Phineas gage: "horrible Accident" in Vermont
MAIN IDEA: What is the chapter mostly about?
The chapter is mostly about how Phineas got a tamping iron through his head and how it changed his life for eleven years before he died. The chapter explains the beginning of his life before he had the accident.
VOCABULARY: What important words should the reader know to understand the text? (Use the Glossary to help you.)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: What important or significant facts/information should the reader know to understand the chapter? Provide notes (bullet points are okay) about the chapter to inform a potential reader (At least 12 facts - be sure and put information copied in quotation marks and provide a source).
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE: Why did the author include this chapter? (Entertain, persuade, inform?)
The authors purpose of the first chapter was telling the reader all the detail about how an iron rod was lodged in phineas's head. When reading the chapter the author says dates and places and says exactly how Phineas cage became injured. That author said stuff like "Horrible accident in Vermont" he says where it happened.
The chapter is mostly about how Phineas got a tamping iron through his head and how it changed his life for eleven years before he died. The chapter explains the beginning of his life before he had the accident.
VOCABULARY: What important words should the reader know to understand the text? (Use the Glossary to help you.)
- Dr. Harlow: The doctor that helped Phinease with the accident
- Dr. Edward Williams: The doctor that also helped Phineas with the accident
- Tamping Iron: a specialized tool
- Sepsis: a severe bacterial infection when a bacterial organism gets in to you
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: What important or significant facts/information should the reader know to understand the chapter? Provide notes (bullet points are okay) about the chapter to inform a potential reader (At least 12 facts - be sure and put information copied in quotation marks and provide a source).
- Phineas Gage is 26 years old and unmarried
- He is a the foreman of a track construction gang
- The track construction was in the process of blasting a railroad right of way through a granite bedrock
- They were blasting near Cavendish, Vermont
- Phineas was five feet, six inches tall which was average in that time
- The iron pierced through his head at 4:30 in the afternoon
- It was on September 13, 1848
- Phinease lived for another eleven years, six months, and nine - ten days
- It has been 150 years since the accident
- "The biggest question is the simplest one and the hardest to answer: Was Phineas lucky or unlucky?"
- A tamping iron is for setting explosives
- The tamping iron was 3 feet, seven inches long, and weighs thirteen and a half
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE: Why did the author include this chapter? (Entertain, persuade, inform?)
The authors purpose of the first chapter was telling the reader all the detail about how an iron rod was lodged in phineas's head. When reading the chapter the author says dates and places and says exactly how Phineas cage became injured. That author said stuff like "Horrible accident in Vermont" he says where it happened.