8-317 English-Ms. Wilde Assignments

Only work on this in class.  We have a week and a half to finish it.

1- Go to https://www.ixl.com/
2- Sign in
3- Click on "Learning" (in green banner at top of page)
4- Click on "Language Arts" (look for picture of an open book under green banner)
5- Scroll down and click the 6 on the left side of the page
6- Scroll down to READING STRATEGIES (written in red)
7- You'll see a highlighted assignment under "B. Theme"
8- Click on "1 Match the quotations with their themes"

-Click on the link
-Choose "Catch Up"
-Click "Media & Entertainment" or "Sports"
-Browse the articles until you see one that interests you. 
1-Write the name of the article in quotes.
2- Summarize the article in 1 to 2 sentences. (who, what, where, when, why)
3- Write why you choose this article.
When you've submitted your writing, click on "Explore" and have fun!

-Click on the link
-Choose "Catch Up"
-Click "Positive" 
-Browse the articles until you see one that interests you. 
1-Write the name of the article in quotes.
2- Summarize the article in 1 to 2 sentences. (who, what, where, when, why)
3- Write why you chose this article.
When you've submitted your writing, click on "Explore" and have fun!

-Click on the link
-Choose "Catch Up"
-Click "Science & Emerging Tech" or "Business & Markets"
-Browse the articles until you see one that interests you. 
1-Write the name of the article in quotes.
2- Summarize the article in 1 to 2 sentences. (who, what, where, when, why)
3- Write why you chose this article.
When you've submitted your writing, click on "Explore" and have fun!

-Click on the link
-Choose "Catch Up"
-Click "World" or "Politics"
-Browse the articles until you see one that interests you. 
1-Write the name of the article in quotes.
2- Summarize the article in 1 to 2 sentences. (who, what, where, when, why)
3- Write why you choose this article.
You have 15 minutes to complete.
When you've submitted your writing, click on "Explore" and have fun!

-Click on the link
-Choose "Catch Up"
-Click "Donut Holes"
-Browse the articles until you see one that interests you. 
1-Write the name of the article in quotes.
2- Summarize the article in 1 to 2 sentences. (who, what, where, when, why)
3- Write why you choose this article.
You have 15 minutes to complete.
When you've submitted your writing, click on "Explore" and have fun!

-Click on the link
-Choose "Catch Up"
-Click "Media & Entertainment" or "Sports"
-Browse the articles until you see one that interests you. 
1-Write the name of the article in quotes.
2- Summarize the article in 1 to 2 sentences. (who, what, where, when, why)
3- Write why you choose this article.
You have 15 minutes to complete.
When you've submitted your writing, click on "Explore" and have fun!

-Click on the link
-Choose "Catch Up"
-Click "Positive" 
-Browse the articles until you see one that interests you. 
1-Write the name of the article in quotes.
2- Summarize the article in 1 to 2 sentences. (who, what, where, when, why)
3- Write why you choose this article.
You have 15 minutes to complete.
When you've submitted your writing, click on "Explore" and have fun!

Click on the link.
Click SUBSCRIBE.
Use any email address. 
Click on the responses for the questions they ask you.
Once you're in, click on "Latest Stories" or "Catch Up"
Browse the articles until you see one that interests you.
1- Summarize the article in 1 to 2 sentences. (who, what, where, when, why) Include title of article.
2- Write why you chose this article.
You have 20 minutes to complete.
When you've submitted your writing, click on "Explore" and have fun!

Use Google to find an idiomatic expression that you like.
Split your paper in half.
On one side draw the figurative meaning.
On the other side draw the literal meaning.
On the top of the page, use the idiom in a sentence.


I've attached an example:

*Add or create a Google doc. 
-In your own words, write 3-5 sentences explaining why you think it’s important to read about what happened to Anne Frank.

*Add or create a Google doc. 
1. On the bottom of page 120 you can see that the women’s heads were shaved.  Why do you think the Nazis did that?
2. Try to figure out what “reticent” means on page 121 from the context clues.
3. Why do you think the Jewish people were tattooed with numbers?
4. What happened if you stopped working?
5. List 2 of the things the Nazis made their prisoners do at the camps.
6. What eventually killed Anne?

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/watch-car-crashes-into-van-during-las-vegas-pedestrian-safety-event/

*Add or create a Google doc. 
1. List 3 things that happen in Anne’s life on pages 98 - 105
2. On page 106 Peter alerts Otto to a burglary.  Why do they assume the police will come to investigate?
3. What could happen if the burglars heard noise coming from the annex?
4. How does Anne’s father feel about her new relationship with Peter?

