use your voc words
distinct, formula, potential
Grab a newspaper.
silent reading until 8:30
Then type up a summary of your favorite article.
You must use your voc words in your summary.type them in caps!!
title:
8 sentence summary
3 reflection. i think, i feel, i agree
1 interesting fact!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
chapter 4 & 5 Vocab
Voc words ch . 4, 5 Please define, parts of speech and your own sentence with a picture to represent your sentence
EXAMPE:
1.Solitude - n- A lonely or secluded place.
After getting in a fight with another inmate, the officers locked me up in total solitude.
2.Morsel
3.Dire
4.Bellowed
5.Regurgitated
6.Banished
7.Remorse
8.vivid
9.Ammonia
10.monotone
3.Dire
4.Bellowed
5.Regurgitated
6.Banished
7.Remorse
8.vivid
9.Ammonia
10.monotone
chapter 5 questions
Chapter 5 “The Accident”
ANSWER questions in complete sentences!! Copy and paste onto your Blogspot!!
1. By the time he almost turned 11 what did he know and what would happen to him if he would looked at his mother or one of his brothers?
2. What did Dave see from the corner of his eye?
3. What did Dave’s mother do to him? And why?
4. What was the accident? Do you think it was an accident?
5. How did mom feel about the accident?
6. Where did she stab Dave? And with what?
7. What did she tell Dave after she finished dressing his wound?
8. What did his father say to him when Dave told him what his mother had done? How does his father feel about it?
9. How long did it take him to finish his chores after the “accident?
10. What was the code of the family?
11. What did Dave think when his mother let him go play outside with his brothers?
12. What did he see on his wound when he tried cleaning it with a rag?
13. How does mother change her attitude? Why?
14. Why does David brain wash himself?
ANSWER questions in complete sentences!!
ANSWER questions in complete sentences!! Copy and paste onto your Blogspot!!
1. By the time he almost turned 11 what did he know and what would happen to him if he would looked at his mother or one of his brothers?
2. What did Dave see from the corner of his eye?
3. What did Dave’s mother do to him? And why?
4. What was the accident? Do you think it was an accident?
5. How did mom feel about the accident?
6. Where did she stab Dave? And with what?
7. What did she tell Dave after she finished dressing his wound?
8. What did his father say to him when Dave told him what his mother had done? How does his father feel about it?
9. How long did it take him to finish his chores after the “accident?
10. What was the code of the family?
11. What did Dave think when his mother let him go play outside with his brothers?
12. What did he see on his wound when he tried cleaning it with a rag?
13. How does mother change her attitude? Why?
14. Why does David brain wash himself?
ANSWER questions in complete sentences!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
chapter 4 qustions food fight
answer in complete sentences on your blogspot.com
1.What did David do to make sure he gets food?
2.In detail, tell me in details of the punishments he received at home.
3.How did his dad t to help? What do you think he could of done differently?
4.What was his mom’s story and reason to the principle for David's abuse at home?
5.How did his mom punish him n this chapter?
6.What did she force him to eat?
7.Do you think his punishment is reasonable?
8.How do the other students treat him at school?
9.What were his plans to get food? Was it successful?
10.Why do you think his mom is not feeding him?
11.How did his mom know he was eating?
12.What does dad do?
13.Why doesn’t he help his son?
14.Why do David ate his dad more than his mom?
15.What is David's next plan to get food ? Did it work?
16.What does mom en up feeding him? How does he respond to it?
1.What did David do to make sure he gets food?
2.In detail, tell me in details of the punishments he received at home.
3.How did his dad t to help? What do you think he could of done differently?
4.What was his mom’s story and reason to the principle for David's abuse at home?
5.How did his mom punish him n this chapter?
6.What did she force him to eat?
7.Do you think his punishment is reasonable?
8.How do the other students treat him at school?
9.What were his plans to get food? Was it successful?
10.Why do you think his mom is not feeding him?
11.How did his mom know he was eating?
12.What does dad do?
13.Why doesn’t he help his son?
14.Why do David ate his dad more than his mom?
15.What is David's next plan to get food ? Did it work?
16.What does mom en up feeding him? How does he respond to it?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
ch 3 questions "bad boy"
Answer all in COMPLETE sentences using examples and details from story
POST your answers on your blogspot.
ch 3 qustions
1.What was David’s unfortunate luck of what?
2.Did his brother get the same punishments? Give example
3.What did Mother do to display a character change? Can you relate this to anyone in your life?
4.What does it mean to him when he saw his mother in a nice dress?
5.What is the different between corner treatment and mirror treatment? Which one do you prefer? why?
6.What would he often fantasize about, why?
7.How was life like with father around? Can you relate to him?
8.What kind of relationship did they have?
9.What was the first major abuse from mom? Describe what happened.
10.Why did mom tell him to sleep top bunk? What was her plan?
11.What was school like for him?
12.even though mom treated him poorly, what was his feeling for her?
13.What happens when he tries to tell her his feelings?
14.If he wanted to live, what does he have to do?
15.How does mom feel about Ron?
POST your answers on your blogspot.
ch 3 qustions
1.What was David’s unfortunate luck of what?
