The Help

Directions: Please complete the following graphic organizer.

The Help Ch. Numbers: _________________________________________________
Dialectic Journal: Choose at least FOUR quotations that you think is important or you have a question about and write about
why it is. These quotations may later be utilized in your essays. Use the back of your packet sheet if you need to for
space.
Quotation Comment
I want to be frozen inside. I want the icy cold to blow
directly on my heart (Stockett 325).


Aibileen smiles at the stack of pages on her kitchen
table (Stockett 327).

This aint happening, I decide. This is just so damn
strange (Stockett 363).

Im thinking, any normal person would automatically fie
on a woman biding for her husband. But I forgot Miss
Celia is not a normal person (Stockett 373).

You can tell that Skeeter is kind of sad that she and
Stuart broke up. Even though she doesnt really say it,
some of the things she mentions about her feelings are
connecting to her break up with Stuart.
Aibileen is pretty excited for this book.

Minny is in shock when Celia defends her from the crazy
white naked man.
After Minny telling Celia about Hilly still liking Mr.
Johnny, Celia doesnt respond as a normal person would.
She decides to talk to Hilly and tell her that she wasnt
the reason why Mr. Johnny broke up with her (Hilly).
Discussion Question: Write three or more questions that you think are important to think about. You may or may
not have answers to these ahead of time. Use your Critical Thinking/Blooms Taxonomy hand-out.
1.) How does Skeeter feel now that she doesnt talk to her group of friends?
2.) How did Minny feel when Celia protected her by attacking the crazy white man?
3.) Do you think Mr. Leefolt knows something about Aibileen and Skeeter?

Prediction: What may happen next?
Celia might realize that she looked like a joke at the benefit.
Stuart and Skeeter might talk again?

Find, Cite, and Connect ONE OUTSIDE HISTORICAL SOURCE to The Help

The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 as an act of
white supremacist terrorism. The explosion at the African-American church, which killed four girls, marked a turning
point in the United States 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing


Each of the characters narrates part of the novel. When your assigned character speaks or is spoken about, please
take notes on new occurrences (plot) and feelings that are specific to your character.
Aibileen Minny

Skeeter Elizabeth and Mae Mobley
Heart broken

Betrayed by her friends.

Lonely.

She doesnt feel as though shes protected because of
the book shes writing.

Doesnt care of what Hilly has to say about her.




Hilly Any Other Plot Notations:
On our theme: Using our Authentic Voice to Make a
Difference: