The World at Her Fingertips: The Story of Helen Keller by Joan Dash
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Theme: |
Women’s History
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts
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Duration: |
One class session
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Standards
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Virginia State Learning Standards
- The student will analyze oral participation in small group activities.
- The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fiction, narrative nonfiction and poetry.
- The student will write narratives, descriptions and explanations.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read or listen to portions of The World at Her Fingertips: The Story of Helen Keller by Joan Dash.
- Choose one aspect of Helen Keller’s life that they can relate to and find passages from the book to support their descriptions of that phase of Helen Keller’s life.
- Reflect upon their use of Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic and how the audiobooks have affected their educational and personal goals. If students do not use audiobooks, they will reflect upon how other tools, such as computers or calculators, affect their educational and personal goals.
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