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Helen Keller
By: Margaret Davidson
Chapter 1: “A Strange Fever”
1.
What is this chapter about? Explain what
happened to Helen.
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2.
How do you suppose Mr. and Mrs. Keller felt when
they realized that their daughter was both blind
and deaf?
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Chapter 2: “The Dark Silence”
1. Where did the Keller’s live?
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2. What did the author mean when she wrote that
Helen “became dumb”?
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3. The Perkins Institute was a very special school.
Explain how this school might be helpful to Helen
Keller.
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HELEN
KELLER
By: Margaret Davidson
Name __________________
Chapter 3: “The Stranger Comes”
1.
She could feel the vibrations coming
through the air and the ground.
What does the word vibrations mean?
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2. Annie Sullivan makes the shapes of the letters
D-O-L-L into Helen’s palm. What does she hope
will happen for Helen by doing this?
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2.
What is the first lesson that Annie must
teach Helen?
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Why is this important? Give details from
the story to support your answer.
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Chapter 4 – “The Worst Fight of All”
1.
Helen loves to eat. In this chapter she tries
to take food from Annie’s plate. Annie
wouldn’t give her food to Helen. This caused
Helen to have a temper tantrum. Using
details, tell what you would have done with
Helen, if you had been Annie.
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Chapter 5 – “W-A-T-E-R”
1.
What was the main idea of this chapter?
2.
Give 3 details that support the main idea.
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Chapter 6:
“So Much To Learn”
1.
Name 4 new things that Helen learns.
Helen learns
many things.
Chapter 7:
“A Time To Move On”
1.
Helen loves to learn new things. How can you
tell? Give 2 examples of how you know that
she loves to learn:
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Chapter 8:
“I’m Not Dumb Now!”
1.
Helen
Compare Annie and Helen. Using the Venn
diagram, give one example of how they are
the same and how they are different.
Annie