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12/2/10

6.The doctors in the United States excepted Sister Kenny's treatments before the doctors in Australia because polio was worse in the U.S. 9. Peg celebrated not needing her wheelchair any more by taking it for one last joy ride. 13.Peg couldnt put a pillow in her shirt or go barefoot because she could loose balance and fall. 18. She was challenged by her dad who could olay a whole song in a week. 19. Her school at the hospital was different because it was only 2 hours and thirty minutes, 1 teacher, no homework, and no incouragement to study or try harder.

10/23/10*Sunday Visitors- What was the window of understanding, And what did it Mean? What does vit reavel abaut Pegs Character?

What Peg ment by a window of understanding is that it finally came into her mind that they werent used to getting visits and they wanted to talk. Peg was to busy talking and getting mad soshe wasnt really thinking about that.Thats when the window of understanding popped into her mind. In the beggining peg was being selfish, but when she thought about she became understanding.It showed me peg has good use of figurative language, when she wrote the window of understandig. Peg forgot that a lot of Polio patiants out there dont get visits. Some never get a visit. That shows Peg was a good person.

10/2/10*How would you feel if you were Pegs parents and she got polio?

In the story"__Small Steps"__ by Peg Kehret a girl named Meg Gets three types of polio.If I were one of Pegs parents, and she got polio I would be astonished. I would also be shocked that my poor little girl had the terrible polio disease.I would cry hoping my daughter could stay alive. I would Immedietly rush her to the hospital. The only thouht going through my mind would //be I hope my daughter stays alive//. I know many people died from polio. I would try to stay in touch with her and keep up to date. It would be the worst to be Pegs parents.

10/11/10*What reasons did Peg have to be angry with the nurse?
 * Did Peg do the right thing by telling her parents about the nurse?

In the book __Small Steps__ by Peg Kehret Pegs reasons to be angry at that nurse are that the nurse refused to help her when she was in pain.Another reason is that the nurse gave her this big long speech about why she couldn't help her and during all that time she could have been helping her. I would have been really mad at that nurse too. She wasted all that time, and just left Peg lying in pain. Peg could have died. That nurse should be fired for not helping a patient.

Peg did do the right thing. She did the right thing because now the nurse might get fired so she wont ignore any more suffering patients. In the book __Beware of Madog__ this kid is getting bullied but he tells nobody. So the bully just keeps on doing bad things to him. That could have happened to Peg.

**Expository Essay ** **Out of the Dust ** We define who we are by how we act, what decisions we make, and our appearance. For example if someone always has attitude and never has anything nice to say you can tell they are a mean person from how they act. If that person starts to act kinder they might make more friends and people will like them more. A person also defines who they are by the decisions they make. If a person always makes bad decisions it might make other people think they are a bad person. But if they make good; smart decisions people will think they are a good person. Lastly, a person can define who they are by their appearance. If a person comes to school every day with all black clothes and an angry face people might think that, that person is a mean an angry person. But if they dress in normal colors and clothes, and they have a smile on their face they might seem nicer and, more welcoming to other people.

In the story //__Out of the Dust__// by Karen Hesse, Billie Jo can relate to this by when she does stuff without being told, which defines her personality as her being respectful and responsible. She acts kind and polite to others which also means she is a good respectful person. By these actions Billie Jo shapes her identity in the form of a good person. You tell this because whenever she meets new people they will most likely become friendly with her, like the poor man she met on the train.

We can relate to Billie Jo because I helped my friends grand mom carry groceries without even being asked to help. By this action me and her developed a friendship. Other kids and their siblings who can’t help each other will evolve into a fighting relationship, by this effect families are breaking apart and destroying their relationship together. By these kinds of actions people don’t develop good friendships and relationships with each other.

__Out of the Dust: Chapters Spring 1935- Autumn 1935 Review questions__- 1. Doc Rice tells her to stop picking at them and to put ointment on them before she goes to bed every night. 2. At graduation she took one look at the piano, and walked off stage. 3. Billie Jo would like to have Mad Dog court her. 4. On the way back from the train station she starts to call her father daddy again for the first time since Ma's death. 5. When Billie Jo first met Louise she didnt seem fond of her dating her father, but after a little bit she started to feel more comfertable with her. 6. The letter from Aunt Ellis invited Billie Jo to get out of the dust and live with her. 7.She was scared and wouldnt even go back into the school after the fire was put out. 8. On the way to the funeral a huge dust storm came which forced them to abandon their car and go into some strangers house. 9. She gets on the train because she cant take her life anymore and she just wants to get out of the dust. 10.He discovered skin cancer spots on his neck, nose, and cheek. 11.He met Louis through her being his grad school teacher. 12. He visited them to check up on them and see how they were doing health wise. 13.He left a picture of his family when he took her biscuits. 14. Mad Dog was going to Amarillo to be a singer for a radio station.