2.Did his brother get the same punishments? Give example
3.What did Mother do to display a character change? Can you relate this to anyone in your life?
4.What does it mean to him when he saw his mother in a nice dress?
5.What is the different between corner treatment and mirror treatment? Which one do you prefer? why?
6.What would he often fantasize about, why?
7.How was life like with father around? Can you relate to him?
8.What kind of relationship did they have?
9.What was the first major abuse from mom? Describe what happened.
10.Why did mom tell him to sleep top bunk? What was her plan?
11.What was school like for him?
12.even though mom treated him poorly, what was his feeling for her?
13.What happens when he tries to tell her his feelings?
14.If he wanted to live, what does he have to do?
15.How does mom feel about Ron?
ch 3 voc words p. 29-43
Voc words ch 3 Please define, parts of speech and your own sentence with a picture to represent your sentenceEXAMPLE:
1.Drastically- adj- Severe or radical in nature; extreme
I can never move to Alaska because I would not be able to adjust to the drastic change of weather.
I can never move to Alaska because I would not be able to adjust to the drastic change of weather.
1.Mischief
2.Radically
3.Timidly
4.Scurried
5.Feverishly
6.Thrashing
7.Badgered
8.Relentlessly
9.Scorched
10.Tactic
11.infuriated
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Ch 1 & 2 VOC WORDS DUE FRIDAY 1-16-09
Each voc word- Copy, DEFINE, Parts of speech, Sentence & picture
1.Frantically p. 18 ADj- emotionally out of control
Susan was frantically looking for her missing passport at the border.
1.Blitzed p. 25
2.Venture p. 24
3.Meticulously p. 19
4.Fiend p. 19
5.Modest p. 17
6.Reluctantly p. 10
7.Scalding p. 3
8.Topple p 3
9.Defiance p. 3
1.Frantically p. 18 ADj- emotionally out of control
Susan was frantically looking for her missing passport at the border.
1.Blitzed p. 25
2.Venture p. 24
3.Meticulously p. 19
4.Fiend p. 19
5.Modest p. 17
6.Reluctantly p. 10
7.Scalding p. 3
8.Topple p 3
9.Defiance p. 3
chapter 1 & 2 questions
REMEMBER this is ENGLISH class, so answer everything in complete sentences with DETAIL for full credit.
post your answers on your Blogspot.
Chapter 1:The rescue
1.Describe the setting of the story.
2.Describe how mother is? What kind of character is she?
3.Provide 2 examples of how her character is.
4.How is he treated in school? Who takes care of him?
5.Describe his appearance.
6.How is the police involved?
Chapter 2: Good times
1.What does he compare his family to, why?
2.list each character and a few sentences on each person
3.P. 19 “with mom everyhting turned to gold.” what does he mean by this quote?
4.Describe What is Christmas like at the house?
5.What does he mean when he says, “ everyday seemed sprinkled with magic? P. 26
6.Where does he feel the safe and warm?
post your answers on your Blogspot.
Chapter 1:The rescue
1.Describe the setting of the story.
2.Describe how mother is? What kind of character is she?
3.Provide 2 examples of how her character is.
4.How is he treated in school? Who takes care of him?
5.Describe his appearance.
6.How is the police involved?
Chapter 2: Good times
1.What does he compare his family to, why?
2.list each character and a few sentences on each person
3.P. 19 “with mom everyhting turned to gold.” what does he mean by this quote?
4.Describe What is Christmas like at the house?
5.What does he mean when he says, “ everyday seemed sprinkled with magic? P. 26
6.Where does he feel the safe and warm?
overview about the book
read the overview about the story. Comment by adding 5 sentences of your reflection and 3 questions you want to learn from the story.
Pelzer was the third born of five children. His father was a fireman and, according to Dave, his mother was originally a loving, kind and wonderful person who would try to do anything for her family. The abuse gradually started when he was about five. At that point, Dave could tell what kind of day he could expect to have by the way his mother was dressed. If she was all made up then he could expect a good day, but if she wasn't he knew he would be hit, yelled at, punished, or all three.
The book describes the worsening abuse that Pelzer suffered at the hand of his mother and her alcoholism. Most speculate that she had some other addiction or a chemical imbalance but none is known. The abuse escalated when Dave was seven years of age when he was told he would stay back in first grade for another year. It's not made clear whether the school or his mother made this decision. At this point he began to be punished severely, made to do extra chores, and was banned from family activities. The beatings began to increase and now began to happen with his father around as well. The "good days" were becoming few and far between. That summer he was excluded in a family vacation. At first he tried to stop the abuse but as time went on felt unable to intervene.
The next year the abuse intensified and at that point he was not even allowed to eat meals with the family. That Christmas, Dave's mother showed him a letter she claimed that came from North Pole. It stated that Dave was a bad boy and would get no toys for Christmas. That Christmas David found only a couple books for him. A few months later, his mother attempted to burn Dave on a stove when he was 8 years old. Abuse increased even more after that. By the time he was in second grade at 8 years old, his mother began to make him go without food for extended periods of time. The abuse gets worse and David is forced to sleep in the basement and perform even harder labor. He got an average of half a meal a day on a good day. When David was 10, she also stabbed him in the stomach "accidentally", as Pelzer notes in the book—and did not take him to the hospital (though she did take care of the wound herself). By this point he was no longer considered part of the family and lived in the basement, denied basic contact, play, and food. His mother stated that she did not want Dave to interact with "her family".
