Vertti

=**__ Chapter 6 __**=

1. Background knowledge necessary for today's reading.

How behavior changes with too much sugar?

If you eat too much sugar (candy,icecream etc.), your amount of bloodsugar will drop. Hypoglycemia occurs when: Symptoms: Information taken from: [] And little from Wikipedia.com
 * Your body's sugar is used too quicky, sugar is called glucose
 * Glucose is released into the bloodstream too slowly
 * Too much insulin released into the bloodstream
 * Fast or pounding heartbeat
 * Feeling cranky or acting aggressive
 * Feeling nervous
 * Headache
 * Sweating
 * Hunger
 * Troubles in sleeping

__ Amish Culture... __ //...Amish people are separated from the world. They clothes are so different. Clothing is very simple. Clothing is made at home. Amish men in general wear straight-cut suits and coats without collars, lapels or pockets. All Amish believe large families are a blessing from God. They are from Switzerland and Germany. They moved to America in 1700. // Typical amish buggy. They don´t want to use cars, etc.

Information from: [] []

WORD WALL

Amish: //a// //Christian religious group that lives in a traditional way in many rural areas, esp. in the eastern US //

Sloping: //To take a slanting direction//

Needlepoint: //Embroidery done on canvas usu. in simple even stiches across counted threads//

Stern: //Having a definite hardness orseverity of natur or manner/the rear end of a boat//

Smudge: //A blurry spot or streak// //3.// KEY GUESTIONS

Why were they telling Joey that he could not have piece of pie? - __//because there was too much sugar in it//__ Why does joey get sent back to the bus? - __//Because his behavior was bad in the garden. He threw the knife somewhere//__ How does joey hurt his ankle? - //__When he jump in the barn or when he ran to the barn, not sure__// 4. Analyze the following paragraph on page 66:

// It just that there is always a difference betweem what you think you are doing and what happens to you and everyone else// __Joey doesn't ever think what he is doing and what is happening when he does it. He did not think about consequences. __

4. Write your reflection about today's reading.

Do you feel like Joey is doing these things to be mean? - //No, not at all. He is under meds, so I understand why he is doing those things. I think everybody would be same if they had ADHD.//

Or hurt other people? - //No, Joey is nice when the meds are working. Others are mean to him.//

If you were his friend, what would you tell him to do after his stunt in the barn? - //I will say, don´t do that again. It was stupid.//

Joey, take your meds and be nice. You will get back to old class.

6. Write a short summary on your wiki page.

Joey and his class are going to an Amishf arm. Joey is excited. When they get to the kitchen, on athe Amish farm, Joey smells something good. When all the other students got a piece of the pie, the teacher tells Joey that in the pie there is too much sugar for him. Joey is  disappointed when the teacher gives him an apple. When they get to garden, all other students can decorate their pumpkins but the teacher thinks that a knife is too dangerous for Joey. Joey takes one knife and throws it to the bushes. The Teacher tells Joey to go in the bus to calm down. When Joey is walking to the bus, he decides to take a pie with him. He runs to the kitchen and takes one pie. He goes to the barn and climbs up there. He jumps off the barn and hurts his leg.

= __**CHAPTER 7**__ =

Wordwall:

Velvet: //A clothing and upholstery fabric characterized by a short soft tense warp pile// Benefit: //An act of kindness// Pledge: //A bailment of a chattel as security for debt or other obligation without involving transfer of title// Mummify: //To enbalm and dry as or as if a mummy// Gauze: //A thin often transparent fabric//
 * Explore today’s reading**
 * Answer the following Key Questions:**

1. Why isn’t Joey allowed to go to the auditorium? //Because Joey should have a meeting with the Principal, the nurse and his mother at same the time, but his teacher doesn't show up.//

2. How would that make Joey feel? //Unhappy and sad because after the conference, he got many good ideas and got in a good mood.//

