Mary Ingalls On Her Own~Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
I read from page 114 to page 152
A teacher's assistant came into the study room with a letter from home. Laura had written to Mary the same day that she had left for Iowa. His name was Ben. He offered to read the letter to her and she said yes. If she had not been blind, she would have read it over and over again. In a new chapter, Mary had free time and she wanted to go on a walk really bad because the weather hadn't been very nice for a while. Her roommates were doing other things and that meant that Mary couldn't go for a walk. You needed to have a walking partner to go with. Mary decided to go to a room to study her braille. It happened that Ben was in that same room that Mary decided to go to. Somehow in the conversation that followed, Mary's want for a walk came up. He offered to take her to a bench where people who didn't have a walking partner but wanted to go on a walk went and sat until somebody else without a walking partner came along and then they went on a walk together. She said yes and it just so happened that the person who was sitting on the bench at that time was Mattie. They ended up going on a walk, but neither of them were very pleased with this. On the walk Mary and Mattie had an argument and Mattie left Mary to find her own way home. This was a problem because Mary didn't know which way the building was. She founded a wooden structure because of the way that the wind was blowing the rain. She went in there and woke up to find Ben right by her trying to get her to wake up. She told him what had happened and he said that he knew how difficult Mattie could be because she was his sister. Mary ended up in the infirmary for a little while.
Question: I wonder what the wooden "house" that Mary went into was used for. I also wonder how Ben found her in the "house" thing because the book said that Mary closed the door.
Prediction: I predict that others at the college will find out about this because Mattie was involved.
Connection: I am connecting Mary being lost to my own life. My mom was at Art in the Park one year and I was littler. I asked her if I could go on the gazebo. She told me that I could go. I went farther up the hill than my mom thought that I would go. I decided that it was time for me to go find my mom again, but she wasn't where she was before. I had lost her, and she had lost me. She ended up finding me again and I remember that a police officer was there and the lady who makes a mystery word in the kids bulletin and if you get it right, you get it right, you get a piece of candy. For some reason, she had her candy bucket along, and she gave me a piece of candy. So, I got lost just like Mary got lost just in different situations. :)
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters from our book, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the characters that had a lot of effects on them. We just have to do a different one than we did last week. I am going to do the one about a problem that occurred that had many effects on the characters.
Mattie leaving Mary outside alone, was a big problem for both of the characters. It effected Mary. Mary got left outside in the rain and she was sent to the infirmary for a little while. I looked ahead and read ahead and found out an effect that it had on Mattie. Mattie had had some problems before at the college and they told her that one more problem and she wouldn't be able to stay at the college. Well, this was one more problem, and so she was asked to leave the college. That was one problem that occurred and effects on two different characters.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Dreadful Start
Mary Ingalls On Her Own~Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
I read from page 86 to page 114
Mary decided to enroll in beadwork, organ, knitting, sewing, English Literature, Higher Mathematics, and Political Economy. Mary's first class was to be beadwork. Someone was going to bring her down to the room because neither Hannah or Blanche were taking beadwork. After lunch the door opened without a knock. The girl said come on and Mary realized that it was Mattie the rude and mean girl that was to take her to her first class ever at the college. This was a dreadful start that Mary had not be wanting. She got her down there after telling her that she had to walk and not just move slowly. She was walking slowly because of her fall earlier that day (or week.) Mattie left her at the door and Mary didn't know if this was the right one or not. Thankfully, Charlotte who is a friend of Hannah's, Blanche's and I think Mary's came and asked if she was going in. Mary asked if it was the beadwork room and she said yes. They went in and found a nice warm seat. Their teacher started and welcomed Mary. Mary wondered if their teacher, Miss Hennick was blind or if she could see because some teachers at the college are blind, partially blind, or they can see clear as day. She handed out everybody else's pieces and then came and explained things to Mary. She had her just string some because for a little while and then taught her the Daisy Chain stitch. She said that it takes a bunch of tries to get it just right so don't be depressed when it doesn't come out the first time. But, much to Miss Hennick and Mary's surprise, Mary did it just right the first time. She was pleased with herself until Mattie said a mean comment back to Mary. Mary started to learn the Braille and started to write a letter to Laura but then threw it into the fire. She did feel like she had had a real conversation with Laura. Mary also had a very nice organ lesson teacher. His name was Mr. Locke and he said that Mary was a very promising musician.
