Courage in the Water Worksheet 1

1. What is the genere of the story ? Define it.

Realistic fiction is related to stories that could have real events

2. What is the point view in the story?

The narrator speaks through a first-person narrator named Ellie.

3. According to Ellie, what is one major obstacle in Gertrude swimming career?

Gertrude suffers from partial deafness.
“ Like me , Trudy lives with partal deafness . She may not be able to hear everything around
her… . “

4. What does drawing inferences mean?

It means making an educated guess about the text.

5. Put a circle aroud the paragraph that shows how Ellie feels about Gertrude.
Para. 3
She feels that Gertrude is a brave women and a professional swimmer , but she suffres from
partial deafness which might be an obstacle to achieve her goal . Ellie identifies with Gertrude ,
and she considers her a source of inspiration.
6. What is the cause of Ellie’s hearing loss?
She was infected with measles.
D. page 13 : the doctor says that she will gradually continue losing her hearing till she becomes
completely deaf.
7. E- page 13 . How did Ellie feel about the hearing loss?

a. panicked , and felt scared and sad because she will become deaf and she would never
hear her parants’ voices .
b. She stayed in her room and told her parants that she thinks measles had returned.
 8. Ellie’s feeling about about the hearing loss changes throughout the story . Explain.

1. First , she panicked , and felt scared and sad because she will become deaf and she
would never hear her parants’ voices . She stayed in her room and told her parants that
she thinks measles had returned.

2. After her father had showed her a story in the newspaper about a partially deaf
swimmeer called Gertrude who wanted to cross the English Channel , she felt
motivated and began the think that being deaf is not an obstacle to her and she can
overcome it and live happily.

9. Why does Ellie’s father bring the newspaper to her?

He does that to show her how deafness is not an obstacle , and she can be as great as
Gertrude. He also wants to motivate her and relieve her sadness.

10.What activity will herp Ellie deal with her hearing loss?
Taking swimming courses.

11.A. What is the benefit of swimming as Ellie’s father sees it ?

B.What is the benefit of swimming as Ellie ses it ?
A. To Ellie’s father , swimming is part of a bargin to encourage his daughter to cope up with
deafness by learing how to lip-read and sign language.
B. To Ellie , swimming was a the right motivation she needed to go on with her life and
overcome sadness.

12. Why does Ellie refuse to leave the deck while Gertrude was swimming?
Gertrude has become Elli’s inspiration and heroine , so she wants to encourage her throughout
her journey.

12.What does Gertrude’s success mean to Ellie?

Ellie considers Gertrude as an inspiration and a role model , so Gertrude’s success positively
affects Ellie and makes her proud of her role model and further pushes Ellie to achieve her goal
in life.