Name: ______Date______
Helen Keller and the Big Storm
PART A
Directions: Read each question below and write each answer in a complete sentence. Do not begin your sentence with BECAUSE or AND.
1. Who is the author? ______
2. Who is the illustrator? ______
3. What is the genre of this story? ______
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4. Is the fourth sentence on page 130 a statement of fact or opinion and explain
why? ______
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5. Who is Annie Sullivan and what did she do to help? ______
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6. When Helen was in the tree, why did she stroke the tree bark? ______
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7. How did Helen know a storm was coming? ______
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8. List facts that you have learned about Helen Keller? ______
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PART B
Directions: Fill in the sentences below with the correct word. Each word will only be used once.
special / fingers / pressing / clung / teacherpicnic / branches / angry / storm / pranks
1. Helen loved playing ______.
2. Helen could get so ______, she would kick and hit and fall into a heap.
3. When it is nice weather, I love to go on a ______.
4. Helen used her ______to spell out things.
5. When I heard a loud noise, I ______to my mom.
6. After the storm, there were ______in my yard.
7. I hate to hear the noises from the ______.
8. Annie was Helen’s ______.
9. My mom said, “You are so ______to me.”
10. Annie taught Helen by ______her fingers into Helen’s hand.