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stay: to delay or postpone
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5 And as for us, we are fortunate. Yes, we are luckier than millions of people. It is quiet and safe here, and we are, so to speak, living on capital. We are even so selfish as to talk about “after the war,” brighten up at the thought of having new clothes and new shoes, whereas we really ought to save every penny, to help other people, and save what is left from the wreckage after the war.
6 The children here run about in just a thin blouse and clogs; no coat, no hat, no stockings, and no one helps them. Their tummies are empty; they chew an old carrot to
stay the pangs, go from their cold homes out into the cold street and, when they get to school, find themselves in an even colder classroom. Yes, it has even got so bad in Holland that countless children stop the passers-by and beg for a piece of bread. I could go on for hours about all the suffering the war has brought, but then I would only make myself more dejected. There is nothing we can do but wait as calmly as we can till the misery comes to an end. Jews and Christians wait, the whole earth waits, and there are many who wait for death.
Yours, Anne
Second Read
• Reread the diary entry to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Key Ideas and Details: Why does Anne feel that she is fortunate?
2. Craft and Structure: Based on the mood Anne portrays in this passage, what does she mean in paragraph 6 by “more dejected”?
Working from the Text
3. In a previous activity, you read a play based on Anne Frank’s diary. What could you learn from her diary that you could not learn from the play?
4. The opening two paragraphs of the diary entry have been transformed into a model of a found poem. With a partner, conduct an oral reading using choral reading for effect.
“Wednesday, 13 January, 1943” Everyone is afraid:
It is terrible outside.
Day and night
more of those poor miserable people are being dragged off.
My Notes
capital: wealth kept after paying expenses
Literary Terms
A found poem is verse that
is created from a prose text by using the original words, phrases, images, and/or sentences, but manipulating them and reformatting them into poetic lines.
INDepeNDeNT
reaDING LINk
Read and Respond
Choose a passage from the Holocaust narrative you are reading independently to transform into a found poem. Perform an oral reading
of your poem at the final literature circle meeting.
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