Question: I wonder how hard it would have been for Mary to write a letter back home even though she had a guide to help her. I would find it hard because I think that my hand writing wouldn't stay in a straight line and my words might overlap.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will have a very good Christmas at the college even though she can't go home for Christmas.
Connection: My connection this week what I did last week. I am going to put myself in Mary's position. If I were Mary this week, I might have taken Hannah's offer to go to her house for Christmas. I might have sent the letter to Laura. I might have burst out crying because of what Mattie did to "me."
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the character that had a lot of effects on them. I am going to compare and contrast Mary and Mattie.
Mary and Mattie are mostly different, but I can find some similarities with them. Mary is a kind sweet, nice, compassionate, considerate "little" girl. Mattie on the other hand is very rude, not considerate, bold with what she says, mean, short tempered, not patient. Mary is nice, Mattie is rude. That describes the differences in one sentence, but what about their similarities? Well, for one thing they are both at the college for the blind. Now Mary is actually blind, but Mattie can still see, but not very well. So, they are both "blind." I can imagine that deep down inside of Mattie there is love and compassion. I think that someone said in the book that Mattie is angry and mean because she doesn't want to be where she is or she doesn't want to go blind. Someone even said that she might be jealous of how Mary and others look because her eyes are "cloudy." Those are some differences and similarities about Mary and Mattie.
I read from page 86 to page 114
Mary decided to enroll in beadwork, organ, knitting, sewing, English Literature, Higher Mathematics, and Political Economy. Mary's first class was to be beadwork. Someone was going to bring her down to the room because neither Hannah or Blanche were taking beadwork. After lunch the door opened without a knock. The girl said come on and Mary realized that it was Mattie the rude and mean girl that was to take her to her first class ever at the college. This was a dreadful start that Mary had not be wanting. She got her down there after telling her that she had to walk and not just move slowly. She was walking slowly because of her fall earlier that day (or week.) Mattie left her at the door and Mary didn't know if this was the right one or not. Thankfully, Charlotte who is a friend of Hannah's, Blanche's and I think Mary's came and asked if she was going in. Mary asked if it was the beadwork room and she said yes. They went in and found a nice warm seat. Their teacher started and welcomed Mary. Mary wondered if their teacher, Miss Hennick was blind or if she could see because some teachers at the college are blind, partially blind, or they can see clear as day. She handed out everybody else's pieces and then came and explained things to Mary. She had her just string some because for a little while and then taught her the Daisy Chain stitch. She said that it takes a bunch of tries to get it just right so don't be depressed when it doesn't come out the first time. But, much to Miss Hennick and Mary's surprise, Mary did it just right the first time. She was pleased with herself until Mattie said a mean comment back to Mary. Mary started to learn the Braille and started to write a letter to Laura but then threw it into the fire. She did feel like she had had a real conversation with Laura. Mary also had a very nice organ lesson teacher. His name was Mr. Locke and he said that Mary was a very promising musician.
Question: I wonder how hard it would have been for Mary to write a letter back home even though she had a guide to help her. I would find it hard because I think that my hand writing wouldn't stay in a straight line and my words might overlap.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will have a very good Christmas at the college even though she can't go home for Christmas.
Connection: My connection this week what I did last week. I am going to put myself in Mary's position. If I were Mary this week, I might have taken Hannah's offer to go to her house for Christmas. I might have sent the letter to Laura. I might have burst out crying because of what Mattie did to "me."
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the character that had a lot of effects on them. I am going to compare and contrast Mary and Mattie.
Mary and Mattie are mostly different, but I can find some similarities with them. Mary is a kind sweet, nice, compassionate, considerate "little" girl. Mattie on the other hand is very rude, not considerate, bold with what she says, mean, short tempered, not patient. Mary is nice, Mattie is rude. That describes the differences in one sentence, but what about their similarities? Well, for one thing they are both at the college for the blind. Now Mary is actually blind, but Mattie can still see, but not very well. So, they are both "blind." I can imagine that deep down inside of Mattie there is love and compassion. I think that someone said in the book that Mattie is angry and mean because she doesn't want to be where she is or she doesn't want to go blind. Someone even said that she might be jealous of how Mary and others look because her eyes are "cloudy." Those are some differences and similarities about Mary and Mattie.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Alone
Mary Ingalls On Her Own~Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
I read from page 54 to page 86
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Examinations, roommates, passing, chapel, falling, goodbyes. Mary had a busy week this week.
