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5 Comments:
- Now that Henk was leaving, I have a feeling their relationship is going to gradually drift away.
- Miep was now in charge of the business because she worked for Mr. Frank for a longer time.
- People at this time committed many crimes and got away with it. As long as you weren't a Jew, you got away with anything.
- They are lucky they didn't have to turn in their food to the Germans.
- Mr. Frank considered Miep as family because they spent many years together.
4 Questions:
- Didn't people ever wonder who she was working for? Why is she working for a man who disappeared?
- What s the NSB?
- Could Miep do anything, knowing they committed a crime?
- Were Miep and Mr. Frank still in contact after they got caught?
3 Words:
- Dium-sized (pg. 202):
- Jubilation (pg. 211): a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation
- Rhine (pg. 221): A river of western Europe formed by the confluence of two tributaries in eastern Switzerland
2 Literary Terms:
- Personification (pg. 198): "On the floor, amidst the chaos of papers and books"
- Figurative Language: (pg. 218) " We were deathly afraid..."
1 Sentence Summary:
- The Franks and the rest of the hiding friends were caught and sent to concentration camps where everyone except Miep ended up dying.
5 Comments:
- Anne's eyesight was beginning to fade.. she needed glasses.
- If a thief broke in and reported Jews in hiding, they were not prosecuted for their crime.
- Anne was beginning to understand the way life was going to be in hiding.
- Miep has a very high self-esteem.
- The red high heels were a symbol that signified she was becoming a young lady.
4 Questions:
- Why is it that only married couples can talk to each other by eyes?
- Is their anyway that Anne could have gotten her eyes checked than callin a doctor, who could possible saythey were in hiding?
- Why does Margot and Peter not talk much to Henk and Miep?
- Why didnt they want to tell any of their friends in hiding?
3 Words:
- commodity (pg.164):
- savored (pg. 186):
- fanatic (pg. 187):
2 Literary Terms:
- Figurative Language (pg. 169):"always it was a fight with stinging rain and slippert streets"
- Hyperbole (pg. 188): " US Twelfth Army had smashed the German Patton's Third Army"
1 Sentence Summary:
- The Frank family remain in hiding while thing begin to get a little more intense causing the "darker days".
5 Comments:
- Mr. Frank set a good trap leading people with the note he left in the apartment.
- They couldn't use the bathrooms during the day, or workers would hear from downstairs in the office.
- Jews believed that going into hiding for their beliefs was more valuable than a pot of gold.
- Jews were going into hiding for many different, but similar reasons.
- They didn't have basic neccessities for all, for example same chairs.
4 Questions:
- Were Henk and Miep now forced to take care of these children who were dropped off at her door in the middle of the night.
- Does this means that Henk and Miep wouldn't have enough time to have a baby of their own.
- Why does Mouschi keep getting mentioned throughout the book?
- Was Mr. Van Daan's jokes actuallu funny.
3 Words:
- alotted(pg. 108):
- temperamental(pg. 114):
- privy (pg. 117):
2 Literary Terms:
- Hyperbole ".. and diguise the bitter feeling that burned in my heart" (Pg. 117)
- Simile "the Jewish deportations as resettlement and claimed that those taken were being treated decently" (pg. 119)
1 Sentence Summary:
- The Frank family are continued to be in hiding while more people want to join, Henk and Miep get two gifts at their door early in the morning.
