5 – Comments
- Erik thought that his mom was acting strange because she uses to be energetic and now she is started to be lazy. One day, the mom told Erik about when she is not there to be with you and he got scare. He thought of the worst thing that would happen.
- On Christmas Eve, everybody but Erik mom was down stairs having fun and enjoying themselves plus opening presents. When Erik went to tell the mom to come down stairs to open presents, she got crazy. She started to throw her jaw from China into the floor. That day they took her to the hospital to the emergency room. The family was worried.
- Erik is going to start high school and he is nervous.
- In the beginning of high school the principle assign him a supervisor to take him everywhere he needs to go. When week pass, he wasn’t happy with his supervisor because he has no freedom. He thought that in high school there is freedom, that you could do whatever you want.
- He seeks out from the supervisor and went to the cafeteria by himself. It took him a little while just to get to the cafeteria but he got there. It was hard to get his lunch because of the crowded people pushing one another. When he got his lunch, he heard his friend voice Chris. When Erik got closer, the voice keeps on getting louder. When he got there the people in the table stayed quiet. Not ever his friend spoke. He went back and they started to talk again.
4 – Question
- Why Erik mom was acting crazy and confused?
- Why didn’t Chris talk to Erik when Erik went close to the table?
- Why Erik did seek from the supervisor when he knows that he is going to get lost?
- Does Erik mom got a disease that might catch from the tour of china?
3 – Vocabulary
- Congenital =having by nature a specified character
- Haphazardly = in a haphazard manner
- Pavement = a material in which a surface is made
2 – Literary terms
- He is like a lonely wolf (simile)
- My mom was a crazy bull (metaphor)
1 – Overview
- This part of the book is about when the mom goes to the hospital and when he start high school.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Touch the top of the world
5 – Comments
- Erik doesn’t like his supervisor because she treats him like an elementary or middle school student. Erik wanted to do things that normal people do. He didn’t consider himself a normal human being because of his blindness. He wanted more freedom.
- The supervisor is going to show Erik a better way to read and to do things most of the things that normal people do. He thought that he needed to learn it all over again because the supervisor was going to teach what he knows but in a better way. He didn’t want to do it because he already learned it.
- He hated this year of high school because the students treat him as a kid. One day when he was going to the bathroom, everybody got out of the way and some student wanted to help him to go to the bathroom. But, he said no because he thinks that he all grown up.
- One day he needed to use the bathroom so bad so he asks the teacher to let him go and he said “okay”. He wanted to go alone. When he went alone, he thought it would be easy to find it but, it wasn’t. Each time he touches the door and opens it, it’s another classroom. He couldn’t hold it for long and then he pee on himself. His supervisor saw him and told him not to go unsupervised. He got mad because he can’t do anything by himself.
- The first year of high school is not what he imagine, he doesn’t like it. He is treated so different from other students.
4 – Question
- Why doesn’t he accept people help when they give it to him?
- Why does he try to do things on his own? What is Erik goal of doing things of his own?
- Does he really need to do things on his own?
3 – Vocabulary
- Firmly = not shaking or trembling
- Frantic = desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain and etc.
- Haltingly = limping or lame
2 – Literary Term
- Chris is like a quagmire (simile).
- I thought that high school supposes to have freedom, which you have more liberty, but I’m in prison. (Imagery).
1 – Overview
- This part of the chapter is about Erik being in high school (freshman year) and he wants to do thing on his own but, he can’t because he always get lost or mess up.
- Erik doesn’t like his supervisor because she treats him like an elementary or middle school student. Erik wanted to do things that normal people do. He didn’t consider himself a normal human being because of his blindness. He wanted more freedom.
- The supervisor is going to show Erik a better way to read and to do things most of the things that normal people do. He thought that he needed to learn it all over again because the supervisor was going to teach what he knows but in a better way. He didn’t want to do it because he already learned it.
- He hated this year of high school because the students treat him as a kid. One day when he was going to the bathroom, everybody got out of the way and some student wanted to help him to go to the bathroom. But, he said no because he thinks that he all grown up.
