February 2nd and 3rd

Vocabulary: Quack 6

In pairs, groups of three, or individually, students can create Kahoots for the vocabulary words (found on my wiki…they know how to get there).   They should create Kahoots that include videos and/or images. The assessment will be on the 11th and 12th of February.

The Book Thief:

Students need to read parts 6-7 for Thursday or Friday (depending on when they have class). They can have time to read for the rest of the period today.

They should also keep their assigned questions in mind as they read parts 6-7. Quotations/assertions from parts 6 and 7 of the text should be used in their discussions as well.

January 26th and 27th Groups and Questions

This activity will be postponed for now. I'll be at a workshop on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
Blue day graded discussion on parts 4-7: Thursday the 5th
Gold day graded discussion on parts 4-7: Friday the 6th

Period 3 Blue

One:

Thad
Levi
Maggie
Jessie

1. What about Max's 2 pictures of 279 and 280 scare Liesel?
2. On page 256 Max says that he beats Hitler when they fight. That isn't true though. Why does he lie? Why doesn't he just kill Hitler in his dreams?
3. What does Max's "feathery" hair represent (if anything).
4. Why might Max enjoy fighting even if he lost often?
5. Does Max or Liesel benefit more from the sharing of the dreams?
6. Does Max really trust the family (at first)? When (if ever) does he fully trust them?

Two:

Emma
Alexis
Tucker
Makao

Why does Ilsa Hermann stay in the condition that she does?

1. Why does Liesel decide to steal "The Whister" back?
2. Why was Liesel so angry after Ilsa Hermann let go of Rosa's services? Does the mayor's wife understand Liesel's ager? 
3. What significance is Ilsa Hermann to Liesel?
4. Why doesn't Liesel take the book from the mayor's wife the first time?

Three:

Thomas
Nolan
Thad
Levi

1. Did Rudy really not know Hitler's birthday? Was he just stubborn?
2. Why is Liesel holding back so much from kissing Rudy? 
3. How/when does the relationship between Rudy and Liesel start to change?
4. Why do you think the narrator is foreshadowing the death of Rudy so often?
5. Why did the teacher stand up for Rudy and lie for him regarding the potato?

Four:

Maggie
Jessie
Emma
Alexis

1. Is Viktor truly as heartless as he seems?
2. Why do you suppose Mama doesn't hit Liesel even when Liesel says to?
3. How does Rosa feel about Jews.

Five:

Tucker

Makao

Thomas 

Nolan

1. What does the standover man symbolize? "When he stopped reading, his shadow loomed behind him, watching. Someone was always watching."
2. How do you think these sections would be different if narrated by Max or Liesel instead of Death?
3. What roles do books play for Max, Hans, and Liesel?

Period One Gold:

One:

Darby

Isaiah

Brooklynn

Miles

Sawyer

1. What would Liesel and Rudy do in these situations if they were adults?
2. Would Hans help hide another Jew, or is Max special because of his father's relationship with Hans?
3. Are there changes in Hans and Rosa when Max comes?
4. Compare Mama's and Papa's personalities.
5. Compare and contrast Arthur and Viktor and their leadership.
6. How does Viktor's attitude change the group's way of doing things?
7. Does the sadistic leader mentioned by Rudy on 212 play a role in the troubles to come mentioned on page 108?

Two:

Courtney

Julian

Megan

Whitney

1. Compare how Max and Hans both struggle with their supposed cowardice.
2. How would you describe Hans and Rosa's relationship? Why does it work?
3. Do you think the mayor's wife has changed her ways after Liesel yells at her, or is she using Liesel's anger as another way to pity herself?
4. Explain the relationship between Liesel and the mayor's wife (page 250).
5. Compare Rudy and Hans.
6. Is Max's life affected by this "survival of the fittest" mentality outside of his fantasy?

Three:

Kolton

Taylor

Chelsea

Hannah

1. What clues are there about how Rudy is going to die?
2. How do you think Rudy dies?
3. Compare Rudy and Liesel's relationship to that of Max and Liesel.
4. Make predictions about what will happen to Max in the end of the book.
5. What is so bad about Rosa's soup? What would make it better? What is the soup symbolic of (if anything)?
6. Do you think that the Hitler youth brainwashed kids to the point that they had trouble after the war was over?

Four:

Andrew

Julia

Cole

Grace

1. In Max's book "The Standover Man" (224), why does Max use birds? What do the birds symbolize?
2. What stands out the most about the book Max creates? How do you think this book helps Max?
3. How does friendship save people in the book?
4. Liesel compares herself with Max (206). Are there other ways, including earlier scenes from the book AND earlier events in their lives that the two can be compared?
5. Does the non-linear timeline of the book help or hinder the reader's understanding of the text?
6. What's the difference between how Liesel, Hans, Max, and Rudy view and are affected by the war?

January 12th and 13th

Gold
Read part 2 for Friday (the 16th).
Write "some facts about" for yourself for Wednesday (the 14th).
Write "some facts about" for a peer on Friday (the 16th) in class.
Read part 3 for Wednesday (next week...the 21st).
Vocab 5 for the 21st.

Blue:
Read part 2 for Thursday (the 15th).
Write "some facts about" for yourself for Thursday (the 15th).
Write "some facts about" for a peer on Thursday (the 15th) in class.
Read part 3 for Tuesday (next week...the 20th).
Vocab 5 for the 20th

January 5th and 6th

Due: Macbeth papers

Today we're starting Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. We read the Prologue together and wrote a piece about color using sensory details/imagery.

We'll share the pieces in class.

Homework for Wednesday (or Thursday):

Read to page 45 in Part One. Make sure you bookmark pages/quotations that you find interesting/thought provoking.