Breana+Stringer

__Expository Essay__ We all form our identities after a while, but do we know how? Everyone makes mistakes and we learn from them, and when we do, we are changed in how we act, which could be forming our identities. People develop flaws from mean words and harsh sayings but after awhile we learn how to move on and become stronger. Flaws make people stronger which shape our identities. In the book, //Out of the Dust,// by Karen Hesse, the following prompt relates to Billie Jo in many ways. Her scared hands are her biggest flaw and mold her identity for the most part. Billie Jo’s identity formed and shaped many ways and she still has a long life to live which shows how fast an identity can be formed and shaped. I can relate to Billie Jo and the prompt, too. When I was 7, I had my tonsils and adenoid removed which limited and changed my voice. It molded my personality and made me who I am today because it is one of my flaws. All te changes that happened in my life, formed and shaped my identity to make me who I am today.

Breana Stringer 11-2-10 __If I was Peg's parents, what would I do and how would I react to her three types of polio?__ If I was Peg's parents, I would write Peg everyday until she got better. I would send her all of the home cooked meals she couldn't be able to eat in a hospital insted of hospital food. I would make her birthday special by sending her a cake, a birthday card, and a boquet of balloons with one special balloon with her name and her age. I'll give her presents on Christmas and send her stuffed to make her feel special and loved so she could pretend the hand she is holding her mother's. As a mother, it would be my job to make my daughter feel special.

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 * __11/10/10__**
 * Consider the following open ended question. Then, answer the question in ASSI format. Remember: ASSI is two paragraphs long and clearly uses the book to support the answer.**


 * In Chapter 3 of //Small Steps//, Peg has a problem with a nurse who refuses to turn her, even though she is in pain.**
 * **What reasons does Peg have for being angry with the nurse?**
 * **Do you think Peg does the right thing by telling her parents about this incident?**

In chapter 3 in //Small Steps// by Peg Kehret, Peg has a problem with the nurse that refuses to turn her. Peg has many reasons to be mad at the nurse. First, if a patient is in pain, as a nurse, it is the nurse's job to make sure the pateint is comfertable. Secondly, the way the nurse said no to peg is a reason to be mad. A simple no and why she said no would have been fine. Lastly, how is someone supposed to call you if they can't breathe? The nurse was very inconsiderate towards Peg. Peg did the right thing to tell her parents. Since she can't really do any thing about it, Peg let her parents handle it since the sittuation is out of her hands. This reminds me of a book I have read. In the book, a bully gets out of hand with his actions and cannot control them. It is put into the hands of the consolor.

=__11/22/10 __= =In Chapter 9, "Sunday Visitors," Peg gets a visit from her parents. At first, she is annoyed by her roommates involvement in their conversation, and Alice's reaction to her parents. Reread page 83-84.= =Now consider the following quote from page 84: "A window of understanding opened in my mind, and the breeze of compassion blew in. From that moment on, I was glad to share my visiting family with my roommates."=

=Respond in a paragraph: What does this quote mean? How does Peg use figurative language to get her point across? Also, what does it reveal about Peg's character?=

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3)Shirley could not go to school every day because she had a hard time sitting up for long periods of time and had uneven arms that stopped her from writing.

7) The common enemy that all of the girls had was the polio.

8)Miss Ballard compared Peg's learning to walk again to a baby learning to walk for the first time.

12) It took Peg 2 weeks to use her walking sticks.

15) Peg said if Alice messed up in the pagant, that she would help her.