3. How does Joey want to change the world? //He is going to make a million bumper stickers for cars that say 'hate is not a family value.'//

4. What happens with the scissors? //Joey ran with sharp scissors, stumbled and cut his tip of the nose.//

5. Does Joey know he’s a “good kid” even though he is doing all these things? //He keeps on saying that he´s a good boy, even though he is doing something stupid.//

p.76 “Our eyes met and I said, ‘I’m a good kid. I just got dud meds.’ // Joey is blaming the meds. He thouhgt the meds are the reason for his bad behavior. //
 * 3. Analyze a Key Paragraph**


 * 4. Respond to today´s reading. Use the following guiding questions.**

Have you ever been in a situation where you knew you were not supposed to do something and you did it anyway, thinking the consequences would not turn out badly? Describe what happened and discuss what steps you could have taken to stop yourself from making that decision in the first place. What would have been the “responsible” thing for you to do?

//Maybe some situations. Once I had a fight with my friend. It was stupid fight and I was ashamed afterwards. Always when I have fight with somebody, I never think of the consequences of anything.// //Joey has a conference in the auditorium. He should have had a meeting with Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Jarzab, his mum and Nurse Holyfield but he is going in the auditorium with rest of class instead. There was a woman called Mrs. Cole, author. She was talking about saving the world. Joey got an idea to save the world on his own way. He will make a million bumber stickers that says hate is not a family value. When he is making the stickers in art class, he noticed that the scissors are too weak for thick paper. He knew that Mrs. Maxy had so sharp teacherscissors on her desk. When Joey took her scissors, he starts to run. He fell down and cut his tip of nose. It starts to bleed. When pupils come to class, they are terrified. The Principal comes to get Joey and they went to her room.//
 * 5. Write a short summary of the chapter**

=__** Chapter 8 **__=

1. Background knowledge necessary for today's reading. __ Suspension... __ ...is a heterogeneous fluid containing solid particles that are sufficiently large for sedimentation. Good example is mud. Also paint ant flour. Suspensions are classified on the basis of the dispersed phase and the dispersion medium, where the former is essentially solid while the latter may either be a solid, a liquid, or a gas.

__ Special education schools... __ ...are for people who can not focus to normal education. People, who need more help, are in special education schools. As alternative education, Special Needs schools cater to those students who have been diagnosed with any degree of physical disability, mental disability, communicative disorder, behavioural disorder, or who are gifted. Special education utilizes a curriculum specifically devised by a team to address the needs of each student in order to promote their learning process, and will change according to the advancement made by the student.

From: [] and wikipedia.

2. Word Wall:

Smock: A piece of clothing like a long shirt which is worn loosely over other clothing to protect it when working, or a piece of women's clothing that is similar to this.

Embroidered: To decorate cloth or clothing with patterns or pictures consisting of stitches that are sewn directly onto the material.

Cite: To mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened.

Mandatory: Describes something which must be done, or which is demanded by law.

Filthy: Extremely or unpleasantly dirty.

Why is Joey sent to a special education school? -//Because he is threat to others. He might hurt other people and disturb their stuidying.//
 * 3. Key Questions **

How does Joey feel about this whole situation? -//He don't wanna go to special school. He thinks he is a good boy and can be nicely.//

Have you ever thought that someone had given up on you but they hadn’t? -//No, I hadn't//

p. 81
 * 4. Analyze the following Key Paragraph **

''All this time I thought she was on my side, because I was on her side. But maybe she had given up on me too. So I didn’t say anything more because I scared she was going to be against me like everyone else'' // J //// oey thought that everyone is against him. His mum, teachers and friends. Joey had thought that his mum is always on his side, because Joey has been on her side. When they drove to burger place, and after that under the tree talking, Joey realized that mum is really mad to him. He also thought nobody care about him anymore. // ''Joey thinks his mother has given up on her but she really hasn’t. Write about a time you felt like you had disappointed someone and thought they may have given up on you but hadn’t. What did you learn from that experience?''
 * 5. Write a short product tied to today’s reading. Guiding questions: **