Over time the depth of the abuse worsened. Dave claimed he was forced to sit in the "prisoner of war" position (head bent backwards facing sky, sitting on hands). His mother stopped using his name and began referring to him first as "The Boy" and finally "It". The punishments are reported to have evolved into "sick games" in which she made her son suffer.
Incidents cited in the book include forcing ammonia down his throat, sitting in a sealed bathroom while inhaling the fumes from a bucket of ammonia mixed with bleach (Gas Chamber), inducing vomiting followed by forced ingestion, smashing his face against a mirror while forcing him to say "I'm a bad boy", lying in the bathtub naked with freezing water for hours, rubbing his face in his baby brother's soiled diaper, trying to make him eat his youngest brother's feces, as well as starvation and general malnutrition, and "accidentally" stabbing him with a knife when he didn't meet the time limit to do the dishes. His mother also put his hand on a gas stove which caused his hand to burn to crisp. She also said, "Now sit on the stove so I can watch you burn and die."
In each of the sequels, the author reveals more forms of torture he did not describe in this book (e.g., his mother hitting his neck with a broom handle, causing his neck to swell so that he was unable to breathe).
David generally only got food when his father was home, for example. In the face of this abuse, his father gradually distanced himself from the house, and finally moved out days after David turned 12 years old. About two months later, on March 5th, 1973 David was rescued by teachers at his school.
Pelzer was the third born of five children. His father was a fireman and, according to Dave, his mother was originally a loving, kind and wonderful person who would try to do anything for her family. The abuse gradually started when he was about five. At that point, Dave could tell what kind of day he could expect to have by the way his mother was dressed. If she was all made up then he could expect a good day, but if she wasn't he knew he would be hit, yelled at, punished, or all three.
The book describes the worsening abuse that Pelzer suffered at the hand of his mother and her alcoholism. Most speculate that she had some other addiction or a chemical imbalance but none is known. The abuse escalated when Dave was seven years of age when he was told he would stay back in first grade for another year. It's not made clear whether the school or his mother made this decision. At this point he began to be punished severely, made to do extra chores, and was banned from family activities. The beatings began to increase and now began to happen with his father around as well. The "good days" were becoming few and far between. That summer he was excluded in a family vacation. At first he tried to stop the abuse but as time went on felt unable to intervene.
The next year the abuse intensified and at that point he was not even allowed to eat meals with the family. That Christmas, Dave's mother showed him a letter she claimed that came from North Pole. It stated that Dave was a bad boy and would get no toys for Christmas. That Christmas David found only a couple books for him. A few months later, his mother attempted to burn Dave on a stove when he was 8 years old. Abuse increased even more after that. By the time he was in second grade at 8 years old, his mother began to make him go without food for extended periods of time. The abuse gets worse and David is forced to sleep in the basement and perform even harder labor. He got an average of half a meal a day on a good day. When David was 10, she also stabbed him in the stomach "accidentally", as Pelzer notes in the book—and did not take him to the hospital (though she did take care of the wound herself). By this point he was no longer considered part of the family and lived in the basement, denied basic contact, play, and food. His mother stated that she did not want Dave to interact with "her family".
Over time the depth of the abuse worsened. Dave claimed he was forced to sit in the "prisoner of war" position (head bent backwards facing sky, sitting on hands). His mother stopped using his name and began referring to him first as "The Boy" and finally "It". The punishments are reported to have evolved into "sick games" in which she made her son suffer.
Incidents cited in the book include forcing ammonia down his throat, sitting in a sealed bathroom while inhaling the fumes from a bucket of ammonia mixed with bleach (Gas Chamber), inducing vomiting followed by forced ingestion, smashing his face against a mirror while forcing him to say "I'm a bad boy", lying in the bathtub naked with freezing water for hours, rubbing his face in his baby brother's soiled diaper, trying to make him eat his youngest brother's feces, as well as starvation and general malnutrition, and "accidentally" stabbing him with a knife when he didn't meet the time limit to do the dishes. His mother also put his hand on a gas stove which caused his hand to burn to crisp. She also said, "Now sit on the stove so I can watch you burn and die."
In each of the sequels, the author reveals more forms of torture he did not describe in this book (e.g., his mother hitting his neck with a broom handle, causing his neck to swell so that he was unable to breathe).
David generally only got food when his father was home, for example. In the face of this abuse, his father gradually distanced himself from the house, and finally moved out days after David turned 12 years old. About two months later, on March 5th, 1973 David was rescued by teachers at his school.
A Child Called it
Hi all.
You should have gotten a book, A Child Called It.
Add a comment telling me what your name is and your book number!
this is your book and you are responsible for it! that means if you can't find it, you need to replace it!
You should have gotten a book, A Child Called It.
Add a comment telling me what your name is and your book number!
this is your book and you are responsible for it! that means if you can't find it, you need to replace it!
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