Louis
Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind |
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| Related Links: | |||||
| Blindness Resource Center: Braille Links on the
Internet Blindness Resources - Recommended Readings Carson City Guide Dog Club RNIB - Royal National Institute for the Blind, UK RNIB Factsheet - Louis Braille RNIB Factsheet - The life of Helen Keller The Story of Louis Braille Theme 3: Our Families, Our Communities More links for Chicken Sunday, Mom Can't See Me, Mac and Marie and the Train Toss Surprise, and Halmoni and the Picnic. From Vancouver Public Schools, Vancouver, Washington. |
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| Word List: | |||||
| * infected * blind awls peered * pity * slippery beggars stray * special * excuses echo shame |
*determined* earn eager miserable * failure * handkerchief improvements system Coupvray tap-touched raised-print nightwriting stylus |
*experiments* patterns succeeding disappointed * important * mistake searching charity * permission * jealous discovered stern |
* patient * forbidden substitutes explanation * ambitious * impressed popular solemn cell francs tuberculosis printing press |
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| Vocabulary: | |||||
| infected: disease caused by being brought into contact with germs or viruses. | |||||
| pity: thing to be sorry for. | |||||
| special: having a particular purpose. | |||||
| determined: with one's mind firmly made up. | |||||
| failure: thing that lacked success. | |||||
| experiments: trials or tests to find out something. | |||||
| permission: consent. | |||||
| important: meaning much. | |||||
| patient: having calm bearing of waiting. | |||||
| ambitious: strong desire for success. | |||||
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