//** Maybe sometimes when I get really bad grade of something. My parents may think that I don't care about school anymore. But when next time, I do better, they are proud of me. When you get bad grade, you must be better next time. I must read more to tests. **//

=__** Chapter 9 **__=


 * 1. Background knowledge necessary for today’s reading **

__ Chihuahua __

Chihuahua is very tiny dog. Is the samllest dog in the world. Chihuahuas are from Mexico. There is a town named chihuahua. There is longhaired and shorthaires chihuahuas. Colors are: black, cream, white and black-white-brown. I have on dog and that is chihuahua. His name is Romeo and it is really small. Color is black-white-brown.

__ Bad Seed __

A poorly-behaved or immoral person, especially amongst good people


 * 2. Word Wall **

Define the following useful words from today’s reading:

Jumsuit: //A// garment incorpo//rating trousers and a sleeved top in one piece, worn as a fashion item, protective garment, or uniform.//

Heave: // An act of heaving, especially a strong pull .//

Advice: //G// //uidance or recommendations concerning prudent future action, typically given by someone regarded as knowledgeable or authoritative.//

Beaming: //A// lo//ng, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal spanning an opening or part of a building, usually to support the roof or floor above.//

Springy: //S// //pringing back quickly when squeezed or stretched; elastic//

Is Joey sorry for what he did to Maria? How do we know? //- He is, because he was going to say sorry to Maria. Marias dad didn´t let him do it.//
 * 3. Key Questions **

What happens when Joey goes to Maria’s house? //- Marias dad didn't let him in.//

What will happen if Joey behaves himself? //- Joey would get a dog.//


 * 4. **** Student activity: Correct the following paragraph by writing what needs to be capitalized above the letter: **

//**W**//hen I was young, I was studying to be Mr America. I knew i had to be as

smart as president Clinton or president Bush. I started to worry, but then my

mom told me I could also be a doctor. That is what to decided to do and now

my name is Dr.White. I live in the U.S.A. My favorite major’s name was Judy.


 * 4. Analyze the following Key Paragraph **

p.84

“Then he stepped toward me. ‘They shouldn’t let messed-up kids go to school with regular kids,’ he said. // Marias dad think that special kids's should't be on same school whit normal kids. They just hurt normal kids. He said all this is Joeys mums fault. //
 * 5. Write a short product tied to today’s reading. Guiding questions: **

Describe how you would feel if someone told you that you should not be allowed to go to school with regular kids. How would you have reacted if you were Joey? Is it okay for Maria’s dad to have reacted the way he did and have said those things to Joey about him and his mom? // I would be terrified to go to some strange special school. Joey was so calm. I might say no way and walked a way. Marias dad was stupid. Everyone has a right to say sorry. He was also mean, because he blamed Joeys mum. // __ Chaper 10 __
 * 1. Background knowledge necessary for today’s reading **

blue-and-white handicapped bus -//Bus for special kids. Like wheelchair and others.// foster kid -//D// // enoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering rather than birth. //

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Define the following useful words from today’s reading:
 * 2. Word Wall **

Surge: //A// // sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the waves or tide. //

Lurched: // An abrupt uncontrolled movement, especially an unsteady tilt or roll. //

Streamlined: // Design or provide with a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed. //

Deformed: // (of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form ; misshapen. //

Binge: //A short period devoted to indulging in an activity to excess, especially drinking alcohol or eating.//


 * 3. Key Questions **

How does Joey feel about being in the bus? //He felt nervous because he thought that he is only normal kid in that bus.// What is the Special Education Center like? //It was clean and nicelooking white building. Joey thought it's like some kind of office.// How does Joey feel about what he sees at the center? //There was so different children in that school, so he felt normal.//

