Literature blind to failure

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How did Erik look like when he reached Camp 1?
Erik looked green and exhausted as he reached camp 1 of Mount Everest
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What was the team worried about when reaching camp 1?
The team was worried about Erik`s safety.

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How did Erik become blind?
He is a victim of a rare genetic disease.

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What did Erik think about when climbing through the Khumbu Icefall?
Erik wondered if he made a mistake by starting this trek

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While stumbling through the Icefall, what did Erik think about?
Erik was thinking that a blind man should not
be climbing a mountain; that he will face an unknown fate.

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What is being compared to camp 1 according to Erik?
Erik is comparing the city scape to that of camp 1

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There is a description of the mountain structure.

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How did Erik overcome the mountains structure?
The mountain structure is patternless which does not help a blind man move.
Erik was lead by his team.

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What worried the NFB?
The NFB team discussed whether to leave Erik at camp 1 or to carry him to the next camp.

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What is the Even I syndrome?
It is when someone undermines others by considering their achievements as
regular.

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What are the characteristics of a great mountaineer?
Strong lungs, sense of balance, powerful upper body, rubbery legs, flexible ankles, mental
toughness, ability to withstand cold, physical pain, boredom, illness and discomfort.

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What happened to the team on Khumbu Krud?
Half of the climbers were running fevers while others suffered multiple
sicknesses.

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What does scaling Everest require?
It requires enthusiasm, physical education teacher and survival instinct.

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What do sighted people do in comparison to Erik?
Walk through life unsure of their steps and second guessing every move.

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How do people treat Erik as a celebrity?
Reporters call instantly, fans ask for his autographs, restaurants give him free
meals

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What are two important concepts to learn from Erik?
1. That death will come to the blind and sighted
2. If a blind man can do something, it doesn`t mean that a sighted man can

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What are the 2 types of Everest expeditions?
Those for amateurs who need companions and cost 65000$ and those like Erik`s
who have a common goal professional groups.

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What did people expect on Erik`s trek?
That he will have an Epic

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How did Erik`s family deal with him as a child?
They didn`t dwell to his going blind at an early age for he was an athlete.

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“ like a court with a hanging judge” What is the literary device used here?
metaphor

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How did Erik deal with his blindness?
The key to accepting his disability was not to fight it but to learn to work through it.

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What kind of sport did Erik play and why?
He would play wrestling because he can depend on his sense of touch and
weight of the opponent unlike football and basketball where he has to be able to
track a ball with his sight.

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What do you know about Erik`s social life?
He got married to a woman with a beautiful voice called Ellie and has a daughter
called Emma.

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How did Erik start climbing?
He started at the age of 13 . Then, he joined a camp when he was 16.

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What metaphor does Erik use on climbing?
It`s like instead of wrestling with a person, I am moving and working with a rock.

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How did Erik get the idea of surmounting Everest?
He met Scaturro who had already summited Everest and offered him help.

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What did Erik use to help him climb unlike a sighted mountaineer?
Descriptions from his partners, a bell, custom made poles

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What is the actual challenge for Erik?
If he failed, he would be letting down not just himself but all the blind.

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What was Erik afraid of?
He was frightened of how the world would perceive him.

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What does “Into Thin Air” means?
Climbers suffer oxygen deprivation symptoms

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What advantages did Erik have as a blind on the peak?
He didn`t have to wear goggles and oxygen masks.

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How much time did Erik`s team consume before reaching camp 4?
They had spent 2 months climbing up and down from base camp to 1,2 and 3

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When was Erik`s team last chance and how did it end?
7 days were left in the climbing season and they succeed.

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How did Erik reach the Hilary Step?
He had to walk for 45 minutes with baby steps

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Why was this expedition special?
Because a record 19 climbers from the NFB team summited Everest including the
oldest man ever to climb it, 64 years old.

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How is Erik compared to Helen Keller?
Erik is a modern symbol for what a blind person can do extraordinarily to prove
ability to the sighted. Helen broke the record 100 years ago.

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How many pieces of luggage did the expedition require?
75 pieces

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How did Erik conclude his story?
“there are summits everywhere. You just have to know where to look”

Objectives
1. Practice the decision
Making skill using TBL
method
2. Analyze how a text makes
connections

A girl has a sheep which she has
been raising for 8 years. The
father decides to slaughter it
because he wants to use the
amount of money he gets by
selling it to buy gifts for his very
old parents. The girl is 12 years old
only.
What decision
does he need to make ?

