This website teaches students about what braille is and even play some games to learn about it.Īs a pre-reading activity I think it would be really important to have the students learn about what it is like to be blind. The student can interact with the author by 'defacing' him.īraille: Although Peter Nimble never learned to read during his life it is important for students to understand what it mean to be blind and that students who are blind are still able to learn to read. There is also a dictionary that address many of the key phrases that are found in the book. Peter Nimble Website: Students are able to read about the author, and ask questions to the theif and receive a response from the author himself. Yolks: T he yellow part in the center of an eggĭefinitions found online at the Merriam Webster website.Bleaker(Bleak): No t warm, friendly, cheerful, etc.Chasm: A deep hole or opening in the surface of the earth.

Cawed: T o utter the harsh raucous natural call of the crow or a similar cry.

Trolley: An electric vehicle that runs along the streets on tracks.

Bossiest(Bossy) : Marked by swelling or roundness.

Clopped: A sound made by or as if by a hoof or wooden shoe against the pavement.

Key Vocabulary to Help with Understanding:

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