Kiara+Lopez

Put yourself in Peg's place, how would you react?
If I were in Peg's place I would be in the deepest fear there is in the world. And probably confused, because no one in Peg's town had polio. So how did she get it? And i would be in super fear, because in the book it had said she had THREE types of polio! Also if I were in Peg's shoes I would react just like Peg, I would want my parents to be by my bed. Thats how I would feel to be in Peg's shoes. In the book Small Steps by Peg Kehret, Peg has a problem with the nurse refuseing to turn her even thought she is in pain. The reason that Peg has for being angry with the nurse is because the nurse should have turned her since she was in pain. I mean its a hospital, they are supposed to help you not let you stay in pain! But also Peg was being a little selfish, because the nurse had said that she can't turn her every ten minutes everyone gets turned every half hour! Peg didn't do the right thing in my opninion, because the nurse was just being far because it wouldn't be far to everyone else. The nurse had said everyone gets turned every thirty minutes. **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? Does she literally mean that a window was opened? If not, then why did she say there was a window? Also, what does it reveal about Peg's character?**
 * 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 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 pages 83-84.**
 * //The quote is a metaphor. And it means that//** **//it means that she is very lucky enough that she was able to understand that Peg parents coming to visit her and her roomates.//**

12/2/10

 * 1. Why was Peg chosen to be Mary in the Christmas pageant?**
 * Peg was chosen because she was tall and young for her age. Also she could go from the back of the room to the manger without help.**
 * 2.How did Sister Kenny learn to treat the polio symptoms?**
 * Sister Kenny found the polio treatment because a girl had bone problems and Sister Kenny made hot packs and other treatment and it help the girl get better.**
 * 8. What did Miss. Ballard compare Peg learning to walk again to?**
 * Miss.Ballard compared it to an two week old baby.**
 * 12. How long did it take for Peg to be able to use walking sticks exclusively?**
 * It had took two weeks until Peg started to use walking.**
 * 15.What nice thing did peg do for Alice before the pageant?**
 * Peg reccomended for Alcie to sing in the play.**
 * 19.What was different about Peg's school at the hospital?**
 * Peg's school at the hospital she was in a wheelchair and she and school was only two hours**