9th form Reading "Hellen Keller"

1. Hellen Adams Keller was an American author, activist and lecturer. She was the first American deaf and blind person ____ from college.

2. From an early age she decided to communicate with the world, despite her barriers to _____.

3. She ____ a prolific author, anti-war campaigner and spokeswoman for women's and workers' rights.

4. Hellen Keller was born in Alabama in 1880. When she was nineteen months old, she contracted a _____ illness that left her deaf and blind.

5. She developed a ____ with the daughter of her family's cook, who created a sign language with her.

6. At the age of seven, Hellen _____ over 60 signs with her family. She knew she could communicate.

7. In 1886, her mother read Charles Dickens' book "American Notes" about the ____ education of a deaf and blind child.

8. She decided ____ help for Hellen and was put in tuoch with 20-year-old teacher AnneSullivan.

9. She ____ Hellen's instructor and friend for the next 49 years.

10. Hellen learnt Braille and used ___ to learn French, German and Greek.