Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Who is afraid to cross the Mackinac Bridge? How does this fear affect them?Sometimes is the man and the woman and the older people.The affect of the people its put him dizzy and and sometimes they can breath.
What are the results of a phobia?phobia is afraid of something. Others dread entering wide-open places. Still others are afraid of being closed into small spaces. Many are afraid to fly in airplanes. Dirt and germs are some people's biggest fear
How can childhood events lead to phobias?Childhood events lead to the phobia when they are little they scare of somthing and by growing up they still have it.

How can people with phobias learn to live with them? (Main idea and supporting details)
that they are scared of animal they are sacre of a small places they sacre of height .They even scare

Many people have strong fears, called phobias, that greatly affect their lives. This is the main idea of the article. List at least five details that support this main idea.that they are sacred of animal they are sacre of a small place they sacre of heigh the
Would reading this article help someone with phobia? Explain. (evaluating)I think yes and no because to helped some one is kind of hard and kind of easy because someone with phobia is not easy to take out because they could be scare of someone

Main idea:

The main idea is that people scare of heights and sacre of different stuffed.Some children to scare of stuffed to when they were little until they grow up.

Details:
the details of the story are errational fears know as phobias.


Cause Effect
1- People wanted to travel between two parts of Michigan, so a bridge was built. people travel form to parts because they scare of heights.
They make them dizzy and they can been make them breather.
2- When some people panic on the bridge, they freeze. they called for help like that they could cross the bridge.
That they have to stop until someone helped them.
3- A driver comes to help when people stop their cars on the bridge. Because they scare of heights and they can not drive on
That they can breathe and they can cross.
4- Sometimes people have bad experiences as children and they develop phobias. When they are scare of something when they are little.

Still scare until they growing up.
5- Some people get rid of their phobias because they work bit by bit to get over their fear. They have to be brave on what they are scare of.

like that they could not be scare of.


  1. Phobias are fears that are irrational, that is, not logical. Irrational means: not logical or reasonable

2. One of the most common phobias is claustrophobia-the fear of closed places.
Claustrophobia is:extreme or irrational fear of confired places .

3. A person with that phobia would feel great anxiety, or nervousness, in a small room. Anxiety is: Aworry feeling of worry nervourness or unease ty pically about on imminent event or something with on uncertain outcome

4. Some people have acrophobia, that is, the fear of crowds. acrophobia is: extreme or irrational fear of heights

5. Those people may not be able to walk down a congested (crowded) street.
Congested means: Blocked up with or too full of something in particular

Writing Activity

Pretend that you are an advice columnist. Write a short piece of advice to someone who is afraid of heights. Use at least four of the words you learned from the reading.

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