Louis Braille The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind

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Louis Braille The Boy Who Invented Books for the
Blind

• By Margaret Davidson Illustrated by Bob
  Dorsey

Open Court Level 4 / Unit 5 / Lesson 5/ pp.
460-471
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Story Vocabulary

• raised print
• determined
• pattern
• improvements
• cell

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raised-print use context clues

• It was called raised-print. Each letter of the
  alphabet was raised from the page.
• Before Braille, raised-print books were the only
  ones available for those who were blind.

raised-print a type of print for blind people
in which letters of the alphabet are raised from
the page so that they can be felt
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determined use context clues

• But Louis was determined. Again and again his
  fingers traced the raised letters until he could
  tell them apart.
• Although Carrie was tired, she was determined to
  finish the race.

determined decided firmly (page 461)
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pattern use context clues

• Each sound was given a different pattern of
  raised dots.
• The lines in the picture made a zigzag pattern.

patterns an arrangement of markings (page 462)
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improvements use context clues

• I hear you think you have worked out some
  improvements on my system, the Captain said.
• A new garage door and a fresh coat of paint are
  two improvements weve made to the house.

improvements ways of making something better
(page 464)
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cell use context clues

• He called this six-dot pattern a cell.
• The Braille Cell
• Draw a Tic-Tac-Toe chart, and write a number in
  each cell.

cell a small unit of organization
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Story Vocabulary Quiz
1.A small unit of organization 2. Decided
firmly 3. A type of print for blind people in
which letters of the alphabet are raised from
the page so that they can be felt 4. Ways of
making something better 5. An arrangement of
markings

• A. raised print
• B. determined
• C. pattern
• D. improvements
• E. cell

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Word Knowledge

• The following words have multiple meanings.

Each word can be used as a noun or verb.
noun or verb?

He felt the rain fall on him as he
waited for the bus. Sarah cut a piece of felt to
make her puppet. noun or verb? I bought milk and
eggs at the store. They will store their soccer
equipment in the garage. noun or verb? The point
broke on my pencil. Point to the stuffed animal
that you would like. noun or verb? At which
place would you like to meet me? Please place the
groceries on the counter.
felt
store
point
place
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Word Knowledge

• In the following words the final y of the root
  word was
• changed to i before the ending was added.

Identify each root word.
satisfy happy worry simplify
satisfied happier worries simplified
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Word Knowledge

• Each of the following words have different
  spellings for the /k/ sound.

Give examples of other words with these spellings
of /k/.
trick capital school breakfast
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Word Knowledge

• These words from Louis Braille begin with ex-.

exactly expecting experiments exhibit
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Unit spelling words (ex- words)

• except
• example
• extend
• excellent
• exchange
• extra
• exclude
• excuse
• explain
• expensive

• examine
• extreme
• expand
• exhaust
• explore
• exactly
• expecting
• experiments
• excited
• exhibit

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Identify the regular plurals formed by adding s
to a noun.

• The raised dots in the patterns could be felt on
  the other side.
• dots
• patterns

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Identify the helping verb in the sentence.

• Louis had simplified the patterns of dots.
• had
• What verb does it help?
• simplified

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Identify the irregular verb in the sentence.

• There was no way to make capital letters.
• make/made

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Louis Braille The Boy Who Invented Books for the
Blind

• By Margaret Davidson Illustrated by Bob
  Dorsey

Louis Braille was born near Paris, France in
1809. As a toddler he used to watch his father
make shoes. One day, while his father was not
watching, he picked up a sharp pointed tool for
making holes in leather called an awl. The awl
slipped, piercing his eye and damaging it beyond
repair. The other eye became infected and before
long Louis Braille was completely blind.
Open Court Level 4 / Unit 5 / Lesson 5/ pp.
460-471
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Wilson Elementary
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Louis Braille The Boy Who Invented Books for the
Blind

• By Margaret Davidson Illustrated by Bob
  Dorsey

While studying in Paris, France, at the National
Institute for the Blind Youth, he invented the
Braille system of printing and writing for the
blind. He was only 15 years old at the time.
Later, he adapted the system to be used for music
and mathematics. Though first published in 1829,
it wasnt until 1854 that his school officially
adopted Brailles system, two years after his
death. In 1932 a standard Braille system for
English-speaking people was agreed upon. It was
improved upon in 1957.
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Louis Braille The Boy Who Invented Books for the
Blind

• By Margaret Davidson Illustrated by Bob
  Dorsey

The Braille system uses groups of raised dots on
paper or other flat surfaces to stand for letters
and numbers. Today, many Braille books are
produced by computers.
http//pbskids.org/arthur/print/braille/index.html
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Biography

• What do you remember about a biography from
  previous stories we have read?

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