THREE DAYS TO SEE, Helen Keller
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WORD MEANINGS
1. birch
– bark of a tree, plant
2. dawn
– before morning
3. delicate
– graceful, fine, amazing, wonderful
4. descended
– coming back, arrived
5. detect
– discover
6. embarrassed
– feeling shy, humiliation
7. embrace
– hug, hold tight
8. fortunate
– lucky
9. haunts
– places commonly visited
10. intoxicate
– fill oneself with, over excited
11. morsel
– a small piece of food
12. obvious
– clear
13. occasionally
– from time to time
14. pageant
– an exhibition showing a succession of events
15. quiver
– shiver, tremble, shake
16. recently
– just a few days ago
17. relish
– a deep sense of enjoyment
18. revealed
– shown, expressed
19. shaggy
– hairy, having rough surface
20. stricken
– hit, attacked
21. symmetry
– balanced proportions
22. tactile
sense – sense of touch
23. workaday
– ordinary
24. worthy
of note – important
A. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER
1. Helen Keller was able to 'see' many things because,
a. She was very sensitive to things around her. ✔️
b. She used special spectacles.
c. She had corrective eye surgery done.
2. When Helen Keller would place her hand on a small tree, she
could feel a happy bird singing because,
a. The bird would fly about in the branches.
b. Of the special hearing aid she had.
c. Of the vibrations in the tree caused by the singing. ✔️
3. Sleep would elude Helen on that first day because,
a. She would be very tiered.
b. She was not used to artificial light which would be on since the evening.
c. She would be excited to be able to see the world. ✔️
4. Helen Keller feels that of all the senses, sight must be the
most delightful because,
a. There is much more to see that to hear, smell and taste. ✔️
b. She was able to hear will but could not see.
c. She had been told so by her elders.
B. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
1. What did Helen's friend see during her long walk in the
woods? What was Helen's reaction?
Helen's
friend, who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, had seen nothing
in particular.
Helen
was utterly surprised as to 'how was that possible!' Although blind even she is
capable of finding hundreds of things to interest her through mere touch.
2. How was Helen able to recognise her friends?
She
could recognise her friends by running her fingertips on their faces. She
could detect laughter, sorrow, and many other obvious emotions.
3. How did Helen demonstrated that most people blessed with sight do not really see?
As an experiment she had questioned husbands about the colour of their wives' eyes, and often they express embarrassed confusion and admitted that they did not know.
4. Name the three places she would visit on the second day.
On the second day she would like to visit museums, theatre and a movie.
5. What was her wish for the third day?
For
the third day she would like to see the dawn and spend time in a workaday world, amid the
haunts of men going about the business of life.
C. THINK AND ANSWER
1. Your eyes would touch and embrace every object that come within your range of vision. How can eyes 'touch and embrace' objects?
Here the meaning 'eyes touch and embrace object' is symbolic. It wants to express the idea that once we realise the blessing of the ability to see, we would start looking everything lovingly and carefully.
2. Suggest an alternative title to this lesson.
SOME SUGGESTION
a. Gift
of sight
b. Blessing
of senses
c. The
best of all the senses
Etc....
STUDENTS MUST WRITE THEIR OWN TITLE
3. Do you think that Helen was frustrated with her fate, or had she accepted it calmly? Give reasons.
No, I do not think that Helen Keller was frustrated with her fate, rather she had accepted it calmly and explored all her other senses. She was frustrated when people with their abilities to see, took it for granted. and were not even aware about it.
D. DISCUSS IN CLASS.
1. We take for granted what we have and complain about what do not have. Should we do this?
We must always be happy with what we have. When we complain for things, we do not have we become sad for not having that thing. We start comparing with others and become sad even more. Let out happiness be with our dear and near ones and not with the things that can be damaged any time.
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