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Learning Disabilities Pre-reading Webquest
Task: Complete each of the activities on a sheet of notebook paper. Title your work. Label each activity separately.
Learning Disability (n):
a disorder, such as dyslexia, usually affecting school-age children of normal or above-normal intelligence, characterized by difficulty in understanding or using spoken or written language, and thought to be related to impairment or slowed development of perceptual motor skills.
Activity 1: One of the recurring themes from the novel Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick, is how people can overcome challenges. The main character, Max, has a learning disability, but he ends up writing his own novel. What exactly is a learning disability? What types of learning disabilities do students deal with? Write a paragraph, summarizing your findings.
https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/
Activity 2: Everyone knows it’s wrong to tease another because of his/her race, religion or culture. So, why is it ok to call someone “retarded” or make fun of the way a person moves? Visit the following site to learn about how some students feel about having a learning disability. Write a well-developed paragraph discussing your opinion and research.
http://www.ldail.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:selfesteem&catid=12&Itemid=112
Activity 3: What causes learning disabilities? How are learning disabilities diagnosed? How do kids with learning disabilities cope? This site has multiple pages, so you will need to click through those pages at the bottom of each screen. Write a summary paragraph of your findings.
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