- One day he needed to use the bathroom so bad so he asks the teacher to let him go and he said “okay”. He wanted to go alone. When he went alone, he thought it would be easy to find it but, it wasn’t. Each time he touches the door and opens it, it’s another classroom. He couldn’t hold it for long and then he pee on himself. His supervisor saw him and told him not to go unsupervised. He got mad because he can’t do anything by himself.
- The first year of high school is not what he imagine, he doesn’t like it. He is treated so different from other students.
4 – Question
- Why doesn’t he accept people help when they give it to him?
- Why does he try to do things on his own? What is Erik goal of doing things of his own?
- Does he really need to do things on his own?
3 – Vocabulary
- Firmly = not shaking or trembling
- Frantic = desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain and etc.
- Haltingly = limping or lame
2 – Literary Term
- Chris is like a quagmire (simile).
- I thought that high school supposes to have freedom, which you have more liberty, but I’m in prison. (Imagery).
1 – Overview
- This part of the chapter is about Erik being in high school (freshman year) and he wants to do thing on his own but, he can’t because he always get lost or mess up.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Touch the top of the world
5 – Comments
- Erik dad was promoted and his new job was in Hong Kong and him and his family needed to move. They lived in an apartment.
- One day the mom went to a two-week tour in china and Eddi, his dad and he was alone. They explored a patch of land governed by Hong Kong but connected to mainland china. They crawled under a barbed-wire fence and hiked along the narrow beach. There was a sign saying “TURN BACK IMMEDIATELY, YOU HAVE ENTERED THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. The dad was really excited and wanted to trespass. They got caught and got a fine of HK$200 ($40 in USA).
- One day his dad let Erik walked alone from his friend because Erik wanted to go alone. He was familiar of the streets to go to his house. He could see the outline of an object. When he was returning to his house, he had some diffulties. He was going to a different route. That day the father was picking up his wife from the tour. When the dad was really worried that Erik didn’t made it in time. When they got there, Erik was there. He saved his dad life.
- When four years past, his dad got transform back to New York City and his mom got a house in Weston, Connecticut. They lived in top of a hill.
- A couple of weeks when they moved in to their new home, he was happy because they weren’t as many people in the streets like there were in Hong Kong and he could do what he wants.
4 – Question
- Why Erik does wants to go alone from his friend house to his own if he could get lost? He can’t see every well.
- Why did he mess up when he was driving with the family (with dad’s help) if he was driving well when he was with his dad?
- Why did the dad wanted to trespass the barbed-wire fence if the sign said not to?
- Does Erik Weihenmayer have a goal to do things without seeing a lot?
3 – Vocabulary
- Pungent = mentally stimulating or appealing.
- Distinguishable = to mark off as different
- Pavement = a hard smooth surface, especially of a public area or thoroughfare, that will bear travel.
2 – Literary terms
- I threw my body against the metal deck, my heart nearly exploding out of my chest (metaphor)
- His body jerked and writhed as he snatched for something to grab. (simile)
1 – Overview
- This part of the story is about the adventure his dad, Eddi and he had in Hong Kong, and when they move to Connecticut because his dad got transfer back to New York City.
- Erik dad was promoted and his new job was in Hong Kong and him and his family needed to move. They lived in an apartment.
- One day the mom went to a two-week tour in china and Eddi, his dad and he was alone. They explored a patch of land governed by Hong Kong but connected to mainland china. They crawled under a barbed-wire fence and hiked along the narrow beach. There was a sign saying “TURN BACK IMMEDIATELY, YOU HAVE ENTERED THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. The dad was really excited and wanted to trespass. They got caught and got a fine of HK$200 ($40 in USA).
- One day his dad let Erik walked alone from his friend because Erik wanted to go alone. He was familiar of the streets to go to his house. He could see the outline of an object. When he was returning to his house, he had some diffulties. He was going to a different route. That day the father was picking up his wife from the tour. When the dad was really worried that Erik didn’t made it in time. When they got there, Erik was there. He saved his dad life.
- When four years past, his dad got transform back to New York City and his mom got a house in Weston, Connecticut. They lived in top of a hill.
