Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind

Row 1 – words with 2 meanings FAINT WAVE

ROSE SPRING FOOT

How did we do? 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.

Determined – decided firmly Pattern – an arrangement of markings

Cell – a small unit of organization

Background Knowledge Louis Braille was not born blind. He became blind after an accident. He studied at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, France. While he was there he invented the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind. He was only 15 years old. Even though he had invented it, the school didn’t start teaching the system until 2 years after Louis’s death. Now all English speaking blind people use this system. 2 min

Browse Open your OCR books to page Scan the pages of this story. Pay attention to titles, captions, and bold words. Anything to add to the concept/question board? 8 min

Purpose Why are reading this story? How does it meet our goals for the unit? How does it fit into the Communication Unit? 2 min