I left off telling about Mary's examinations. She finished those and went to see Ma and Pa for a little bit. She found out that they had gotten a little something for Laura, Carrie, and Grace back home. She was really excited for them and happy because they had gone without things for a long time so that she could go to college that they should get something back. That night, Mary cried because she was thinking about if it was worth being away from her family to get an education that she wanted. She decided yes. The next morning, Hannah came in from the infirmity and Mary found out right away that she was a very talkative person. They went down to breakfast together and Mary didn't find her appetite. Instead, she drew a picture of what she thought the room looked like in her head. After breakfast, the girls went to the chapel. They started off singing one of Ma's favorite hymns. Then there were several readings from the Bible, a quiet prayer time and a short sermon. While they were leaving, Miss. Mattice came and told Mary that she had passed her examinations and that her ma and pa were downstairs waiting to say goodbye to her. Mary decided to let Hannah and Blanche come along with her because they wanted to see her folks and because she thought that if Ma saw what nice roommates she had that that might ease her worrying. It did and Hannah and Blanche thought that Mary had very nice folks. Mary had to say goodbye to her ma and pa for a long time because she would not be coming home for Christmas. Before they saw Mary's folks, Mary fell down the stairs holding on to Hannah and Blanche's hand. They did not get hurt though. Thanks goodness! The chapter kind of ended with Hannah crying because she hated goodbyes although this was Mary's goodbye. Then they went off to bring Mary to Miss. Mattice's office and for Hannah and Blanche to go to class.
Question: I wonder what class Blanche and Hannah were going to when Blanche said that she cared how much of the class she missed.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will cry when she goes to bed because she misses her parents and family so much already. I bet that there will be times when she doesn't think about them, but times when she misses them terribly.
Connection: My connection this week is a that I am going to put myself in Mary's situation for having to leave her folks. If I were her, I would have cried and not wanted to let them go. I would've been very clingy and kissy. I would not have wanted them to go. I would not have cared if their last picture of me was of me crying because that is just what I would've done.
Key Question: There is no Key Question this week again. :)
I read from page 54 to page 86
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Examinations, roommates, passing, chapel, falling, goodbyes. Mary had a busy week this week.
I left off telling about Mary's examinations. She finished those and went to see Ma and Pa for a little bit. She found out that they had gotten a little something for Laura, Carrie, and Grace back home. She was really excited for them and happy because they had gone without things for a long time so that she could go to college that they should get something back. That night, Mary cried because she was thinking about if it was worth being away from her family to get an education that she wanted. She decided yes. The next morning, Hannah came in from the infirmity and Mary found out right away that she was a very talkative person. They went down to breakfast together and Mary didn't find her appetite. Instead, she drew a picture of what she thought the room looked like in her head. After breakfast, the girls went to the chapel. They started off singing one of Ma's favorite hymns. Then there were several readings from the Bible, a quiet prayer time and a short sermon. While they were leaving, Miss. Mattice came and told Mary that she had passed her examinations and that her ma and pa were downstairs waiting to say goodbye to her. Mary decided to let Hannah and Blanche come along with her because they wanted to see her folks and because she thought that if Ma saw what nice roommates she had that that might ease her worrying. It did and Hannah and Blanche thought that Mary had very nice folks. Mary had to say goodbye to her ma and pa for a long time because she would not be coming home for Christmas. Before they saw Mary's folks, Mary fell down the stairs holding on to Hannah and Blanche's hand. They did not get hurt though. Thanks goodness! The chapter kind of ended with Hannah crying because she hated goodbyes although this was Mary's goodbye. Then they went off to bring Mary to Miss. Mattice's office and for Hannah and Blanche to go to class.
Question: I wonder what class Blanche and Hannah were going to when Blanche said that she cared how much of the class she missed.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will cry when she goes to bed because she misses her parents and family so much already. I bet that there will be times when she doesn't think about them, but times when she misses them terribly.
Connection: My connection this week is a that I am going to put myself in Mary's situation for having to leave her folks. If I were her, I would have cried and not wanted to let them go. I would've been very clingy and kissy. I would not have wanted them to go. I would not have cared if their last picture of me was of me crying because that is just what I would've done.
