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2. Key Ideas and Details: Examine Mr. Frank’s dialogue in this scene. How does it show his role in the family and in this particular scene?
3. Key Ideas and Details: How does Miep’s news of the invasion change the tone of the scene? Characterize the new tone and explain how it has changed.
Working from the Text
4. In your group, assign roles for an oral reading of the scene.
5. Prepare for an oral reading by skimming/scanning the scene independently, marking and annotating your character’s lines:
• Mark connotative diction and label the tone you intend to use in speaking lines of dialogue.
• Mark words of the dialogue that you will emphasize with a shift in volume or pitch.
• Place slash marks in places where you will pause for effect.
6. Conduct an oral reading in your group, using your marks and annotations as a guide.
7. Discuss how and when the tone shifted in the play. Did setting, character, or plot cause the shift in tone?
Check Your Understanding
WRITING to SOURCES Expository Writing Prompt
Think about the characters in the scene from The Diary of Anne Frank. How does their dialogue reveal the characters and the conflicts of the story and increase the reader’s understanding of an aspect of the Holocaust experience? Draft a response that explains how specific dialogue is used to develop character(s) or plot and to reveal theme. Be sure to:
• Begin with a topic sentence that responds to the prompt.
• Provide textual evidence and commentary for support.
• Use variety in sentence mood and voice.
Revise your writing to add transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
My Notes
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