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=__Number the Stars__=

===Meet with your group and discuss the following questions. Keep track of your discussion using a Google Doc on the iPad.===

===•Have you ever showed compassion? When? How?=== ===•Has anyone ever showed you compassion? When? How?=== ===•What do you know about World War II?=== ===•What do you know about the persecution of the Jews during World War II?===

===After your group discussion, get out your reading spiral. Independently, complete a Venn diagram to show __what is__ and __what is not__ a good friend.===

Vocabulary:

civilized - 1 stocky - 1 lanky - 1 skirted - 2 plodding - 2 hoodlums - 5 Nazi - 6 Resistance - 8 dawdled - 18 swastika - 21 tormenting - 24

Create a literature vocabulary dictionary. Use the assigned words to create the dictionary in Keynote. Each entry will have the word, the sentence using the word in your book, its definition, a picture to represent it, a synonym, an antonym, and a sentence you create on your own.

READ CHAPTERS 1 - 4.

Answer the following questions in your reading spiral:

1. How did the Germans find out the names of the Jewish people? 2. Why was Kirsti upset when she and her mother returned from shopping? What was Ellen’s solution? 3. Why were the Tivoli Gardens important to the Danes of Copenhagen? 4. Why do the Danes not have leather for shoes?

Read Chapter 5.

Two families are introduced in this section of the book—the Rosens and the Johansens. As you read Chapters 1 through 5, you will see how close the two families are. In your reading spiral, list actions, facts, and events that illustrate their closeness and friendship.

FOCUS ACTIVITY - complete in your reading spiral. Do you think of yourself as a brave person? Why or why not? What is your definition of bravery? Define It. Think of different kinds of bravery. Define them and give an example for each. (Examples: physical bravery—getting a shot at the doctor’s; performance bravery—performing in public) Setting a Purpose Read to find out how Annemarie’s Uncle Henrik defines bravery.

Add these vocabulary words to your dictionary:

deftly distorted protrude ruefully tentatively

Read chapters 6 - 11.

Finish reading your novel.