**S**inger **M**arilyn **H**arris was born in **S**an **D**iego, **C**alifornia. **S**he moved to **CA** from **T**okyo. she has written many songs. **H**er most famous song is called, “**T**he **T**eabag.” **S**he has also authored a book entitled, “**M**y **L**ife **W**ithout **C**offee.”
 * 4. **** Student activity: Correct the following paragraph by writing what needs to be capitalized above the letter: **


 * 4. Analyze the following Key Paragraph **

p.99

“In fact nothing was scarier than me knowing something was wrong inside me, something I couldn’t see silently eating away at me like termites, and it was going to ruin me even when I was being good. I was scary to myself.” //**Joey felt scary. He went to the bathroom, even he hadn't needs. He just wanted to be alone for a while. He didn't like the new school.**//

Have you ever been scared of yourself? What happened? What did you do? What support do you have if you ever feel that way again? Who can you turn to for support? '
 * 5. Write a short product tied to today’s reading. Guiding questions: **

never I scared myself. But if I feel that way, I can go talk to somebody or just go outside and think about things.

__**Chapter 11**__


 * 1. Background knowledge necessary for today’s reading**

SPECT test- X-ray of the brain Is a nuclear medicine tomographic imaging technique using gamma rays. It's able to provide true 3D information.



Dietary changes to help ADD/ ADHD

Junk food is not good for ADHD or ADD childrens.

__Examples:__ Just eat foods that God made for a while.
 * **NO YELLOW FOODS.**
 * **NO JUNK FOODS.**
 * **NO FRUIT JUICES.**
 * **CUT SUGAR INTAKE BY 90%.**
 * **CUT CHOCOLATE BY 90%.**
 * **NO NUTRASWEET.**
 * **CUT FRIED FOODS BY 90%.**
 * **AVOID FOOD COLORINGS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.**
 * **AVOID FISH**

Define the following useful words from today’s reading:
 * 2. Word Wall **

Unavailable: //Something that you cannot get or use//

Abandoned: //Wholly free from restraint//

Imp: //A small evil spirit//

Regulated: //To direct according rule//

Bluntly: //If you speak bluntly, you speak without trying to be polite or considering other people´s feelings//


 * 3. Key Questions **

What does Special Ed tell Joey he needs to do in order to get better?

How does Joey’s relationship with his mom affect his behavior? //-Joey thinks his mums drinking was the main factor in his behavior. Joey likes his mum.//

What does Dr. Preston tell Joey about his medication? //-It doesn´t work. He need to get other meds what works.//


 * 4. Analyze the following Key Paragraph **

p. 107

“ ‘That you drink,’ I said. ‘You do.’ I pointed at the bottle in her hand. ‘See? And Special Ed said that if I didn’t tell the truth I wouldn’t get better.’ //Joey is sure that his mums drinking is the main reasong to his behavior and other problems. Joey don´t like his mums drinking. He wanna she quit it. Joey also told to Special Ed his mum drinks a lot.// Have you ever known anyone who needed to shift gears and did? Write about their success story. If you haven’t known anyone like that, write about what you think is stopping someone you know from switching gears and getting their life back together. // Some alcoholistic. His life might be in bad tracks, but he can get his life back if he wants. First go to some group what helps you, stop drinking and start clear life. If he is jobbles, start to look at new job to get money. I think Joeys mum should do this. Even she has a job, it would be best to everyone to stop drinking. // __**Chapter 12**__
 * 5. Write a short product tied to today’s reading. **


 * 1. Background knowledge necessary for today’s reading **

Greyhound bus... // ...is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded 1914 by Carl Wickman. He was swedish//

Pittsburg... ... was named in 1758 by General John Forbes in honor of the British statesman William Pitt. Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "The City of Bridges" and "The Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base.

