Week 3

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Week 3, Lesson 1

Questions Chapters 6

True or false?

1. Maria's mother was Grandmother's maid. 

2. Grandmother was a performer and Maria's mother worked for her until Grandmother retired. 

3. When Maria's mother got sick, Father paid the hospital bills.

True or false?

4. Father then hired Maria so she could pay him back.

5. When Maria's mother died, Father refused to pay for her funeral.

Why a whole chapter?

Why do you think the writer dedicated an entire chapter to Maria and her story?

[This is a opinion (mening) question but what reading strategy will you use to answer it?]

Questions Chapters 7-10

What does Bruno NOT feel about Lt. Kotler?

1. That he is serious.
2. He doesn't take Bruno seriously.
3. He treats the Jews fairly.
4. He is nasty.

Lt. Kotler

What did he do that embarrasses the children?

Embarrassed

Not embarrassed

He called Pavel a name that sounded harsh. 

He yelled at Pavel.

He spoke rudely to Pavel who is older than him. 

He was not in his uniform. 

His hair was messy.

He made a joke about a fat soldier. 

He was not interested in Gretel after he finds out how young she is. 

What does Pavel mean when he says: "Just because a man glances up at the night sky does not make him an astronomer."

1. That things are not what they appear.
2. That mother should not take credit for the work of another.
3. He can do more than care of Bruno's wound because he is a doctor.
4. That people should not think they are more important than they are.

Mother says if Father asks, she cleaned up Bruno's wound. What does that say about her relationship with Father?

1. She doesn't trust him.
2. She is afraid of him.
3. She thinks she can lie to him.
4. She thinks he is a racist.

Chapter 9: Bruno and Gretel get a tutor. Why?

Chapter 9: School Subjects

Which ones is Herr Liszt interested in and which ones does Bruno like?

Bruno

Herr Liszt

History

Reading

Art

Geography

Why does Herr Liszt dislike storybooks?

1. They are not about Geography.
2. He think they are for little children.
3. They are not written well and boring.
4. They are about things that never happened.

 Reread: "It was as if there was another city entirely..." (page 55)

What similarities and differences does Bruno see between the people in the camp and the soldiers?

Similarities

Differences

Uniform

Guns

Hats

Look serious

Go to where the other lives

Armbands

Chapter 10: What does Bruno think of Shmuel when he first sees him?

What do the boys think the other one's name sounds like?

1. Bruno=burping Shmuel=clearing your throat
2. Shmuel=wind blowing Bruno=rubbing your arms to keep warm
3. Shmuel=shooing someone away Bruno=booing
4. Bruno=no Shmuel=cool

When the boys talk about which country they're from Bruno says: “We're superior,” because he has heard his father say it. How does he feel after he has said it and why?

1. He's frustrated that Shmuel doesn't understand him.
2. He's angry that Shmuel doesn't agree with him.
3. He's worried that Shmuel will think he's unkind.
4. He's sad that Shmuel hates Germany.

Why do you think the author finished the chapter with Bruno's questions: “Why are there so many people on that side of the fence?” he asked “And what are you all doing there?”?

Why do you think the author finished the chapter with Bruno's questions: “Why are there so many people on that side of the fence?” he asked “And what are you all doing there?”?

1. Author wants us to understand Bruno's character better.
2. To show how little Bruno understands. He doensn't know that they are prisoners.
3. To show us that Bruno doesn't agree with the people being there together.
4. To show how little Bruno knows about the world

Who said it?

Nothing changed for quite a while at Out-With. Bruno still had to put up with Gretel being less than friendly to him whenever she was in a bad mood, which was more often than not because she was a Hopeless Case.

Who said it?

1. Bruno
2. Mother
3. Father
4. the narrator

What is your heritage?

‘Not your history, interrupted Herr Liszt’.

‘Not your own personal history. I mean the history of who you are, where you come from. You family’s heritage. The Fatherland.

What does Bruno do, when he answers it?

1. He thinks Fatherland is the land of his father rather than the country he was born in.
2. Tries to remember where his grandparents came from.
3. Tries to rememeber where his great grandparents are from.
4. He thinks it's a strange question because of course his family is German.

What is your heritage?

Meeting [32:58-34:50]

Re-read book page 112(57 in printed version) chapter 10

"We're superior, Bruno says"

Meeting [39:14-41:41]

‘Where do you come from? Asked Shmuel……….’.Well,we’ll have to agree to disagree’, said Bruno, who didn’t want to fight with his new friend.  

Where are they and what do you know about the setting?

Setting Poster

• pictures of place and time
• pictures that show the mood or feeling of the place
• choose from the house in Berlin, the new house, the camp or Bruno & Shmuel's meeting place

Homework

• Read the summary of Chapter 11.
• Read Chapters 12 and 13.
• Do the assingment for Chapter 12.

Week 3, Lesson 2

What is your fragment from Chapter 12?

Here is mine:

"...we had to move to a different part of Cracow, where the soldiers built a big wall and where my mother, father, brother and I all had to live in one room...

Why do you think the writer includes details of the forced removal of the Jewish citizens of Cracow?

Why do you think the writer includes details of the forced removal of the Jewish citizens of Cracow?

1. To show how bad it was for Shmuel.
2. To show why so many people are at the camp.
3. To show it wasn't just happening in Berlin.
4. To show that Bruno has gone throug similar things but it has been easier. .

Bruno vs. Shmuel

Read the fragments about their journeys to Auschwitz and answer the questions.

What were the differences?

What is the main subject of the conversation between Bruno and Shmuel in Chapter 13?

Read Chapter 16

Homework

-Finish Reading chapter 14 & 15

-Answer these questions:

1. What do we learn about Bruno in chapter 14?

2. What was chapter 15 about? Summarize in two sentences or (max.) 16 words