H3:The boy in the striped pyjamas Characters

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Today: 

"The boy in the striped pyjamas"

Reading and discussing

Lesson goals:

At the end of this lesson:

- you have a better understanding of the main characters in this story

- you have continued reading (almost finished ?) the book

'The boy in the striped pyjamas'

Reading

Characters: who is who?

Bruno

Father

Mother

Gretel

Pavel

Maria

1 spends her time caring for her children and manages the family’s servants

2 a nine-year-old German boy who misses the life and friends he left behind in Berlin 

3 is a commanding officer within the Nazi Party who takes charge of operations for the Out-With (Auschwitz) Camp in Poland.

4 Bruno’s sister. Three years older than Bruno.  She spends much of her time by herself, playing with her large doll collection or using maps to keep track of the progress of the war.

5 the maid for Bruno’s family. She has long served as the family maid.

6 is an elderly Jewish man imprisoned in the camp. He used to be a doctor, but he’s now forced to serve Bruno’s family.

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno  befriends Shmuel , a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pyjamas.

 

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Characters: who is who?

Bruno

Father

Mother

Gretel

Pavel

Maria

1 spends her time caring for her children and manages the family’s servants

2 a nine-year-old German boy who misses the life and friends he left behind in Berlin 

3 is a commanding officer within the Nazi Party who takes charge of operations for the Out-With (Auschwitz) Camp in Poland.

4 Bruno’s sister. Three years older than Bruno.  She spends much of her time by herself, playing with her large doll collection or using maps to keep track of the progress of the war.

5 the maid for Bruno’s family. She has long served as the family maid.

6 is an elderly Jewish man imprisoned in the camp. He used to be a doctor, but he’s now forced to serve Bruno’s family.

Lesson goals:

At the end of this lesson:

- you have a better understanding of the main characters in this story

- you have continued reading (almost finished ?) the book

Next time

Start Chapter 3 ...

Next week......         A book test "The boy in the striped pyjamas"

Make sure you have finished the book!

'The boy in the striped pyjamas'

What is this book about?

After Bruno takes a nasty fall, Pavel comes to his rescue...