Chapter 6

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October 8, 2021

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This lesson:

• About Chapter 6
• Reading
• Individual work

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Chapter 6

Some days later, Bruno lay on his bed looking at the cracked paint on his bedroom ceiling. He was complaining aloud to himself about how much he hated the new house when Maria walked in with a pile of clean clothes. Bruno had known Maria since he was three years old, and she had always been kind, quiet, and a hard worker. Lonely and with no one else to talk to, Bruno asked Maria if she hated Out-With as much as he did. 

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Maria thought about a response then told Bruno that she used to enjoy the garden at the Berlin house, where she would sit in the sun to eat her lunch. Bruno tried to firgure out if this meant she hated the new house. When Maria said it wasn’t important what she thought, Bruno said it did because she was part of the family, and if the whole family wanted to go home to Berlin, then Father might give in.

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Maria told Bruno that Father knew what was best and that she knew him to be a good man. She explained that Father had shown her great kindness in a time of trouble when she had needed a home, a job, and food. Maria’s mother had once worked as a seamstress for Father’s mother, accompanying her on concert tours.

seamstress

a dresser; naaister

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When Maria’s mother got sick, Father paid for her medical bills and hired Maria to work for him. When her mother died, he paid for the funeral. It was for these reasons, Maria told Bruno, that she would not say a bad word about Father. She told Bruno he should keep his feelings to himself and his head down until everything was over.

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As Maria was talking, Bruno realized that the family’s maid had lived a life all her own and that he had never before considered her a whole person. Just then, Gretel burst into Bruno’s room and told Maria to run her a bath. Bruno said that she could run a bath for herself, but Gretel insisted it was Maria’s job.

What did Bruno think was living in the spaces between the paint and the ceiling?

1. insects
2. mice
3. people
4. goblins

What was Maria’s mom’s job?

1. a maid
2. a seamstress
3. a hairdresser
4. a nanny

What did Maria like about the old house?

What did Bruno’s dad do for Maria?

Read your book

Your work

Starting from page 38

B: 10 - 11abcd - 12ab - 13

C: 15 - 16abd - 18 - 19

D: 20c - 21a

F: 37

G: 40abcd - 41 - 42 - 43

 H: 44a - 46ab

I: 50abcd - 51ab