Key Question: There is no Key Question this week again. :)
Friday, February 1, 2013
Life At College
Mary Ingalls On Her Own~Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
I read form page 1 to page 54
I had to return my other book to the library and now have it back, but at the time I didn't and I needed something else to read. So I choose this book which is about Mary Ingalls which is Laura Ingalls' sister.
The book started off with Mary traveling with Ma and Pa to the College for the Blind in Iowa. They took the train there. Ma and Pa told Mary what the school looked like because she was blind. When they got there, they sat in the sitting room and waited for the Principal of the school to come and greet them. He welcomed Mary to the school and he told her that she had two roommates. One of them was sick with a cold and one was in classes. He said that her room was the fourth door on the right on the second floor. He said not to count the gray supply closet. When they got up there, Mary felt like she was going to cry. She asked if she could do this on her own. Ma and Pa reluctantly let her and they said good-bye for the night. Mary started to count only she made the mistake of counting the supply closet. When she thought that she was at her room, she opened the door. Mattie, the girl whose room it was got really mad at Mary because she knocked over her beads. She was really rude and not nice. Mary apologized and found her real room. She got settled in and after a little while Blanche the roommate that wasn't sick came in and showed her to the dinning hall. Her other roommate was named Hannah and she was the one with the bad cold. They ate dinner and then went back to their room. Mary fell asleep and woke up the next morning. She remembered that today was the day of her entrance examinations. I left off with Miss. Mattice (who is a very nice lady who works there) came and took Mary to take her examination. She asked her one question so far which was about the Continental Congress.
Question: I wonder how Mary will do on her own without any family members around by her. Right now Ma and Pa are still in town, but they won't be for very long. I think that Mary will do just fine and will get used to it, but it might be a little while before that happens.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will pass the examination with no problem at all. The reason is because she spent a lot of time studying for it before she came to college and Miss. Mattice said that she was a very good student when she went to school as a child. Miss. Mattice didn't think that Mary would have any trouble at all with the examination.
Connection: It would be really hard for me to be away from my family for a long time. Plus, I have a pretty hard time falling asleep at someone else's house. I don't know how Mary will do.
Key Question: There is not a Key Question this week.
I read form page 1 to page 54
I had to return my other book to the library and now have it back, but at the time I didn't and I needed something else to read. So I choose this book which is about Mary Ingalls which is Laura Ingalls' sister.
The book started off with Mary traveling with Ma and Pa to the College for the Blind in Iowa. They took the train there. Ma and Pa told Mary what the school looked like because she was blind. When they got there, they sat in the sitting room and waited for the Principal of the school to come and greet them. He welcomed Mary to the school and he told her that she had two roommates. One of them was sick with a cold and one was in classes. He said that her room was the fourth door on the right on the second floor. He said not to count the gray supply closet. When they got up there, Mary felt like she was going to cry. She asked if she could do this on her own. Ma and Pa reluctantly let her and they said good-bye for the night. Mary started to count only she made the mistake of counting the supply closet. When she thought that she was at her room, she opened the door. Mattie, the girl whose room it was got really mad at Mary because she knocked over her beads. She was really rude and not nice. Mary apologized and found her real room. She got settled in and after a little while Blanche the roommate that wasn't sick came in and showed her to the dinning hall. Her other roommate was named Hannah and she was the one with the bad cold. They ate dinner and then went back to their room. Mary fell asleep and woke up the next morning. She remembered that today was the day of her entrance examinations. I left off with Miss. Mattice (who is a very nice lady who works there) came and took Mary to take her examination. She asked her one question so far which was about the Continental Congress.
Question: I wonder how Mary will do on her own without any family members around by her. Right now Ma and Pa are still in town, but they won't be for very long. I think that Mary will do just fine and will get used to it, but it might be a little while before that happens.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will pass the examination with no problem at all. The reason is because she spent a lot of time studying for it before she came to college and Miss. Mattice said that she was a very good student when she went to school as a child. Miss. Mattice didn't think that Mary would have any trouble at all with the examination.
Connection: It would be really hard for me to be away from my family for a long time. Plus, I have a pretty hard time falling asleep at someone else's house. I don't know how Mary will do.
Key Question: There is not a Key Question this week.
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