Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Blogging using criteria
As you begin to blog about Number the Stars remember to refer to your criteria sheet. Creating a powerful response needs to include a passage or quote that clearly shows persecution occurring in the novel. This quote/passage needs to have made you react strongly in some way - angered, frustrated, devastated, in disbelief. Copy the passage/quote directly from the novel and include the page number it can be found on. Explain your feelings and emotions you felt when reading this and explain why. Go into detail as this will show a deeper level of understanding. A powerful response also needs to included connections. As everyone is now on their second novel, maybe more, you can connect to what you have already read. What is similar or dissimilar about the characters, about the events? Finally, leave off by asking a deep thinking question. What do you wonder about, what questions do you have? It might be about something we have talked about in class and you have been thinking about it, wondering about it? Maybe it is something that has occurred in the novel and you would like to hear others' opinions. This is the time to ask.
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SPOILER ALERT!!! Pg.40
ReplyDelete"How did your sister die, Annemaire?" Ellen asked suddenly.
"I remember when it happened. And I remember the funeral- it was the only time I have ever been in a Lutheran church. But I never knew just what happened.
I don't know exactly,' Annemaire confessed.
Loosing somebody that is so close to me isn't imaginable for me and especially when Ellen asked how and what happened to her that made her die that would definitely be a hard position for me to tell her.
Also when Ellen asked "Do you think they will ever come back?"
and then Annemaire said "Not in a million years"
I questioned how is she so sure that they wouldn't come back and is she just trying to make Ellen comfortable?
Some other questions I also had were....
What would've happened if Peter and Lise weren't out together?
What were Lise and Peter doing?
Why is Lise suddenly asking Annemarie what had happened?
"Peter has helped Ellen's parents to go elsewhere. We don't know where. Ellen doesn't know either. But they are safe."
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this part of the book I got sad because I imagine it would be so scary to be separated from your parents and not know where in the world they are and not knowing what will happen to them. How is Ellen feeling about being separated? I bet she is very scared and worried, I also think that's how her parents are feeling too. Does anyone have any other ideas?
"If he has such a pretty little girl, why doesn't he go back to her like a good father?"
ReplyDeleteThis part of the book really made me think. Why wouldn't he go back to his country to be with his family? Does he want to be away from them? Does he enjoy his job as a soldier? Or would there be consequences for leaving? I think most likely he won't go back because there might be consequences for leaving his job as a soldier for both him and his family so that's why he isn't going back to his family. What do you think?
SMALL SPOILER ALERT!!!
ReplyDelete"How did your sister die, Annemarie?" Ellen asked suddenly. "I remember when it happened. And I remember the funeral-it was the only time I have ever been in a Lutheran church. But I never knew just what happened."
"i don't know exactly," Annemarie confessed. "She and Peter were out somewhere together, and then there was a telephone call, that there had been an accident. Mama and Papa rushed to the hospital-remember, your mother came and stayed with me and Kristi? Kristi was already asleep and she slept right through everything, she was so little then. But I stayed up, and I was with your mother in the living room when my parents came home in the middle of the night. And they told me that Lise had died.
-Page 40-41
If I was in the position that Annemarie was in, I would be crying. Reading this passage almost made my heart skip a beat and I almost cried.
I can not imagine being Annemarie and having to stay with my friends parents and when my parents got home they told me that my sister has died. That would be a very hard position to be in.
Wouldn't this not happen if Lise and Peter were outside together that late at night?
I remember when I heard that something has happened to my cousin. He did not die but I was heart broken because I was told that he has broken a lot of bones.
"look at this button, it has broken right in half. Anne marie, take kirsti with you after school to the little shop where mrs. Hirsch sells thred and buttons, see if you can buy one to match the other. after school the girls stopped at the store which has been there for as long as Anne marie could remember and they found it closed"... this paragraph was a "wow" moment for me, it kept me thinking...was mrs.Hirsch gone with something to do with the war? or the fact she was a jew? and if it is, what did they do with her?
ReplyDeletePeter reached into his pocket and took something out. He went to the parents and leaned down toward the baby. He opened the lid of the small bottle in his hand.
ReplyDelete"How much does she weigh?" Peter asked.
"She was seven pounds when she was born," the young woman replied. "She's gained a little, but not very much. Maybe she weighs eight pounds now, no more."
"A few drops will be enough, then. It has no taste. She won't even notice.
The mother tightened her arms around the baby and looked up at peter, pleading. "Please, no," she said. "She always sleeps at night. Please, she doesn't need it, I promise. She won't cry."
Peter's voice was firm. "We can't take a chance," he said. He inserted the dropper of the bottle into the baby's tiny mouth, and squeezed a few drops of liquid onto her tongue. The baby yawned and swallowed. The mother closed her eyes; her husband gripped her shoulder.
-Page89-90
I thought that that was really mean of peter to do. The mother said no but peter said that they can't take a chance. Why did he do that? What did he put in the baby's mouth? was the liquid bad? I have a T/W connection. On tv, I saw that this person was forcing somthing into a babys mouth. she had to swallow but it tasted bad. I dont know what it is though.
