El Deafo: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 5. When they move, Cece gets a new hearing aid, one with a ___ for her teacher to use.
  • 6. Cece begins to think of her hearing aid as a super power, and imagines herself to be "El Deafo," a ___.
  • 8. The first hearing aid helps her know when someone is speaking, but Cece has a hard time ___ what is said.
  • 10. Cece has problems at school until she gets ___ to help her see distance.

Down

  • 1. Cece searched and shouted for her mother, but she could not ___ her answer.
  • 2. At school, Cece learns how to ___ read to make it easier to figure out what people are saying.
  • 3. Her new hearing ___ works so well that Cece can hear her teacher use the restroom and talk to other teachers in the lounge.
  • 4. Cece explains how the reader can help a deaf person to ___ what they are saying.
  • 7. Cece was only 4-years-old when she contracted ___.
  • 9. Cece goes to a special school with other ___ children.

Word Bank

meningitis
hear
interpreting
deaf
lip
understand
microphone
aid
superhero
glasses