Lena is keeping very good notes as we study the play. This morning we reviewed the character list in her notebook and added some additional characters. We continued reading Act I aloud with Lena reading the parts of Kate Keller and Annie Sullivan. She did very well and reads with expression. As we reached critical speeches , we stopped and Lena underlined important lines that reveal theme or character. We discussed Annie Sullivan's speeches regarding her age -only 20- and her nervousness. as well as her teaching philosophy ,not to treat Helen as if she were as fragile as an eggshell. At the close of the session, we watched the clip from the movie version of the play wherein Kate in the opening scene discovers Helen is deaf and blind.