Peter had to think of the survival of everyone. If the baby were to cry then they would be caught and sent to a concentration camp. Did Peter have a choice or was this the only choice?
DeleteI think that is was his only coice because he has to save his friends life so maybe that will help.
Delete"When I walked each morning into town for school", Mrs. Johansen said, "my dog followed me this far then at the end of this path he would walk home". "And in the afternoon he would be sitting right here for me to come home". I was shocked on how a dog new where to go and when her school was over. i thought a dog would wait there all day until it got bored then it would go home. Pg 58
ReplyDeleteDid Mrs. Johansen teach Trofast how to do that or did he figure it out on his own? If he figured that out on his own that must be a very smart dog. How old was Trofast when he started waiting there for Mrs. Johansen. What type of dog was Trofast? How old was Trofast when he died?
Remember to choose a passage that displays persecution. As you read pay attention to the parts where the people are mistreated because of simply their race or religion.
Delete"Now she was ten, with long legs and no more silly dreams of pink-frosted cupcakes. And now she - and all the Danes - were to be bodyguard for Ellen, and Ellen's parents, and all of Denmark's Jews." - Page 26
ReplyDeleteThis part of the book makes me quit depressed because it is hard to believe that a girl so young must mature so quickly given the circumstances. Somehow this also inspires me, a young girl that must gather courage inside herself to protect her best friends life. This makes me wonder, would Ellen do the same if the story was swished around? would she have enough courage to do what Annemarie is doing?
T/W(T/T?) ; This made me think of the movie we watched today and how the women who hid Anne Frank tried so hard to keep her safe. It reminds me that there are some kind-hearted decent people out there.
There were many very brave people who made it through the war. It is hard to imagine whether I could have been that brave.
DeleteThe heavy, booted feet moved across the floor again and into the other bedroom. A closet door opened and closed with a bang
ReplyDeletePg. 45
If I were in a situation like this I would be so scared. I wouldn't know what the soldiers were going to do, especially if the found out the person behind me was Jewish and that my family was hiding her, or if they discovered the necklace in my hands. What would they do to me and my family if they found out what was going on?
Does anyone have any ideas?
For Katniss
ReplyDelete"Peter was shot in the arm. Do you remember that Peter's arm was bandaged, and in a sling, at Lise's funeral? He wore a coat over it so that no one would notice. And a hat, to hide his red hair. The Nazis were looking for him."
The Nazis definitely made it hard for all Jews. They either killed them or started looking everywhere to hunt them down. Don't you feel devastated?! Reading how the Jews had such a hard time going through all of this. Just reading this makes me sick of the Nazis but being able to go through what the Jews have been through its just unpredictable. Wouldn't you feel the same?
Pg: 113-114
ReplyDelete"What are you doing here?" one of them asked. Annemarie held out her basket, with the thick loaf bread visible. "My Uncle Henrik forgot his lunch, and I'm taking it to him. He's a fisherman." The soldier were looking around; their eyes glanced behind her, and scanned the bushes on either side.
When I read this long passage I had a WOW moment. I had a WOW moment because Annemarie had the guts to actually respond to the soldiers, if that were me I'd probably freak out, faint or run away. Then I'd maybe get shot because the Germans might think I am hiding something. So I am saying that because If I were Annemarie I'd probably be dead.
Questions?
Why did the German soldiers destroy Annemarie's basket?
Why did the German soldiers feed the dogs the food Annemarie brought for Uncle Henrik?
SMALL SPOILER ALERT!!!
ReplyDelete"How did your sister die, Annemarie?" Ellen asked suddenly. "I remember when it happened. And I remember the funeral-it was the only time I have ever been in a Lutheran church. But I never knew just what happened."
"I don't know exactly," Annemarie confessed. "She and Peter were out somewhere together, and then there was a telephone call, that there had been an accident. Mama and Papa rushed to the hospital-remember, your mother came and stayed with me and Kristi? Kristi was already asleep and she slept right through everything, she was so little then. But I stayed up, and I was with your mother in the living room when my parents came home in the middle of the night. And they told me that Lise had died.
-Page 40-41
If I had to be in that position that Annemarie was in, I would be crying really hard. The emotions that I felt at this part were unbelievable. I became very depressed and sad and thought about if I were to be in her position. Just for me, thinking about having to stay with my friends parents in like the middle of the night and hearing that I had to wait for my parents to come and tell me what is going on. Then they tell me that my sibling has died! Very emotional.
Wouldn't this not have happened if it wasn't so late at night that they were out? Did Peter even try to save her? Did Lise even know what was going to happen to her?
I have some connections. On is a T/S connection. That is that one time my family had told me that my cousin had broken alot of his bones because he was in a fight or something. I felt very upset but still, it wouldn't of been as bad as if he was dead.But im glad he was ok.
I have a T/W connection. On time on T.V, I saw on the news that there was a fire or something and then a guy got run over the head by a taxi cab.