The story of Helen Keller

The story of Helen Keller

Open Ended

Do you know anyone who is disabled but achieved success in any field ? who ? what did he / she achieved ?

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In your opinion , how was life in the past for blind and deaf people ?

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Do you know Helen Keller ? Have you read about her before ?

Learning Outcomes

1- To analyse reading text to get specific information about Helen Keller

2- To recognise and use key vocab meaningfully

3- To be kind with others

The story of Helen Keller

Glossary

society: people living together in an ordered community

opportunities: a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something

independent: not having to depend on another, free from control

mission: an important aim or goal to be achieved

frustrated: feeling of upset or annoyance at being unable to do something Key vocab

Reading Text

Read the following text then answer the questions :

The story of Helen Keller

This is the story of a woman, born over 100 years ago, who couldn’t see the words on this page or hear them spoken. But she could still talk, write, read and make friends. In fact, she went to college, wrote nearly a dozen books,

travelled all over the world, met 12 US presidents, and lived to be 87.

Meet Helen Keller, a woman from a small farm town in Alabama, United States, who taught the world to respect people who are blind and deaf.

Before Helen was born, society did not understand blind and deaf people very well and there were very few opportunities for them to get a good education. It was very difficult for them to be independent and have a job. They often had to have help from other people to care for them throughout their lives.

Helen’s mission came from her own life –

when she was 18 months old, she was extremely ill, and she lost both her vision and hearing.

It was like entering a different world, with

completely new rules, and she got very frustrated

Multiple Choice

Read the following text then answer the questions :

The story of Helen Keller

This is the story of a woman, born over 100 years ago, who couldn’t see the words on this page or hear them spoken. But she could still talk, write, read and make friends. In fact, she went to college, wrote nearly a dozen books,

travelled all over the world, met 12 US presidents, and lived to be 87.

Meet Helen Keller, a woman from a small farm town in Alabama, United States, who taught the world to respect people who are blind and deaf.

Before Helen was born, society did not understand blind and deaf people very well and there were very few opportunities for them to get a good education. It was very difficult for them to be independent and have a job. They often had to have help from other people to care for them throughout their lives.

Helen’s mission came from her own life –

when she was 18 months old, she was extremely ill, and she lost both her vision and hearing.

It was like entering a different world, with

completely new rules, and she got very frustrated

1- This story is about

• Helen Keller

• John Adas n

Multiple Choice

when she was 18 months old, she was extremely ill, and she lost both her vision and hearing.

2-when she was .......... old, she was extremely ill, and she lost both her vision and hearing.

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 18 months

Multiple Choice

Read the following text then answer the questions :

The story of Helen Keller

This is the story of a woman, born over 100 years ago, who couldn’t see the words on this page or hear them spoken. But she could still talk, write, read and make friends. In fact, she went to college, wrote nearly a dozen books,

travelled all over the world, met 12 US presidents, and lived to be 87.

Meet Helen Keller, a woman from a small farm town in Alabama, United States, who taught the world to respect people who are blind and deaf.

Before Helen was born, society did not understand blind and deaf people very well and there were very few opportunities for them to get a good education. It was very difficult for them to be independent and have a job. They often had to have help from other people to care for them throughout their lives.

Helen’s mission came from her own life –

when she was 18 months old, she was extremely ill, and she lost both her vision and hearing.

It was like entering a different world, with

completely new rules, and she got very frustrated

3- Helen Keller met only 4 US president

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The story of Helen Keller

This is the story of a woman, born over 100 years ago, who couldn’t see the words on this page or hear them spoken. But she could still talk, write, read and make friends. In fact, she went to college, wrote nearly a dozen books,

travelled all over the world, met 12 US presidents, and lived to be 87.

Meet Helen Keller, a woman from a small farm town in Alabama, United States, who taught the world to respect people who are blind and deaf.

Before Helen was born, society did not understand blind and deaf people very well and there were very few opportunities for them to get a good education. It was very difficult for them to be independent and have a job. They often had to have help from other people to care for them throughout their lives.

Helen’s mission came from her own life –

when she was 18 months old, she was extremely ill, and she lost both her vision and hearing.

It was like entering a different world, with

completely new rules, and she got very frustrated

4-Helen lived to be 100 years old

• True

• False

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Exit Card from this activity

Do you think Helen Keller was a good character ? How ?

The second objective

To recognise and use key vocab meaningfully

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Use these words in meaningful sentences

1- blind

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Use these words in meaningful sentences

2- respect

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Use these words in meaningful sentences

3- president