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Unit 5 Attitude Is Everything Reading 1 Three Days to See What do you know about Helen Keller and her story? Explore your background knowledge about this subject by doing the following activity. Write down everything you know about Helen Keller and her story. Don’t worry about grammar and spelling. Words or phrases related to the subject of Helen Keller. What would you do if you had only three days to see? Would you try to see the things you have seen or you haven’t yet see? On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. First I should like to gaze long upon the face of my dear teacher, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy. The next day - the second day of sight- I should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world, past and present. Through the museums, of course. My third and last day of sight, the city New York becomes my destination. Life Story of Helen Keller She was blind and deaf but she became a famous writer and teacher. Helen Keller was born June 27th 1880 in a small town in northern Alabama. Her father, Arthur Keller, was a captain in the army of the South during the American Civil War. Her mother was his second wife. She was much younger than her husband. Helen was their first child. Until she was a year-and-one-half old, Helen Keller was just like any other child. She was very active. She began walking and talking early. Then, nineteen months after she was born, Helen became very sick. It was a strange sickness that made her completely blind and deaf. From that time until she was almost seven years old, Helen could communicate only by making signs with her hands. The young child had strong desires. She knew what she wanted to do. No one could stop her from doing it. More and more, she wanted to communicate with others. Making simple signs with her hands was not enough. She screamed and struggled when her mother tried to control her. When Helen was six,? a t