Thursday, May 2, 2013

Emergency Room by Caroline B. Cooney


The City 6pm - City Hospital 6:00pm
Who are our two main hospital characters?  Why do they work there?  What is important to them?
Vocabulary:
immense (3)
tamper (5)
gore (9)
precaution (15)
detest (17)

The City 6:05pm - Emergency Room 6:23pm
Why does Seth want to become a doctor?  Why is it important to him?  How would he like to be treated?
Vocabulary:
extricate (31)
assess (32)
crisis (35)
disheveled (37)
masquerade (45)

Routes 14A and I95 6:25pm - The Waiting room 6:45
What kind of accidents have we been reading about so far?  What seems to cause them?
Vocabulary:
dictatorial (53)
ravine (54)
dispute (56)
simmer (60)
triage (62)

Emergency Room 7:10pm - The Waiting Room 7:42pm
How does the author describe the drug dealers?  How do they treat others?  How are they treated by the hospital?
Vocabulary:
aloft (102)
irk (104)
coax (110)
gaudy (114)
immaculate (115)

The Waiting Room 7:48pm - The Waiting Room 7:59pm
Overall, hat kind of picture does this book paint of the hospital?  Is it a place where you would like to visit?
Vocabulary:
secure (129)
croon (132)
drudgery (133)
contemplate (138)
synchronize (144)

The Waiting Room 8:01pm - The Waiting Room 8:06pm
How does Roo feel about her children?  Under what circumstances were they born?  Where does she live now?
Vocabulary:
exasperate (152)
melodious (153)
seething (157)
comatose (159)
severe (163)

The Waiting Room 8:07pm - Emergency Room 8:27pm
How have Seth and Diana's experiences been similar tonight?
Vocabulary:
flutter (174)
dialogue (178)
disregard (182)
unjudging (185)
pesky (187)

Emergency Room 8:43pm - Emergency Room 9:00
How have Diana and Seth changed over the three hours of this book?
Vocabulary:
obese (197)
passive (199)
matriarch (202)
ignorant (206)

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