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presenting voices
aCTIvITy 3.8
learning Targets
• Research a specific Holocaust victim and present a narrative that captures his or her story.
• Apply an understanding of active and passive voice, by using voice for effect.
Researching the Holocaust
1. During the Holocaust, many people fit into one of the following categories based on either their circumstances or decisions that they made. Try to think
of individual examples of each from your reading, research, and/or prior knowledge. Which group do you think was the largest? Which was the smallest?
Victims: Perpetrators: Rescuers: Bystanders:
2. Choose an ID card from the Holocaust Museum website. Take notes on each section of your card, using the chart to organize information.
WorD CoNNeCTIoNS
Roots and Affixes
Perpetrator contains the Latin root -petrare-, which means “to bring about.” It derives from pater, which means “father,” as seen in paternity and patriarch. Adding the suffix -or, which means “one that performs
a specific action,” makes perpetrator refer to the person who brings about, or commits, a certain action. It is commonly associated with doing something wrong or illegal.
INDepeNDeNT
reaDING LINk
Read and Respond
Find a few instances in the narrative you are reading independently where the author uses the active voice and the passive voice. Rewrite each sentence in the other voice.
My Notes
Name:
Date of Birth: Place of Birth:
Biographical Background:
Experiences from 1933–1939:
War Years:
Future and Fate:
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LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Note-taking, Graphic Organizer, Drafting, Adding, Substituting, Oral Reading
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