Reading for pleasure

Helen Keller

Warming upWarming up B C H P

Phonetic drill[w] [e]

When the weather is wetWe must not fret.

When the weather is coldWe must not scold.

When the weather is warm,We must not storm.

But be joyful togetherWhatever the weather.

Questions

The children have to be at school before 8.45.

Yes/No Who When Where or?

Helen Keller

Louis Braille

New words

to be sick - to be ill afterwards - then, after that to make sounds to press - to push something firmly a throat a typewriter deaf [def] - unable to hear

Answer the questions

Why couldn’t Helen see or hear? Who wanted to help her? Was it easy to teach Helen to

speak? Why? Could Helen study at the

university? Why? Who did she help?

True or false

Helen was born in 1890. She was sick at the age of one year

and 7 months. She couldn’t see but she could hear. Everyone could understand her. Her teacher’s name was Ann. Helen spoke to people around the

world

Helen Keller couldn’t …She could not … or …

Then she had a teacher.

Later she learnt to … and …

She went to … and she …