MIZE: The Miracle Worker

Annie’s main goal with Helen is to teach her:

• manners
• language
• cooking
• Braille

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

After several hours of struggle in the breakfast room, Annie reported the room was a mess but Helen had

• set the table
• washed the dishes
• poured the tea
• folded her napkin

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Annie woke Percy up because she

• wanted him to learn to spell Helen
• needed him to fetch Captain Keller
• wanted to spell with him to make Helen jealous
• knew that he was the only one who could control Helen

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

After two weeks alone with Helen, Annie asked for more time alone with the girl because...

• Helen had not learned any finger spellings
• Helen had not learned cleanliness
• Helen still wouldn't allow Annie to touch her
• Helen had not learned what a word means

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Annie had once

• been a teacher at Perkins
• lived in an asylum
• worked as a seamstress
• been expelled from Perkins

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How and why did Helen's parents 'indulge' her?

• Helen was deaf and blind and they pitied her and didn't know how to reach her.

• Helen was too smart for her own good

• They were rich and had lots of money

• They didn't like James and wanted him to know it

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

When Annie takes Helen outside to refill the water pitcher, why does James prevent Captain Keller from interfering?

• Keller might harm Annie

• Aunt Ev is already chasing after Annie.

• Kate has asked James to stop Keller.

• James realizes that Annie cannot teach Helen as long as his parents interfere.

  
  

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Who is the "miracle worker" in the play?

• Helen
• Annie
• Kate
• James

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What does Annie write is her biggest problem in teaching Helen?

• Overcoming her own lack of training.
• Disciplining Helen without breaking her spirit.
• Counteracting Kate's influence
• Conquering Helen's shyness

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Keller reluctantly agrees to let Annie take Helen away for two weeks because

• They are tired of caring for a child with special needs

• Viney doesn’t like Helen and threatens to quit

• Kate and Annie convinced him that there was hope.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3