1. 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

2. (must be responsible for play guide!)
Roles:
(must be responsible for play guide!)
Actors / Readers
Definers
Q and A!

3. Literary Terms
You are responsible for knowing all of these terms for the unit test at the end of this unit

4. Drama
A story written to be acted out on a stage with actors and actresses taking the parts of specific characters (a play)

5. Act
A major division of a play. Short plays often have 1 act. Modern plays have 3.

6. Scene
A smaller division in a play occurring within one act

7. Playwright The author of the play
Ex. William Gibson is the playwright of The Miracle Worker

8. Script
Written form of a play

9. 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)

10. DRAMATIC DIALOGUE Character names used when the character speaks
Stage directions replace description of action
Scene background used at the beginning of each scene

11. 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

12. Good Morning!
Please take out your study guide questions and Miracle Worker play guide.
If you would like to sign up, then please write your name on the board.
HW: Complete study guide questions!

13. “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?

14. The home: ______________ http://www. helenkellerbirthplace

15. Vocabulary (inside page of page 1 in packet):