After reviewing the difference between fiction and non-fiction, I discussed the play,"The Miracle Worker" as primarily a non-fiction work dramatizing one part of Helen Keller's life. I introduced the main characters in the play, and we then watched a brief biographical video on Helen Keller's life. I distributed a notebook ,and Lena made a list of the main characters. Then I placed a sketch on the whiteboard and illustrated the concepts of stage right, stage left, upstage, and downstage. We looked at pictures of various set designs for the play, and Lena on a large blank sheet of paper sketched a stage, the upstairs room where Annie Sullivan will reside, the downstairs dining room, the all important water pump out front along with the locations of stage right, left etc. We then labeled on Lena's sketch where other downstage scenes in the play will be staged as well as where off stage voices from the past will emanate . I distributed the book and Lena aloud read the lines describing the time -1880s- and the place of the action. Last, we looked at historical photos of women's clothing from the period in order to envision costuming for the play. Lena will look at some additional photos or pictures of dress from the time period tonight and bring them to class tomorrow.