Define the following useful words from today’s reading: Examined: t //o look at or consider a person or thing carefully and in detail in order to discover something about them //
 * 2. Word Wall **

Stiff-arm Twiddling: //To rotate lightly or idly// Doomed: C //ertain to fail, die or be destroyed //

Sarcastically: //U// //sing sarcasm //


 * 3. Key Questions **

What kind of things would Joey’s grandma make him do? //...roll on the floor, beg candy and other things whats are for dogs.//

Why does Joey really want a puppy? //''One of the reasons I want a puppy is because it will wait in the window for me every day and every day I will come home to it. You didn't come home to me but I promise I'll come home to it. I'll take care of it because I don't want it to feel like I did. So if the test on my brain is good then I should get a puppy because of celebration, and if the test is bad I should get one because you have to be really nice to me because then it'll be proven that I'm messed up in the head and nobody can fix it. Either way, I should get a dog''//

What does Joey’s mom confess to Joey? -//She drank when she was pregnant.//


 * 4. Analyze the following Key Paragraph **

p.124

“And by then I’d be crying and crying because I hated myself so much for not being able to sit still and keep my hands in my lap…” // Joeys grandma cheated Joey when he was little. She said his mum is calling to her, and asked Joey to wait in window still. When she didn't came, grandma said to him you didn't sat still, thats why she didn't came. Joey started to cry because she thought it's his fault. // 1. A **noun** is a word that names __a person, place, thing or idea.__ 2. List the **four** different kinds of nouns: __ Teacher, library, computer, fear __ 3. A **common noun** is any noun that __names, things and ideas.__ 4. Common nouns are not __capitalized.__ 5. **Proper nouns** name : Joey, London, Europe 6. Proper nouns __are__ capitalized. 7. **Concrete nouns** name things that can be __touched or seen__ 8. Concrete nouns can be either __proper nouns or common nouns.__ 9. **Abstract nouns** name things that you can __think__ about but not see or touch. 10. Abstract nouns can be either __proper or common nouns__.
 * 5. Student activity: Fill in the blanks. **


 * Student activity: Label the following types of nouns. **

apple: common

boy: common

San Jose: proper, abstract

Market Street: proper, abstract

The San Francisco 49ers:

honesty: abstract

democracy: abstract

high school: concrete, common

girl: common, concrete

baby: common, concrete

Chicago: proper, abstract

water: common, concrete

Pacific Ocean: abstract

Stanford: common, proper,

club: common, concrete

Buddhism: abstract

__**Chapter 13a**__


 * 1. Background knowledge necessary for today’s reading **

Radiology... is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. The acquisition of medical imaging is usually carried out by the radiographer or radiologic technologist. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies (such as x-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (TH). Exam //room... Is room, where you can do test or room in hospital, where they take x-ray tests.//


 * 2. Word Wall **

Define the following useful words from today’s reading:

__Clenched...__ T //o close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way //

__Crooked...__ N //ot forming a straight line; having many sharp bends //

__Souvenir...__ S omething you buy or keep to help you remember a holiday or special event __Scolding...__ T <span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b">o tell off someone because you disapprove of their behaviour __Startled...__ T <span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b">o do something unexpected which surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal


 * 3. Key Questions **

How does the nurse prepare Joey for the X-ray? //Buying new clothes.//

How does Joey feel about the exam? //He was nervous.//

What happens in the gift shop? //Joey started to spin the cardrack. After a while, it started to spin so hard that the card flew to ground.//


 * 4. Analyze the following Key Paragraph **

p.133

I grabbed the wire postcard rack with one hand and spun it around as fast as I could just as some old lady was about to pluck one out, and I almost chopped her finger off…I kept spinning the rack faster and faster until it was a postcard tornado and the cards were sailing out of their holders and skidding across the floor.
 * Joey started to spin the postcard rack because he didn't get that stuff what he wanted from the giftshop. He almoust cutted some ladys finger off. **

1. If a noun refers to **more than one thing** it is called: __plural.__ 2. If a noun refers **to only one thing** it is called: __single__ Children Dogs Gooses Tables Hats Men Feet Teeth Women Mice Shirts Shoes Photos Cars
 * Student activity: Fill in the blanks. **
 * Student activity: Practice making these nouns plural. See page 369 for irregular forms. **

