Sierrah+Thomas

Sierrah Thomas

__Sierrah Thomas Expository essay! (: 5/25/11 __  What turning points determine our individual pathways to adulthood?  The turning points that determine our adult hood are the big moments of our life that could change us. Like if your parents get divorced, it could be a big change to your life. Or if you’re in the age range 10-12 and you move it can really change your life because you might need to change to fit in.  In the book __Maniac Magee __By Jerry Spinelli, Maniac had to deal with changes thoughout his life. When his parents died it really affected Maniac because he had no home. Also, when he met Grayson and he started to get to know him, Grayson passed away in his sleep. Finally, when Amanda showed up in Maniac’s life he changed because now he would have a place to stay.  We all moved in the past so we all changed our lives, though we didn’t notice that we changed in different ways. Also Arianna’s parents are going to get divorced. This is going to affect Arianna because she will only get to see her dad on his days off. Likewise, to Arianna, Mya’s parents aren’t together so she has to see her mom on weekends and she stays with her dad on weekdays.

 media type="custom" key="7914467"

=12/2/10= Comprehension questions Chapters 13-15

2. Sister Kenny learned to treat the polio symptoms because her yonger brother muscles had began to weaken as he was a child. She had developed exercises for him even before she began her nurse's training.

7. The common enemy that all the girls have is polio.

9. Peg celebrated not needing her wheel chair any longer by taking silver for a farewell trip, which eneded with a high-speed dash down the hall.

13. Peg could not go barefoot nor have have a pillow under her dress because Mrs. Ballard said she could fall on her face and it could throw her of balance.

16. Peg was going to prove that she could be promoted to the eight grade by taking the final exam that all the other kids in her grade took for each class. If she passed she would go to the eight grade and if she failed she would get held back.

20. Sister Kenny had trouble getting doctors to recongnize her treatmeants because they said her treatments were mistaken and unnecessary. =11/22/10=


 * 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 the story Small Steps by, Peg Kehret, Peg says " A window of understanding openedin my mind and the breeze of compassion blew in. From that moment on, I was glad to share my visiting family with** my roomates

The quote " When a door closes another one opens" means that when a opurtunity is there and you dont take it another one comes. She doesn't literally mean that another window will open.she means that another would opurtunity will open. It revels that shes sweet and cares deep in side. She said a window was there because she was using a personifacation which is a figuative languge

=__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 the book Small Steps by Peg Kahret, Peg gets angry at the nurse who refuses to turn her. She was angry because she wanted to be turned and the nurse wouldn't turn her because if the nurse turned her she would have to do that to the rest of the people who she was taking care of for polio.
 * 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?**

Peg had a reason to tell her parents about the nurse. She had a reason because She was in pain and if she didnt tell her parents about the nurse then she would of still been in pain. The nurse should of turned her but she wold have had to turnall her other students. I can relate to her because in the story she gets mad at the nurse for not turning her around, when i ask mom to do somethin for me she says no because my brother or sister might want that to. 1

1/21/10

If you were in Peg shoes how would you feel, what thoughts are going through your mind, and what you would do next?
If i were in pegs shoes i would feel scared. I would be scared because i wouldn't be able to move and i would have 3 types of polio. I woul also be sad because i wouldnt be able to see my family because polio was contagious. I would be thinking about how i got it if no one else in my town got it, how is that possible. I wouldn't be able to do anything next because i would be paralyzed and would be to angry to move.media type="custom" key="8545958"