Below you will find this weeks' assignments for our reading of The Diary of Anne Frank. Please do not wait until Thursday night to complete these activities. Feel free to check out a book before you leave school.

*Please also remember that your book project is due April 25th. You have had two months to complete the book project. Please be prepared for our Book Talk on  4/25 and our project presentations on 4/26. Practice your presentation in front of your family so that you are prepared to speak in front of the class. 

Due date: Friday, April 19th

Graded by/returned date: Wednesday, April 24th

Name _____________________________________________________ Per. ____

Anne Frank

Reading 2

 July 12, 1942 – November 9, 1942 (pages 25-62)

1. Vocabulary: Define all of these words. Use five of the words in original sentences. (20 points)

    discord         procured          haricot beans         eucalyptus

    duodenal ulcer clandestine barrage         het

    pedantic tumult         dispersed         coquetry

    supple         eiderdown

1. Respond: Answer these questions using complete sentences. Remember to restate the question in your answer. (25 points)

1.  How does Anne and the other residents of the Secret Annexe spend their time during their first months in hiding?

2.  How does Anne describe the Van Daan Family?  Give some examples of the details that make her writing about people lively and interesting.

3.  Anne writes: “It’s extremely important to be able to write in code” (Oct. 1, 1942). Why was writing in code so important for her?  What code did Anne learn and how do you think it helped her?

4.  What does Anne report about Jews in Holland who were not able to go into hiding?  What does she mean when she says Hitler took away her “nationality” (Oct. 9, 1942)?

5.  What kind of help could people of the Netherlands offer the Jews?

1. Reflect: Choose two. Your answers must be at least five sentences long. (20 points)

• Describe a family member or a close friend as objectively as possible.  Then try writing an objective description of yourself.
• Describe a “perfect” day.
• Describe a time when you felt confined.
• On Sept. 28, 1942, Anne writes: “You only really get to know people when you’ve had a jolly good row with them.  Then and only then can you judge their true characters!”  Give an example from your own experience that either supports or challenges Anne’s statement.
• How does the example of what Danish people did show the power of sticking together?

1. Project: Choose one and prepare a written response or a diagram. (35 points)

1.  Write a newspaper report on the events of the ill-fated S.S. St. Louis.

2.  Investigate and report where other members of Otto Frank’s family fled.  (For a starting place, see entry for June 20, 1942).

3.  Research and report on the immigration policies of the United States in the late 1930s.

V. Discussion and Resource Pages

“Discrimination Against the Jewish People”

“Laws Against the Jewish People”

“Terrible Things”

“First They Came for the Jews”

“Language at War”

“Complete Solution”

“Moment of Decision”

“About Language and War”