Famous people with learning disabilities

Tuesday October 25th, 2011

Famous People with Learning Disabilities:

Agatha Christie

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Using your opposite hand—if you are right handed use your left hand, if you are left handed use your right hand—answer the following question in three or four sentences.

“What is your favorite season of the year? Why?”

Once you have completed the task ask a partner to read it.

Let's Try a Small Activity:

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Describe your experience while writing the answer.

What did if feel like?

Was it easy? Why or Why not?

What do you think the point of this activity was?

Discussion:

1. Understand the life of Agatha Christie

2. To examine how she dealt with her learning disability

3. To understand how that learning disability was both a positive and negative factor in her life

Presentation Objectives:

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Agatha Christie’s “Claim to Fame”- Most Popular Mystery Writer- Out sold only by Bible and Shakespeare- 100 novels & short stories, 21 plays- Hercule Poirot & Mrs. Marple- Multiple Translations

Who was Agatha Christie?

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1890-1976—Tourquay England, Older sister Madge, Younger brother Louis

No formal schooling –16yrs.Reading at 5yrs oldFather dies 1900Married Colonel Archbald Christie (1914)Had daughter Rosalind (1919)Was a nurse during WWIDivorced in 1926—Mr. Christie was having an

affair1926 mother (Clara) dies and Agatha disappears1930 married Max Mallowan—archeologist WWII worked in Hospital

The Life of Agatha Christie

Dysgraphia(one or all of following difficulties):

- expressing thoughts in writing-spelling and grammar conventions- computational mathematics- fine motor coordination- rote learning & Short term memory

DISPITE good oral language & reading skills

What Learning Disability did Agatha Christie have?

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Spelling –forced to spell pages and pages of words-wrote short notes to her governess = badly spelt-Forced to change title of novel from Caribbean and Its Remains to “Nimrud and Its Remains”

Physical Act of Writing-Found it stressful and painful-Limited vocabulary used during writing -Excellent reading—read by the look of words not letters

Dysgraphia in Agatha Christie's Life:

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Mathematics-Difficulty balancing her cheque book but loved problem solving

Foreign Language-Spoke french fluently with excellent accent-writing, spelling, & rote aspects of language (conjugations)

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Positive Negative

-loved to make up stories in her mind and act them out--creativity

-persevered with the assistance of her sister and father

-Learned to use a typewriter better than most

-Use of a dictating machine which she mastered very well after breaking her arm

-considered slow by her family –was always slower to arrive at an answer than her sister and brother

-Frustration when forced to produce written work

Positive and Negative Aspects of Dysgraphia in Agatha Christie's life

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Perseverance

Creativity

Coping System

Agatha Christie and Me

Throughout this presentation you have been taking notes.

Choose a partner, for 3 minutes review each others notes.

ARE YOU READY FOR A QUIZ??????

It's time for a small activity:

Question #1Which decade was Christie born in?

a. 1880s

b. 1890s

c. 1990s

d. 1900s

Question #2How many times did Agatha Christie get married?

a. Threeb. Fourc. Oned. Two

Question #3What is the name of the Learning Disability that Agatha Christie had?

a. Dyslexiab. Dyscalculiac. Dysgraphiad. Dysnomia

Question #4Identify two difficulties that Agatha Christie had as a result of her Learning Disability.

1. ________________________________________

2. ________________________________________

Question #5What was the device that Agatha Christie used to help her cope with her learning disability?

a. Tape Recorder

b. Typewriterc. Dictation

Machined. Gramophone

Question #6Identify one trait that I have in common with Agatha Christie.

1. __________________________________________

What is Agatha Christie famous for?

Question #7

Questions?

Agatha Christie: The Official Information and Community Website. http://agathachristie.com/about-christie/biography/. 2009.

LD Online. “Dysgraphia”. www.ldonline.org. 2010 WETA.

Liukkonen Petri , & Ari Pesonen. http://kirjasto.sci.fi/christie.htm. 2008.

Siegel, Linda S. “Agatha Christie’s Learning Disability” Canadian Psychological Association. Apr 1. 1988. Vol 29 (2): 213.

Turasky, Amy. “Famous Gifted Person: Agatha Christie” University of Illinois. Feb 2005.

Works Consulted

Famous people with learning disabilities

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