amimpact in, on the life of Captain Keller, especially. TAKE IN A MOVIE therein to be content Would Helen have become even more impossible to deal with around her numerous other causes. Helen Keller family? Several screen versions of The Miracle Worker have been A number of personalities and events from the Civil War are mentioned in the play. As a smallConsider group this... select a passage from the play. The Although we will never know the answers to these questions, you will be Consider this... These include: made since the original 1957 presentation on live television in passageFamed should American not be more than a page or two long given the opportunity of putting your imagination to work in coming up an episode of Playhouse 90. This version starred Teresa Wright humorist and author Character cannot be Research the life of this great woman and write a one-page report • Robert E. Lee developed in ease and with what might have happened if this momentous event had not taken and 11-year-old Patty McCormack as Helen Keller. On the and shouldMark Twain contain, an admirer interesting dialog and/or action. It of both Anne Sullivan quiet. Only through highlighting her personal life and accomplishments. You might wish to • General Stonewall Jackson Broadway stage and in the 1962 movie adaptation, the stars experience of trial and place when it did. is probablyand Hellen a good Keller, hadidea to select a passage that does consider: were Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan and Patty Duke as Helen called Sullivan a “Miracle suffering can the soul be • General John Pemberton Keller. Interestingly, Patty Duke also starred in a 1979 version of not featureWorker”, any providing long the passages by a specifi c character. strengthened, ambition With your group brainstorm possible alternative endings to the play. inspired, and success the movie, but this time as Annie Sullivan. Melissa Gilbert (of Little inspiration for the naming • her birthplace, family, early life, close friends • General Braxton Bragg Remember to consider all of the principal characters. From your list of After someof Gibson’s discussion, play. assign the roles featured in this achieved. House on the Prairie fame) starred as Helen Keller. A more recent Helen Keller • education and early training • General Ulysses S. Grant ideas choose one ending to present to the class. Write a detailed synopsis television release of the movie came in 2000 and starred Hallie section of the play. Practice reading it through once or of your alternate conclusion presenting as much detail as possible. After • Enter pass code CC2701D for Activity Pages Kate Eisenberg as Helen. • other interests • Battle of Vicksburg twice with each actor reading his or her particular part. presenting it to the class, you may wish to get their input as to additional Remember to use “expression” as much as possible when performing each • inspirations • Battle of Champion’s Hill Your task is to take in a viewing of one of the many adaptations of The Miracle Worker. Write changes that might be made to further improve your alternative ending. a brief report (approximately one page in length) comparing therole. actual Finally, play present with a moviethe passage as a Readers Theater performance in front • struggles? critics? adaptation. You might consider the following: Your task is to choose one of the above personalities or events and research its main Have fun! 6A of another group or the entire class. © The Miracle Worker CC2701 • career points of interest. Your research should total between a half-page and a page in length. • fame and how it affected her © 5A • How the fi lm brought the play to life (or failed to). Good luck and have fun. • political activities The Miracle Worker CC2701 • How suited were the actors to their roles? • the Akita dog • Were any “liberties” taken with the play’s adaptation to the big screen? • later life/death 4A • Do you think the media of fi lm is superior to a live performance? © The Miracle Worker CC2701 • Consider • costumes • lighting and sound 3A • sets © The Miracle Worker CC2701