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The Blind Leading The Blind
Kind of Activity:
Collaborative Writing
Objective:
In pairs, students will work together to see what life is like without sight.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4
Structure:
All of the characters in Blindness, save for one, are sighted people who suddenly find themselves going blind. And so it is unsurprising that these people must go through a difficult period of adjustment as they learn how to cope with this newfound disability.
Saramago does an excellent job of describing the confusion that arises when a group of newly-blinded individuals must learn their way...
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