Wednesday, March 11, 2015

What we did today

The Diary of Anne Frank (Started Mar. 11)

Worksheets:
     What you should know by the end of the play
      Google Doc / Word Doc
Link to our online book
Warm-up
Have you turned in your essay?
Hand back the immigrant sheets from the sub day.
Quiz on all 35 words on Friday

Objective:
Students will understand what they are responsible for knowing for the Diary of Anne Frank.
Students will have a general idea of the stage.
Students will begin start to locate and highlight what they need to know in their Close Readers.

Agenda:
Copy what they need to know into their close readers.
Go through the stage directions slowly and view pictures of the interpretations.
Begin reading the play to establish setting and characters.


What should you be able to do after reading The Diary of Anne Frank?
Know the background and setting of the play    World War II    How Jews were persecuted and outcome

Know each of the characters:
    Physical description    Relationship to others    Personality    Identify important quotes said by each

Explain the conflicts
    External- between other characters and world    Internal- Struggles to understand self

Plot the story
    Important events that add tension    Identify the climax    Explain the resolution

Be able to explain the theme and its development over the course of the play