What visual element is commonly added to a text trailer to make it more engaging for potential readers?
Read this excerpt from The Miracle Worker.SMALLEST CHILD [MOURNFULLY]: Don’t go, Annie, to her.ANNIE [HER ARM AROUND HER]: Sarah, dear. I don’t want to go.SMALLEST CHILD: Then why are you going?ANNIE [GENTLY]: Because I’m a big girl now, and big girls have to earn a living.Which of these statements provides the best summary of the scene?
Read the excerpt from "The Turtle.”of her patience, her fortitude,her determination to completewhat she was born to do –and then you realize a greater thing –she doesn’t considerwhat she was born to do.She’s only filledwith an old blind wish.Which main message do these lines express to readers?
The way that the conflict in a story is resolved often reveals the story’s
Which plot element most helps readers determine the theme of a story?
Read the text trailer for "Amigo Brothers.”What happens when careers collide with friendships? When entering the boxing ring no longer means facing an opponent, but a trusted and loyal friend? Felix Vargas and Antonio Cruz, two of the most well-respected boxers in the Bronx, come face to face with this reality. When the bell sounds and the match ends, will they still be friends or will the friendship they once shared be "knocked out” forever?The music that would best match the tone of this text trailer would be
Read the excerpt from "Amigo Brothers.”The local junior high school across from Tompkins Square Park served as the dressing room for all the fighters. Each was given a separate classroom, with desktops, covered with mats, serving as resting tables. Antonio thought he caught a glimpse of Felix waving to him from a room at the far end of the corridor. He waved back just in case it had been him.How does this excerpt relate to the story’s theme?
Read the excerpt from The Miracle Worker by William Gibson.KATE: [TOO QUICKLY] What did she spell? ANNIE: I spelled card. She spelled cake!(She takes in KATE’S quickness and shakes her head, gently.)No, it’s only a finger game to her, Mrs. Keller. What she has to learn first is that things have names.KATE: And when will she learn?ANNIE: Maybe after a million and one words.Next, read the excerpt from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller.When I had played with it a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word "d-o-l-l." I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it. When I finally succeeded in making the letters correctly I was flushed with childish pleasure and pride. Running downstairs to my mother I held up my hand and made the letters for doll. I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed; I was simply making my fingers go in monkey-like imitation. In the days that followed I learned to spell in this uncomprehending way a great many words, among them pin, hat, cup and a few verbs like sit, stand and walk. But my teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything has a name.Based on the excerpts, how is the point of view in the play The Miracle Worker different from the point of view in the memoir The Story of My Life?
Which excerpt from the "The Turtle” relates to the theme that all living things are connected in a meaningful way?
Read this excerpt from The Miracle Worker Act 3.ANNIE: Maybe. I don’t know what else to do. Simply go on, keep doing what I’ve done, and have—faith that inside she’s—That inside it’s waiting. Like water, underground. All I can do is keep on.KELLER: It’s enough. For us.ANNIE: You can help, Captain Keller.KELLER: How?ANNIE: Even learning no has been at a cost. Of much trouble and pain. Don’t undo it.Based on the dialogue, which statement best describes Annie?
Read this excerpt from a play.(The scene opens on a park in summer time. Picnic blankets adorn the grass, and children are happily eating slices of watermelon as adults watch nonchalantly. Two adults sit on a bench with their eyes closed and their faces tilted upward.)RINA: Did you pack the kids’ kites?NATHAN: Yeah, they’re in the trunk, but I’m not sure I have the energy.RINA: I know. It is so pleasant just relaxing. (She removes her shoes, stretches her legs, and closes her eyes again.)NATHAN: I’m thinking I might grab a slice of watermelon. (He climbs down onto the blanket with the kids and makes himself comfortable.)(The sound of the park fountain can be heard as the family relaxes. Then the sky darkens, and a loud splattering of rain begins to fall.)NATHAN: (Startled) Where did this come from?RINA: (Hopping to her feet) Let’s pack up! Kids, grab your toys.Which setting detail advances the action of the scene?
Read this excerpt from The Miracle Worker.CHILDREN: Open it! Everyone be quiet! Do, Annie! She’s opening it. Ssh!(A setting of silence while ANNIE unwraps it. The present is a pair of smoked glasses, and she stands still.)Is it open, Annie?ANNIE: It’s open.CHILDREN: It’s for your eyes, Annie. Put them on, Annie! ’Cause Mrs. Hopkins said your eyes hurt since the operation. And she said you’re going where the sun is fierce.Which of these statements provides the best summary of the scene?
During a group discussion about the book Holes, Charlie voices the opinion that, "Stanley’s bad luck is the reason he ends up at Camp Green Lake.” Lee, another participant in the group, is prepared to respond to Charlie’s comment.
Read this excerpt from The Miracle Worker Act 3.ANNIE: Even learning no has been at a cost. Of much trouble and pain. Don’t undo it.KELLER: Why should we wish to—ANNIE [ABRUPTLY]: The world isn’t an easy place for anyone. I don’t want her just to obey, but to let her have her way in everything is a lie, to her, I can’t—(Her eyes fill, it takes her by surprise, and she laughs through it.)And I don’t even love her, she’s not my child! Well. You’ve got to stand between that lie and her.KELLER: We’ll try.Based on the dialogue, which statement best describes Annie?
What would be the most effective image to include in a text trailer about “Amigo Brothers”?
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