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1. On page 87 Fritz Pfeffer said that Nazis are offering people bounties for betraying hidden Jews.  Explain this.
2. What was the 1st turning point in the war?
3. Was this turning point good or bad? Explain.
4. Anne doesn’t get along with 2 people in the annex.  Who are they?
5. Find the spelling error on page 93.
6. List 3 ways some of the people in the annex are annoying to Anne.

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1. Why were Jews forbidden from using public transportation?
2. How did Edith and Otto feel when Margot got her card to go to the work camp? Why?
3. Why did Edith lie to Margot and Anne saying Otto had been called to the work camp?
4. Do you think it was easy or hard to hide from the Nazis?  Why?
5. What are some characteristics of people who help Anne? (She calls them her “helpers”.)
6. How does Anne describe Peter in her diary? (p.76)
7. Based on what she wrote about Peter, does she think they’ll become good friends?  (Yes or no.)
8. Why did they have to whisper?
9. What would the consequence be if they didn’t whisper?
10. On page 81 Anne writes, “We live in a paradise compared to the Jews who aren’t in hiding.” What does she mean by that?
11. On page 83 the radio tells how Jews are being murdered.  Name 3 of the ways they were murdered and how the Jews must’ve felt.

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1. September 1, 1939: Germany invades ________.  
1a. This officially starts what?
2. May 10, 1940: Germany invades The Netherlands. How will this affect the Franks?
3. On page 51 there is a layout of Otto Frank’s new business.  Take what you know about Anne Frank and predict why it is showing such a detailed layout.
4. Why do you think Jews had to hand in their radios to the government?
5. Why did Otto Frank have to transfer the ownership of his business to some of his employees.
6. Who were the Einsatzgruppen?  What do you think they did?
7. Why were Jews forced to wear a yellow Jewish star on their clothes?
8. What kind of people are Miep and Bep?

Hint: Remember the rule when you make a noun plural.

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1. What language did Anne Frank grow up speaking?
2. What language did she have to learn to live in the Netherlands?
3. Why did the Frank’s new neighborhood have such a high population of Jews from Germany?
4. How is Edith feeling about moving to a new country?  Why? (inference)
5. How is Margot described on page 36?
6. What is “antisemitic”?
7. When the Nuremberg Laws were passed, Jews were no longer considered _________ of Germany.
8. Hitler said “Aryans” were white, superior, German people.  Was there really such thing as an “Aryan” race? (You can use Google.)
9. On the bottom of page 38, a Jewish father and son are about to be beaten. There is a couple walking by and the man says, “What can I do?” 
Explain the significance of this picture. (inference) (HINT: read the next box)
10. 1938 Hitler annexes _______.
11. November 9 & 10, 1938: Explain Kristallnacht in your own words. (use page 43)
12. Who was forced to pay for the damages of Kristallnacht?

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1. When was Anne Frank born?
2. What happened on October 24, 1929?
3. Did the answer to #2 have a good or bad effect on Germany. Give 3 examples.
4. How does Otto feel about Anne?  How do you know?
5. What percent of the German population were unemployed?

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1. How did things worsen for the Frank family in 1932?
2. What did the Nazi Storm Troopers sing?
3. How would you feel if they were singing about your religion?  Why?
4. TRUE or FALSE: People of different cultures, backgrounds and religions lived in Germany.
5. On page 23, 2 reasons are given for the popularity of the Nazi party.  What were they?
6. What does the phrase “charismatic leadership” mean about Hitler?
7. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-camps?series=10 
Define the following words using the website above: (scroll down to "Types of Camps")

Concentration camps: 

Forced-labor camps: 

Transit camps: 

Prisoner-of-war camps: 

Killing centers: 
8. On page 24, the Frank’s host enthusiastically says, “Let’s see what that man can do!”  How do you think the Franks reacted upon hearing that? 
Why?
9. Where does Otto decide to move his family?
10. April 1, 1933 a boycott of Jewish doctors, lawyers, shops and department stores was enacted. How would this affect Jewish people? 
Explain.

*Add or create a Google doc. 

1. What businesses did the Frank family own?
2. Who did Otto marry?
3. What was their age difference? (How many years were they apart?)
4. What was Mein Kampf?
4a. What does Mein Kampf mean in English? (translation) 
5. Who did Hitler, and the Nazis blame for all the problems in Germany?
6. Hitler was the leader of what political party? (AKA the NSDAP)
7. Where did Otto and Edith live? (Only write the city and country.)
8. Who was born on February 16, 1926?

*Add or create a Google doc. 

1. What years were WW1? (start and end)

2. What year did America join WW1?

3. Did Germany win or lose?

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