- A couple of weeks when they moved in to their new home, he was happy because they weren’t as many people in the streets like there were in Hong Kong and he could do what he wants.
4 – Question
- Why Erik does wants to go alone from his friend house to his own if he could get lost? He can’t see every well.
- Why did he mess up when he was driving with the family (with dad’s help) if he was driving well when he was with his dad?
- Why did the dad wanted to trespass the barbed-wire fence if the sign said not to?
- Does Erik Weihenmayer have a goal to do things without seeing a lot?
3 – Vocabulary
- Pungent = mentally stimulating or appealing.
- Distinguishable = to mark off as different
- Pavement = a hard smooth surface, especially of a public area or thoroughfare, that will bear travel.
2 – Literary terms
- I threw my body against the metal deck, my heart nearly exploding out of my chest (metaphor)
- His body jerked and writhed as he snatched for something to grab. (simile)
1 – Overview
- This part of the story is about the adventure his dad, Eddi and he had in Hong Kong, and when they move to Connecticut because his dad got transfer back to New York City.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Touch the top of the world
5- Comments
- When Erik dad was teaching him how to ride a two wheel bike, the mom stared at Erik. When he was riding the bike, the mom didn’t smile or said “I’m proud of you”. When he fell and hurt himself of the bike, the mom went running towards him and yells at the father. She is over protective to him because he is blind (sort of).
- When it was almost Halloween (one day before Halloween) a group of child was about to go with Erik but, the parents (the group’s parents) thought that he would be a lot of responsibility. He didn’t have a costume so his mom stayed up all night making a Quasimodo costume for him. But, when he put on that costume, he felt that he was a real Quasimodo.
- When the doctor told them how he got it, Erik told his mom “thanks a lot” because the disease came from the side of his mother. The mother started to cry and went to the bathroom to clean herself and to be alone. He didn’t mean it. When she came back, he gave her a big hug but, she sat in the table without saying a word.
- His mom is teaching him how to do different thing about camp. Learning what is what.
- The doctor gave monocular to Erik so that he could see well. When they gave him that, he could see half of the movie star was but he still needed to seat on top of the row.
4- Questions
- Why didn’t the mother show happiness to his son when he was riding the bike by himself?
- Why Erik did said “he felt like a real Quasimodo?
- Why did the mom stayed quiet when Erik apologized to her when he said thanks a lot for the disease?
- Why Erik did said Thank a lot for the disease?
3- Vocabulary
- Systematically = In a systematic manner; methodically
- Congenital = Of or pertaining to a condition present at birth, weather inherited or caused by the enviroment, esp. the uterine enviroment.
- Immensely = Vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
2- Literary Terms
- Simile = My father was like a broom, sweeping me out into the world, while my mother was the dustpan, constantly gathering up the shattered pieces and putting me back together again.
- Personification = Her face slowly metamorphosed into a mother lioness. She clenched her jaw and flashed an angry glance at my father before she rushed to me, throwing her arms around me and hurrying me down the hallway to the medicine closet.
1-Overview
This part of the story is about when Erik gets his monocular so he could see more.
- When Erik dad was teaching him how to ride a two wheel bike, the mom stared at Erik. When he was riding the bike, the mom didn’t smile or said “I’m proud of you”. When he fell and hurt himself of the bike, the mom went running towards him and yells at the father. She is over protective to him because he is blind (sort of).
- When it was almost Halloween (one day before Halloween) a group of child was about to go with Erik but, the parents (the group’s parents) thought that he would be a lot of responsibility. He didn’t have a costume so his mom stayed up all night making a Quasimodo costume for him. But, when he put on that costume, he felt that he was a real Quasimodo.
- When the doctor told them how he got it, Erik told his mom “thanks a lot” because the disease came from the side of his mother. The mother started to cry and went to the bathroom to clean herself and to be alone. He didn’t mean it. When she came back, he gave her a big hug but, she sat in the table without saying a word.
- His mom is teaching him how to do different thing about camp. Learning what is what.