__**Chapter 13b**__


 * Word Wall **

Define the following useful words from today’s reading:

Sightseeing: T //<span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b">he visiting of interesting places, especially by people on holiday //

Telescopes: //A// //<span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b"> cylindrical device for making objects that are far away look nearer and larger, using a combination of lenses <span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b">, or lenses and curved mirrors //

Seasick: //V// //<span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b">omiting or having the feeling you will vomit because of the movement of the ship you are travelling in //

Meter: //A// //<span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b"> device that measures the amount of something that is used //

Dozen: 12


 * Key Questions **

Why does Joey’s Mom decide to go sightseeing? Where do they go? __//Book doesn't say reason, but they went to the PPG building.//__

What is Joey looking for in his telescope? __//His dad.//__

What/who does Joey want to look for? How? Why? __//Again, his dad. He wanna meet him. He looked down from the tower to the people who walked on the street.//__


 * Analyze the following Key Paragraph **

p.137

“I know you’d like to meet your father,” she said. “I know it would be good for you to meet him.

What trouble me is how //he’ll// be. He could be drunk, he could be sober, he could be nice, or mean as a snake…I can’t take a chance that he won’t upset you more than love you.” __Joeys mum doesn't wat Joey to meet his dad. He might me violent or drunk or nice and sober. But still, Joey wanna meet him.__

__**Chapter 14**__


 * 1. Background knowledge necessary for today’s reading **

attention span: Any material or fodder which tends to destroy the attention span.

medication for ADD and ADDHD: //Meds, what you eat if you have ADD or ADDHD. They does not work all the time.//


 * 2. Word Wall **

Define the following useful words from today’s reading:

Puckered: Neurologically: To <span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b"> tighten skin or cloth until small folds appear or (of skin or cloth) to form small folds

Dosage: T <span class="def parentof__def__is__sense_b">he amount of medicine that you should take at one time

How does Joey feel now that he knows his brain is normal? How does Joey’s mom feel? //Joeys mum is released and happy. Joey feel like he is normal boy now, like everyone else.//
 * 3. Key Questions **

How does Joey feel about his grandma? //He wanna big bag wolf to eat her. Still, he lover her after all horrible thing what she did to Joey.//


 * 4. Analyze the following Key Paragraph **

p.141

“Now that I was getting better, people could like me more.” __Joey think people like him more when he is normal. His mum said to him people like Joey that much when he wasn't so normal.__ In what new ways are you seeing Joey and his mother take responsibility for getting their lives together? What external services exist in your country should you know someone with ADD or ADHD? //Joeys mum wanna take care of him now. She wants to help Joey. I don't know anything about ADD or ADHD in Uruguay.// __**Chapter 15**__
 * 5. Student activity: **

What I had learn about ADHD? //ADHD is sickness, what you get when you born. Reasons, why you might have ADHD, is your mums alcohol problem during pregnancy or genetic problems in your family. It's important to think things when you're pregnant. Those little choises during pregnancy, might have huge consequences.// //There is ways to get off ADHD. Or at least ways to mitigate it. What you eat, is important part to get off it. Don't eat candys, yellow foods (or other junkfoods), stay away from all sugars, no fish or friedfoods. The most important part of healing, is your attitude. Obviously, Joey had right attitude. If you don't believe to get better, you won't get better. If you wanna be normal, you have much better changes to become normal.// //Right meds help you. In beginning of the book, Joey got wrong meds. They didn't help him at all. End of the book, Joey got right meds and they helped him to feel much better. Joey proved everyone that you can be normal, even if you have ADHD. After all, Joey bacame normal, and he went back to his old school.// __I liked that book. It's funny and in includes good english. Joey proved that if you have right attitude, that can make miracles.__