The Story of My Life My Perspectives

In the excerpt from "The Story of My Life," the teacher's name is Helen Keller

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

The excerpt "The Story of My Life" is ________________ of Helen Keller's life.

• Biography

• Autobiography

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Helen Keller's handicaps were....

• blind

• deaf

• mute

• deaf and blind

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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Helen Keller describes someone "who had come to reveal all things to me." This person is...

• Her father

• Her brother

• Her friend

• Anne Sullivan

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as a of something forgotten -- a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me." This quote is Helen Keller describing when she finally realized that words were connected to objects. What word did she learn?

• doll

• water

• coat

• mug

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why is the episode at the well such a significant moment in Helen Keller's life?

Check all that apply.

• Helen Keller realizes that Laura Bridgman and the Perkins Institute gave her the doll

• Helen Keller, with the help of Anne Sullivan, realizes that words are connected to objects.

• Helen Keller realizes that Anne Sullivan's signing on her hand is language and finally understands what w-a-t-e-r is.

• Helen Keller finds true friendship with Anne Sullivan

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What genre is The Story of My Life?

• media

• imagery

• nonfiction

• fiction

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What context clues assist you in defining "repentance" in the following sentence? Then my eyes filled with tears for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.

• eyes and filled

• realized and done

• sorrow and tears

• first and felt

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CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

What context clues assist you in defining "unconsciously" in the following sentence? My fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had just come forth to greet the sweet southern spring.

• greet

• blossoms

• leaves

• familiar

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

What context clues assist you in defining "languor" in the following sentence? Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.

• anger and bitterness

• preyed and upon

• continually and weeks

• succeed and languor

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4