- The doctor gave monocular to Erik so that he could see well. When they gave him that, he could see half of the movie star was but he still needed to seat on top of the row.
4- Questions
- Why didn’t the mother show happiness to his son when he was riding the bike by himself?
- Why Erik did said “he felt like a real Quasimodo?
- Why did the mom stayed quiet when Erik apologized to her when he said thanks a lot for the disease?
- Why Erik did said Thank a lot for the disease?
3- Vocabulary
- Systematically = In a systematic manner; methodically
- Congenital = Of or pertaining to a condition present at birth, weather inherited or caused by the enviroment, esp. the uterine enviroment.
- Immensely = Vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
2- Literary Terms
- Simile = My father was like a broom, sweeping me out into the world, while my mother was the dustpan, constantly gathering up the shattered pieces and putting me back together again.
- Personification = Her face slowly metamorphosed into a mother lioness. She clenched her jaw and flashed an angry glance at my father before she rushed to me, throwing her arms around me and hurrying me down the hallway to the medicine closet.
1-Overview
This part of the story is about when Erik gets his monocular so he could see more.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Touch the top of the world
5- Comments
- The parents put Erik in school (starting kindergarten) but, the head administrator told his mother that she recommend her to take her son to a school for blind people because in this school we won’t treat him with special care.
- Ellen Suzanne (Erik mom) told the head administrator about her cousin was blind and went to a special school for blind. She said “my cousin can’t do anything by herself. She can’t peel an orange; she can’t mop or clean her bed. And what would happen if her parents died. Her parents help her do anything because the school she went to only taught her to use the piano. What would my son use the tune of a piano if he can do a lot of things?
- Erik was surprise of how she reacted and has courage of the things she said.
- Erik was thinking about the life his mom had when she was a teenager. She graduated from high school, she got raped, she had two kids with her first husband, her first husband was a alcoholic and hit her, her two sons and her moved, she worked in a factory for two years, met Erik father in a corps officer’s club, got married, and had birth to Eddi and then him (Erik).
- The schools accept Erik to the school. When he had his first quiz, his paper was full of scribbles and the teacher gave him a smile face. When he got home the mother saw his paper and was mad because the teacher gave him a smile face on the paper and the paper only had scribbles. She went to school, complaint and when they went home; the mom was showing him how to write.
4- Question
- Why Erik did was thinking back about her life when she was younger?
- Why the administrators did write a letter that he’s accepted?
- Why didn’t the mom just taught him before going the trouble to put him in a regular school?
- Why did the mom bring control to his world?
3- Vocabulary
- Queer = unusually
- Haphazardly = mere chance; fortuity
- Shimmered = a flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer
2- Literary term
- Simile = rise and shine like the morning sun.
- Imagery = Ellen Suzanne Baker had grown up in Jay, Florida, a hard-drinking, one-stoplight town near the border of Alabama.
1-Overview
- This part of the book is about when Erik got accepted to the school the mom wanted him to go, teaching him to write and learning where thing are and go plus, about the life of the mother when she was young.
- The parents put Erik in school (starting kindergarten) but, the head administrator told his mother that she recommend her to take her son to a school for blind people because in this school we won’t treat him with special care.
- Ellen Suzanne (Erik mom) told the head administrator about her cousin was blind and went to a special school for blind. She said “my cousin can’t do anything by herself. She can’t peel an orange; she can’t mop or clean her bed. And what would happen if her parents died. Her parents help her do anything because the school she went to only taught her to use the piano. What would my son use the tune of a piano if he can do a lot of things?
- Erik was surprise of how she reacted and has courage of the things she said.
- Erik was thinking about the life his mom had when she was a teenager. She graduated from high school, she got raped, she had two kids with her first husband, her first husband was a alcoholic and hit her, her two sons and her moved, she worked in a factory for two years, met Erik father in a corps officer’s club, got married, and had birth to Eddi and then him (Erik).
- The schools accept Erik to the school. When he had his first quiz, his paper was full of scribbles and the teacher gave him a smile face. When he got home the mother saw his paper and was mad because the teacher gave him a smile face on the paper and the paper only had scribbles. She went to school, complaint and when they went home; the mom was showing him how to write.
