Helen Keller SPEAKS!

One 5J member completed her biography book report this month on Helen Keller.  I was particularly excited because I completed a biography project on Annie Sullivan when I was in elementary school.

As many of you know, Annie was Helen's teacher.  However, I believe that Helen taught Annie just as much as she taught her student.  Can you see the connection to our classroom?

I am excited to share the Youtube video below of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller.  Annie explains exactly how Helen learned to TALK.  And what she has to say is POWERFUL!

VOCABULARY:

The word dumb has multiple meanings and I do believe Helen and Annie chose to use it in this particular sentence for exactly that reason.
What do you think?

Here's how Google define the word:

dumb

dəm/

adjective

1. 1.

   offensive

   (of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness.

   "he was born deaf, dumb, and blind"

   synonyms:

   mute, speechless, tongue-tied, silent, at a loss for words; More
2. 2.

   NORTH AMERICANinformal

   stupid.

   "a dumb question"

   synonyms:

   stupid, unintelligent, ignorant, dense, brainless, mindless, foolish,slow, dull, simple, empty-headed, stunned, vacuous, vapid, idiotic, half-baked, imbecilic, bovine; More