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EXCERPT FROM 'THE STORY OF MY LIFE' by Helen Keller

Authored by Belinda Campbell

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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EXCERPT FROM 'THE STORY OF MY LIFE'  by Helen Keller
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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1. Based on paragraph 2, which of the following best describes Helen Keller’s behavior?

A mindless because she plays in the leaves and is a carefree child

B impatient because she is waiting restlessly for a surprise

C thankful that autumn is ending and spring is beginning

C gentle as she waits for whatever her mother is expecting to happen

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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2. How does Helen first respond to Miss Sullivan’s teaching?

A Helen is having fun but is unaware that Miss Sullivan is trying to teacher her.

B Helen consciously acts out the words she is spelling and understanding.

C Helen refuses to work with Miss Sullivan because she doesn’t think she can learn.

D Helen enjoys repeating and spelling words aloud for Miss Sullivan and her mother.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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3. Which of the following best explains how Helen Keller first learned language?

A She accidentally broke a doll as she was trying to spell D-O-L-L.

B She threw a mug of water to the ground and realized how to spell “water.”

C She spoke for the first time and spelled “w-a-t-e-r” for her teacher, Miss Sullivan.

D She realized the difference between “water” and a “mug” that holds water.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

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4. What does Helen Keller mean when she writes “words that were to make the world blossom for me”?

A She realized that she should never quit even when things seem difficult.

B Helen believed that one day she would be able to see and hear the world as others did.

C Learning language helped Hellen experience more of life and imagine its possibilities.

D Helen learned what sadness was after experiencing it for the first time.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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5. Which of the following phrases best summarizes how Keller describes her life before her education?

A As one stranded in darkness, searching for light

B As a ship in a dense white fog without the tools or knowledge to escape

C As a dense white fog surrounding everything in sight

D As a ship in a fog, stranded at sea until the weather clears

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

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6. What does the word “repentance” mean as it is used in paragraph 8?

A Regret

B Happiness

C Anger

D Forgiveness

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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7. Which of the following phrases best supports the meaning of the word repentance?

A "quiver with life

"B "tried vainly to put them back together”

C "eyes filled with tears”

D "realized what I had done”

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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