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Let’s Connect
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
A. Read the following verse by Helen Keller.

The Helen Keller Story
They took away what should have been my eyes

(But I remembered Milton's Paradise).
They took away what should have been my ears,
(Beethoven came and wiped away my tears).
They took away what should have been my tongue,
(But I had talked with God when I was young).

He would not let them take away my soul -
Possessing that, I still possess the whole.
-Helen Keller

B. Can you add a few lines to this verse? Or would you like to
write a new verse on a similar theme?

Let’s Create

Work in groups. Make a poster showing the different stages of
the life of Helen Keller. Show your poster to your classmates in
the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things?

Time for Grammar

Read the following text and fill in the gaps with the simple past

form of the verbs in the box. There is an extra verb that you do
not need to use.

write teach take be born die
graduate become (x2) visit be (x 3)

Helen Keller _______ in 1880 in the United States. Her father _______
a captain in the army and her family _______ very rich.

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