1. What can …………………………………..do?
Decision Making

1. What can …………………………………..do?
Decision Making
Igirl
The
father
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Decision Making
2. What will happen if the father chooses this decision?

Decision Making
What can the
girl do?
Decision 1:
What will
happen if I
choose this
decision?
1
2
3
4
5
Decision 2 :

Decision Making
What can the
father do?
Decision 1:
What will
happen if I
choose this
decision?
1
2
3
4
5
Decision 2 :

Decision Making
3. Is this decision good or bad? Why?

Decision Making
What can the
father do?
Decision 1:
Is this
decision
good or
bad?
Good because…
Bad because….
What will
happen if
I choose
this
decision?
1
2
3
4
5
Decision 2 :

1. Erik looked green and exhausted as he reached camp 1 of Mount Everest
2.The team was worried about Erik`s safety.
3.Erik is blind since childhood.
4. Erik wondered if he made a mistake by starting this trek
5. Erik was thinking that a blind man should not be climbing a mountain and that he will
face an unknown fate.
6. Erik is comparing the city scape to that of camp 1
7. There is a description of the mountain structure.
8. The mountain structure is patternless which does not help a blind man move. Erik was
lead by his team.
9. The NFB team discussed whether to leave Erik at camp 1 or to carry him to the next
camp.
10. It is when someone undermines others by considering their achievements as regular.
Summary

11. the characteristics of a great mountaineer
12. Half of the climbers were running fevers while others suffered multiple sicknesses.
13. It requires enthusiasm, physical education teacher and survival instinct.
14. Walk through life unsure of their steps and second guessing every move.
15. Reporters call instantly, fans ask for his autographs, restaurants give him free meals
16. That death will come to the blind and sighted. If a blind man can do something, it
doesn`t mean that a sighted man can
17. Those for amateurs who need companions and cost 65000$ and those like Erik`s who
have a common goal professional groups.
18. People expected that Eric will have an epic
19. They didn`t dwell to his going blind at an early age for he was an athlete.
20. “ like a court with a hanging judge”
Summary

21. The key to accepting his disability was not to fight it but to learn to work through it.
22. He would play wrestling because he can depend on his sense of touch and weight of
the opponent unlike football and basketball where he has to be able to track a ball with his
sight.
23. He got married to a woman with a beautiful voice called Ellie and has a daughter called
Emma.
24. He started hiking at the age of 13 . Then, he joined a camp when he was 16.
25. It`s like instead of wrestling with a person, I am moving and working with a rock.
26. He met Scaturro who had already summited Everest and offered him help.
27. Erik used descriptions from his partners, a bell, custom made poles
28. If he failed, he would be letting down not just himself but all the blind.
29. He was frightened of how the world would perceive him.
30. "into thin air" means Climbers suffer oxygen deprivation symptoms
Summary

31. He didn`t have to wear goggles and oxygen masks.
32. They had spent 2 months climbing up and down from base camp to 1,2
and 3
33. 7 days were left in the climbing season and they succeed.
34. To reach the Hilary Step, he had to walk for 45 minutes with baby steps
35. The expedition was special because a record 19 climbers from the NFB
team summited Everest including the oldest man ever to climb it, 64 years old.
36. Erik is a modern symbol for what a blind person can do extraordinarily to
prove ability to the sighted. Helen broke the record 100 years ago.
37. The expedition required 75 pieces of luggage.
38. “there are summits everywhere. You just have to know where to look”
Summary

1. What can …………………………………..do?
Decision Making
IErik
Erik`s
team
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1. What can …………………………………..do?
Decision Making
Erik
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Decision Making
2. What will happen if Erik chooses this decision?

Decision Making
What can Erik
do?
Decision 1:
What will
happen if I
choose this
decision?
1
2
3
4
5
Decision 2 :

Decision Making
What can
Erik`s team
do?
Decision 1:
What will
happen if I
choose this
decision?
1
2
3
4
5
Decision 2 :

Decision Making
What can I do?
Decision 1:
What will
happen if I
choose this
decision?
1
2
3
4
5
Decision 2 :

Decision Making
What can
Erik do?
Decision 1:
Is this
decision
good or
bad?
Good because…
Bad because….
What will
happen if
I choose
this
decision?
1
2
3
4
5
Decision 2 :

*What steps did we follow
to find out the solution?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Thinking of Thinking

Thinking of Thinking
*Is it possible to modify the
steps and improve the
process? why? How?

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