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Nia Mays Comprhension questions chapters 13-15 12/2/10

2. Sister Kenny learned how to treat the polio symptoms by keep having kids with sicknesses and when she kept treating the kids she got better and better.

6. The docters accepted sister Kennny and her treatmentbefore the other docters did in Ausralia because they saw that she was curing others all over the world so they thought she was well enough to cure others.

8. Miss Ballered compared Peg walking to small steps like a baby. She said think of it as your first time walking as baby.

11. Peg had to learn how to walk all over again because walking sticks were a new thing for her and it was not as easy as she thought it would be.Also because she had to regain her strength so she can walk better.

19. The different thing about Pegs school at the hospital is they have different books than the kind she has at her school she used to go to before she got polio.

LAL,Prd.4/5 11/2/10 "Feeling how peg's parents through Polio"

In the book __Small Steps__ Peg was dianosed with three kinds of polio. If I were in the hand of Pegs parents,it would hurt vey much because I would not be able to see my child suffering through pain and worrysome. I would pray for my child everyday. I would know she would want me me their with her through her pain because not only does she have one kind of polio she has all three.I would try to keep in contact with her by asking the docters how she is doing. I would also stay as close as I can to stop by every day in the hospital even if the docters will get sick of me, but to me that is all oart of parenting.

11/10/10 __The Nurse and Peg__

When peg asked the nurse that she wanted to get tuned to her other side the nurse says no you don't.Peg had a reason for saying what she did because she was already aching all over and she didn't have time to be arguing with the nurse. Bad enough she was paralyzed from her neck down and she sould barley breath on her own. The nurse could have said something a little nicer or like peg said,spendiing all that time the nurse was sitting there telling Peg she wasn't turning her over she could have been turning her over.

Peg did the right thing by telling her parents about the incedent because her parents could have done something about it. I remember in this story a girl was getting bullied and she told her parents and it was the right thing but now thae bullie thanks she is a snich and he kept bulling her even more. Now that she told her parents she has them right on her side just like in the book small steps but except she wasn't getting bullied she just wanted to get turned over on her other side and the nurse had a fit so peg told her parents about the incedent.

11/22/10 In Chapter 9,"Sunday visitors", Peg gets a visit from her parents. At first she is annoyed by her roomates 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 the moment on. I was glad to share my visiting family with my roomates.

Respond in a paragraph What does this qoute mean? How does Peg use figurtive language to get her point across? Also what does it reveal about Peg's character?

In "Small Steps" by Peg Kehret,Peg gets annoyed with her roomates. The quote "a window of understanding opened in my mind and breeze of compassion blew in", means she feels bad and she has compassion for them because she knows they don't get visitors.Now she doesn't mind sharing her conversation with her roomates. Peg gets her point across with figurtive by having the parent visit every Sunday and havibring a them bring a present every sunday to show the parent and Peg love them as much as they love eachother.Now Pegs character shows she is very comfurting by showing that the roomates are welcome to asociate with the family.

Out of the Dust: Chapter Winter 1935 1.Why does Billie Jo clean up the mud even though it hurts her hands to do it?


 * Billie Jo cleans up the mud because with ma gone all of her work is left to Billie Jo, and she can’t rest with ma haunting.

2. Why was there a family staying in the school house?


 * There is a family staying in the school house because families moved from dust and depression into the classroom.

3.Why does Billie Jo thing Fonda Nye died?


 * Billie Jo thinks Fonda Nye died because she couldn’t go on without Hydon.

4.Why did Ashby Durwin and Rush get arrested?


 * Ashby Durwin and rush got arrested because they broke the law by cooking moonshine, having jugs of whisky, barrels of mash, two sacks of rye, and pounds of sugar.

5.Why was Billie Jo practicing piano?


 * Billie Jo was practicing piano because Thursday night is a contest at the Place Theater.

6.How do Billie Jo’s neighbors feel each time it rains?


 * Every time it rains, Billie Jo’s neighbors have lots of hope because it can bring lots of things.

7.Why couldn’t Billie Jo make Mas special cranberry sauce for Christmas dinner?


 * Billie Jo could not make Mas special cranberry sauce because ma never taught her how to make it.

8.Why does the town have a dance?


 * The town has a dance to raise money for paralysis.

9.What place did Billie Jo win in the contest?


 * Billie Jo won third place in the contest and won a dollar.

10.Where did the Sheriff take the sugar he took from Ashby Durwin?


 * When the Sheriff saw the sugar he gave it to children by making them sweets.

Expository essay 6/2/11

How does what others think about you affect how you think about yourself? Some people may feel insecure about others thoughts, but they’re only thoughts. What they say are only opinions, so it shouldn’t affect how a person may feel about themselves. A person is the only one who understands who they really are, so what others think cannot make a difference. When someone compliments a person they may feel special, and that may change how they feel about themselves, which may be a great thing. Other than that what people think don’t matter as much as what a person thinks about themselves.

For an example, in __Out of the Dust__ by Karen Hesse, Billie Jo was paranoid by what others thought about involvement in her mother’s and brother’s death, and the way she plays the piano. She was worried people would judge her when her hands were covered in scars as she tried to play the piano. She found that it didn’t matter and she needed just to play and feel what she loves. Billie Jo learned that she shouldn’t worry that people were blaming her about her mother’s and soon-to-be-brother’s death, and that she needs to forgive herself first.

I remember in the past I used to believe what people said about me. Now I only believe what I think about myself, no one can tell me how I look or act because all that is to me is their thoughts and not mine. I remember when people insulted me with very hurtful things, they would call me names. I started to believe what they would say, and that problem got to my mom and she told me that it just happens in life and don’t believe what people tell you, only believe what you think about yourself. Now I carry on what she sais and don’t care what people say.

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