Greta , a Different Child Helped by the Cyberworld !

THE CHARACTER OF GRETA IN CONCEPTUAL FRUIT
(with provisions for self learning)

Greta , a Different Child Helped by the Cyberworld !

        Greta is a differently abled child with blonde hair and blue eyes .She is slow in speaking and writing.She often repeats what she heard.She does not know how to ask questions.She could not tie her shoes well even when she was eleven.Now she is going to a special school.She is in the 5th grade though she is sixteen years old.Her family is anxious about her .It is a relief for her father to find out that  she is interested in computers. Soon she learns to type words like peaches correctly but slowly.her father becomes hopeful that she might get a job related to type writing  in future.Her father tells his family  about a new site .Only Greta shows interest .He trains her how she could make  streets and houses with bowls of fruit placed inside them .He asks her what she wanted to make. she tells him that she would like to make a street .He creates a street  and calls it “Greta’s Street”. Then they make  a house called “Greta’s House” .Then she places bowls in every room and fills them with peaches everywhere . Greta expects real peaches to appear .She weeps when she finds them not real. Her father slowly convinces her  that what she sees on computer  can not be real. Greta learns the fact and goes on creating things in the cyber world.  She  created a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a bedroom, a room for cat – Greta declares that they don't need a bathroom . It is not a real house .It is clear that Greta is not an idiot. She is growing up ! This  thought makes her father happy. She smiles the next time when the word peaches appeared . It means that she has lost her interest.Father tries to keep her interest saying that the house could have anything – peaches ,pears and apples.She is wise enough to know that the peaches she see on the computer was not real.And that they don't need a bath room in a virtual house ! Father tries hard to keep her interested in the virtual world but she slips away easily like any normal child. Here we can see that the cyber wold helps Greta learn  certain things and feel happy for a certain period.As the story ends her mother is cutting blackberries and Greta is sliding away from the chair to help her mother.She has grown up a lot  !

-Prepared by RADHAKRISHNAN C K
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SELF LEARNING TOOLS 

How to write a paragraph on the character of Greta
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important points
Greta as a differently abled child.
-her experience in her  school.
-her family members feel about her
-father making her interested in computers
-her interest in computers soon fading
-helps Greta learn  and feel happy for a certain period.
-she has grown up !
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1.Describe Greta as a differently abled child.

(HINTS : blonde hair-blue eyes-slow in learning and speaking-often repeats what she hears-does not know how to ask questions-could not tie shoes even when 11 years old.)

2.Write about her experience in her  school .

(HINTS: a special school / 5th grade though 16)

3.How do her family members feel about her ?

(HINTS : anxious about her .- a relief for her father to find out -she  interested in computers. )

4. How does father make her interested in computers ? What thought makes him happy though it was for a short period.

( HINTS : Her father  tells his family  about a new site-Only Greta  interested -He trains to make  streets and houses with bowls of fruit -He asks her what she wanted to make-she tells him that she would like to make a street - “Greta’s Street”. - “Greta’s House” . bowls in every room and fills them with peaches everywhere . Greta expects real peaches - weeps when she finds them not real-Her father slowly convinces her - see on computer  can not be real-Greta learns - creating things in the cyber world-- a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a bedroom, a room for cat – Greta declares that they don't need a bathroom -not a real house -  not an idiot. - thought makes him happy.)

5.Does father make her interested in computers ? How does her father know about it ?

(HINTS :She smiles - the word peaches appeared -  lost her interest.Father tries to-says the house could have anything – peaches ,pears and apples.- wise enough to know that the peaches not real-don't need a bath room in a virtual house !Father tries hard - but she slips away )

6. What do we understand about the role of computers in the life of Greta ?

HINTS : the cyber wold helps Greta- feel happy-learn things for a certain period.

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Check your answers :

1.Greta is a differently abled child with blonde hair and blue eyes .She is slow in speaking and typing.She often repeats what she heard.She does not know how to ask questions.She could not tie her shoes well even when she was eleven.

2.Now she is going to a special school.She is in the 5th grade though she is sixteen years old.

3.Her family is anxious about her .It is a relief for her father to find out that  she is interested in computers.

4.Her father tells his family  about a new site .Only Greta shows interest .He trains her how she could make  streets and houses with bowls of fruit placed inside them .He asks her what she wanted to make. she tells him that she would like to make a street .He creates a street  and calls it “Greta’s Street”. Then they make  a house called “Greta’s House” .Then she places bowls in every room and fills them with peaches everywhere . Greta expects real peaches to appear .She weeps when she finds them not real. Her father slowly convinces her  that what she sees on computer  can not be real. Greta learns the fact and goes on creating things in the cyber world.  She  created a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a bedroom, a room for cat – Greta declares that they don't need a bathroom . It is not a real house .It is clear that Greta is not an idiot. She is growing up ! This  thought makes her happy.

5.She smiles the next time when the word peaches appeared . It means that she has lost her interest.Father tries to keep her interest saying that the house could have anything – peaches ,pears and apples.She is wise enough to know that the peaches she see on the computer was not real.And that they don't need a bath room in a virtual house !Father tries hard to keep her interested in the virtual world but she slips away easily like any normal child.

6.Here we can see that the cyber wold helps Greta learn  certain things and feel happy for a certain period.
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FOR SPECIAL LEARNERS

Practise making meaningful sentences filling up suitably 

Greta as a ......... child.(normal /differently abled /abnormal)

She is ............ in speaking learning and typing.( slow/fast/skilled in)

Now she is going to a ................( a normal school / a special school )

Her father is trying to  make her interested............. ( in computers. / in learning )


He teaches her to make ...............   , ..................and bowls  with ........ inside every room.( a house, a meadow , fruits, a fence ,rooms )

Soon she realises that everything we see on a computer screen is ........( real / not real )

Her interest in computers is soon............... ( fading / increasing / )

The world of computers ..........( helps / does not help ) Greta learn  and feel happy for a certain period.

Her father feels that she  .......( has grown up /  has lost her way )   a bit !

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Answer :

A short paragraph on on the character of Greta


Greta as a differently abled child.She is slow in speaking learning and typing.
Now she is going to a special school.Her father is trying to make her interested in computers.he teaches her to make a street a house and bowls  with fruits inside every room.
Soon she realises that everything we see on a computer screen is not real.
Her interest in computers is soon fading.The world of computers  helps Greta learn  and feel happy for a certain period.Her father feels that she has grown up a bit !