4- Question
- Why Erik did was thinking back about her life when she was younger?
- Why the administrators did write a letter that he’s accepted?
- Why didn’t the mom just taught him before going the trouble to put him in a regular school?
- Why did the mom bring control to his world?
3- Vocabulary
- Queer = unusually
- Haphazardly = mere chance; fortuity
- Shimmered = a flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer
2- Literary term
- Simile = rise and shine like the morning sun.
- Imagery = Ellen Suzanne Baker had grown up in Jay, Florida, a hard-drinking, one-stoplight town near the border of Alabama.
1-Overview
- This part of the book is about when Erik got accepted to the school the mom wanted him to go, teaching him to write and learning where thing are and go plus, about the life of the mother when she was young.
Touch the top of the world
5- Comments
- When Erik was small, his eyes were strange. When the dad saw Erik eyes shaking as the eyes of his were trying to follow the ball that the dad had, his dad was worried.
- The parents called a specialist and when the specialist came, he thought that his eyes were bizarre. The specialist told them that Erik suffered from retinas.
- The doctor saw his eyes and study it he said “he needs surgery”. The mom was so worried and afraid that she went to different hospital to see if there’s another way.
- Erik has a rare disease called retinoschisis that the retinas were attach to his pupils. He can’t see straight ahead. The doctor told Erik parents that he won’t be able to see for the rest of his teenage life.
- When they were going to New Jersey, they stop at a church. People said that priest perform miracles and she(the mother) wanted the full sight of his son. Nobody was there and then she was praying for her son. Erik was scared because of her mother crying the dark place he was in(He could see, but not much). He was also praying with his mom but, for a different reason. He wanted to get uot of the church.
4- Question
- How did Erik got the retinas?
- Why didn’t the parents deside to let the doctor operate Erik when he had the rare disease retinoschsis?
- Why didn’t his parent took him into the hospital rigth away when that first happen when he was a baby?
- Where did the disease retinas came from?
3- Vocabulary
- Haltingly = limping manner
- Disembodied = to free from the body
- Frantic = desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain and etc.
2- Literary terms
- The men were barefoot, the pads of their feet flat and as thick as soles of our shoes. Simile
- I prayed for my sight so my parents won’t bring me to dark places and sounde so desperate and scared.
Imagry
1- Overview
- This part of the book is about the depression moment of when his had a rare disease and almost can’t see at all.
- When Erik was small, his eyes were strange. When the dad saw Erik eyes shaking as the eyes of his were trying to follow the ball that the dad had, his dad was worried.
- The parents called a specialist and when the specialist came, he thought that his eyes were bizarre. The specialist told them that Erik suffered from retinas.
- The doctor saw his eyes and study it he said “he needs surgery”. The mom was so worried and afraid that she went to different hospital to see if there’s another way.
- Erik has a rare disease called retinoschisis that the retinas were attach to his pupils. He can’t see straight ahead. The doctor told Erik parents that he won’t be able to see for the rest of his teenage life.
- When they were going to New Jersey, they stop at a church. People said that priest perform miracles and she(the mother) wanted the full sight of his son. Nobody was there and then she was praying for her son. Erik was scared because of her mother crying the dark place he was in(He could see, but not much). He was also praying with his mom but, for a different reason. He wanted to get uot of the church.
4- Question
- How did Erik got the retinas?
- Why didn’t the parents deside to let the doctor operate Erik when he had the rare disease retinoschsis?
- Why didn’t his parent took him into the hospital rigth away when that first happen when he was a baby?
- Where did the disease retinas came from?
3- Vocabulary
- Haltingly = limping manner
- Disembodied = to free from the body
- Frantic = desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain and etc.
2- Literary terms
- The men were barefoot, the pads of their feet flat and as thick as soles of our shoes. Simile
- I prayed for my sight so my parents won’t bring me to dark places and sounde so desperate and scared.
Imagry
1- Overview
- This part of the book is about the depression moment of when his had a rare disease and almost can’t see at all.
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