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aCTIvITy 3.12
Creating a Memorable opening
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Rereading, Close reading, Oral Reading, Choral Reading, Discussion Groups
About the Author
Anne Frank (1929–1945) is one of the Holocaust’s most famous victims.
The Frank family fled Germany for Amsterdam, but eventually the Nazis
also occupied the Netherlands. The family spent two years in hiding, during which Anne wrote of her thoughts and feelings to her imaginary friend, Kitty. The German authorities found the family’s hiding place and sent them to concentration camps, where Anne perished at age 15. Her diary was found years later, and it continues to be read today as a moving narrative from
the Holocaust.
Diary
My Notes
learning Targets
• Transform a prose selection into a “found poem.”
• Orally present a dramatic interpretation.
Preview
In this activity, you will read an excerpt from Anne Frank’s diary and create a found poem.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read the diary entry, underline words and phrases that indicate why Anne is so upset.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
from The Diary
of a Young Girl
Wednesday, 13 January, 1943
by Anne Frank Dear Kitty,
1 Everything has upset me again this morning, so I wasn’t able to finish a single thing properly.
2 It is terrible outside. Day and night more of those poor miserable people are being dragged off, with nothing but a rucksack and a little money. On the way they are deprived even of these possessions. Families are torn apart, the men, women, and children all being separated. Children coming home from school find that their parents have disappeared. Women return from shopping to find their homes shut up and their families gone.
3 The Dutch people are anxious too, their sons are being sent to Germany. Everyone is afraid.
4 And every night hundreds of planes fly over Holland and go to German towns, where the earth is plowed up by their bombs, and every hour hundreds and thousands of people are killed in Russia and Africa. No one is able to keep out of it, the whole globe is waging war and although it is going better for the allies, the end is not yet in sight.
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