ENGLISH 9 QUARTER 4

WEEK 6
A.Most Essential Learning
Competencies (MELC)
a.Explain how a selection may be
influenced by culture, history,
environment, and other factors
(various types).
• At the end of the lesson, the learners should be able
to:
1.Determine how the main characters become friends
despite their differences;
2.Identify the characteristics of the characters and how
these will be used to influence each other.
•Driving Miss
Daisy
REFERENCES

• a. English 9 LM
• b. https://www.supersummary.com/driving-miss-
daisy/summary
• We are aware of the saying “No Man is an
Island”. Therefore, in this world, aside from our
family, we also need our friends.
• For you, how do you define friendship?
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• How do you choose your friendship?
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• Unlocking of Difficulties

• Read the following sentences and try to identify

the meaning of each underlined word according to
how it was used in the statement. Write your
answer on the space provided before the number.
 Choices
Miss Daisy and Hoke pit against each other a. set into
____1. who are from distinctly different ethnic and opposition
social backgrounds.
Hoke tells her at the outset that their b. dismiss from a
____2. relationship should never cross the boundary position
of what the two do for each other
Miss Daisy enjoyed the comradery with Hoke c. beginning
____3. when she started to trust him.

____4. Bollie decided to hire a driver for his mom. d. employ

____5. Miss Daisy wanted to fire Hoke for stealing. e. good friendship
and trust;
companionship
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• Driving Miss Daisy
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• Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry’s signature play, pits two people against
each other who are from distinctly different ethnic and social
backgrounds. Miss Daisy is an elderly, white woman of Jewish decent.
Due to her ailing health, she is forced to hire a driver when she backs her
car into a neighbor’s garage. Her son, Boolie, hires Hoke, an African
American who is initially dismissed by his elderly boss as an unnecessary
nuisance. Daisy insists she is still able to drive herself and resents Hoke
for having to constantly depend on his services. She soon discovers that
she has more in common with Hoke than she first thought. Hoke tells her
at the outset that their relationship should never cross the boundary of
what the two do for each other: she needs a driver and Hoke needs a job.
Hoke’s statement resonates with Miss Daisy, since that is how she prefers
• Their relationship evolves over a series of scenes, such as when
Daisy discovers Hoke has eaten one of her cans of tuna. She
complains to Boolie and demands that Hoke be fired for stealing.
Hoke then arrives unannounced, apologizes for the theft and
offers to buy new tuna to replace the one he ate. Although Hoke is
seen in a somewhat negative light at the beginning, there is no
real flesh and blood protagonist to speak of—only the manner in
which Daisy treats Hoke due to her engrained prejudice and
resistance. Those feelings eventually dissolve as Hoke continues
to prove himself. As the two become used to each other, Uhry
uses this new dynamic to signal a major plot shift in the play.
• Daisy and Hoke are more friends now than not. The events that
follow are not, in themselves, significant plot points. Instead,
Uhry chooses to convey the comradery that evolves between
the two. One such instance is a road trip Daisy and Hoke take
to visit Daisy’s brother. She trusts him to drive her safely from
Georgia to Alabama whereas before she never would have
considered such a thing. Ultimately, the reader sees the story
shift in a new direction. Not only does Daisy overcome her
prejudice and learn to depend on Hoke, but Hoke observes
Daisy’s transformation and learns to appreciate the new
relationship with his boss.
• Since the two are no longer pitted against each other,
Uhry introduces an external conflict into the story. Daisy’s
long time maid, Idella, dies. Here, the reader discovers
that the greatest antagonist of all is time. Uhry drops this
sense of urgency into the narrative as a way of linking the
two characters to a common struggle. Both are painfully
aware of their old age as Daisy becomes more dependent
on Hoke’s assistance and friendship, and Hoke witnesses
his friend’s gradual decline as he himself ages.
• Sometime later, the narrative takes a dramatic turn as
the temple Daisy regularly frequents is bombed. This
further reinforces the theme of the story. And yet, Uhry
weaves another element of racial tension into the story
when Daisy attends a dinner where Martin Luther King,
Jr. is a guest. Although the dinner allows Daisy an
opportunity to relate to the African American experience
on a deeper level, her time with the civil rights leader
does not significantly alter her relationship with Hoke.
• As the story progresses, Hoke realizes Daisy’s memory
is beginning to fail her. She grows confused, believing
she is still the teacher she was in early adulthood
needing to get to class. Uhry’s ticking clock gets a bit
louder here as Daisy’s faculties slowly begin to decline.
Inevitably, Boolie must resign himself to the fact that his
mother is no longer capable of caring for herself.
Reluctantly, he is forced to admit her to a nursing
home.
• The narrative comes full circle as Daisy, breaking out
of her fog long enough to articulate her feelings, tells
Hoke that he is her best friend. She is at last, able to
accept him and acknowledge the importance of their
friendship in her life. While the conflict between them
has finally ended, Daisy still must face the ultimate
antagonist of all, time. As the play concludes, Boolie
sells Daisy’s house and then, accompanied by Hoke,
goes to visit her in the rest home.
• Uhry’s play is an effective illustration of the mixture of Southern and
Jewish cultures. Since it is orchestrated against the backdrop of the
civil rights movement, the playwright chooses the micro approach,
essentially distilling the broader concept of racial tension into a
relationship between two distinctly different individuals. Hoke tests the
limits of his relationship with Daisy and she begins to recognize not
only her own prejudice, but also that of society overall. Additionally,
her conflicts with Boolie further demonstrate the harsh reality of
change threatening the South and it’s traditions. Just as Boolie is the
catalyst for change in Daisy’s life, Uhry’s goal is to utilize the
character to illustrate the transformation of southern culture.
• While the play’s two main protagonists struggle
among themselves to adjust to a new way of life,
Uhry transposes the larger societal dilemma onto
Daisy and Hoke’s interactions. Resistance is a
natural part of change, one that Uhry addresses
throughout the narrative. The acceptance of such
change ultimately unites the two characters and
shows what can be accomplished if pride and
misconceptions are laid aside.
 • Answer the following questions.
1. Who is Miss Daisy?
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2. What event led her to have a personal driver?
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3. Who is Hoke?
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4. What kind of relationship would they have if Miss Daisy continued to be impolite to Hoke?
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5. Explain how important education for us is. As a student, what can you do in order to help
or assist people like Hoke?
• Character Traits
• Motivation is the reason a character accts in a certain way. A
character’s motivation may be stated directly or indirectly
Characters Decisions Motivations Traits Evidence
Miss Daisy
Hoke
Coleburn

Bollie
Werthan
• Explain: “A friend in need is a friend in deed”
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A. Evaluating Learning
• Matching Type
• Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the number.
____1. Greatest antagonist of all a.Miss Daisy

____2. She is elderly, white woman of Jewish decent. b.Bollie

____3. He is an African American driver c.Hoke

____4. How old is Miss Daisy? d.Idella

____5. How old is Hoke? e.time

_____6. Who is the son of Miss Daisy? f.72

_____7. What was the profession or wor of Miss Daisy? g.60

_____8. Who is the maid of Miss Daisy? h.can of tuna

_____9. What did Hoke get and eat from Miss Daisy;s kitchen? i.teacher

____10. At the end of the story, what was the relationship of Hoke with Miss Daisy? J.nurse

l.mango
m.best friend
J. Additional Activities for Application or Remediation
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• Write a short story about friendship.
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