A Tragedy Revealed: A Heroine

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Introducing the Selection Informational Text
Focus Comparing Organizational Patterns Writing
Skills Focus
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DaysIntroducing the Selection
How do historical tragedies continue to shape the
world we live in?
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Introducing the Selection
On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank received a diary for
her thirteenth birthday.
Within weeks, Annes family had gone into hiding
from the Nazis, who were attempting to eliminate
Jewish people from Europe.
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Introducing the Selection
Anne recorded her thoughts and feelings in the
diary for more than two years. During most of
that time, she and her family were hiding in a
secret part of a building in Amsterdam.
The last entry in Anne Franks diary is dated
August 1, 1944. Three days later, Anne and her
family were arrested and sent to a Nazi
concentration camp.
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Introducing the Selection
Anne died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
in early March, 1945.
What did Anne experience in the seven months
between her last diary entry and her death at age
15?
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A Tragedy Revealed A Heroines Last
Days Informational Text Focus
For readers to understand a text, that text must
have a structure and organization.
When a writer arranges the details of an argument
into a clear pattern, readers are more likely to
understand the writers point.
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Informational Text Focus
Here are three of the most common structural
patterns that writers use to organize their
points
Chronological order
Logical order
Order of importance
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Informational Text Focus
When a text is organized in chronological order,
the writer describes events in the order in which
they happened.
In May of 1940, the Nazis gained power in the
Netherlands, where Anne Frank and her family were
living. By July of 1942, the threat of being sent
to Nazi concentration camps was so severe that
the Franks went into hiding in a building in
Amsterdam.
In May of 1940, the Nazis gained power in the
Netherlands, where Anne Frank and her family were
living. By July of 1942, the threat of being sent
to Nazi concentration camps was so severe that
the Franks went into hiding in a building in
Amsterdam.
This information is presented in the order in
which it occurred. This pattern is common in
writing about history.
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Informational Text Focus
Writing that is organized in chronological order
often shows cause-and-effect relationships,
letting the reader know what brought about a
particular event and what resulted from it.
In May of 1940, the Nazis gained power in the
Netherlands, where Anne Frank and her family were
living. By July of 1942, the threat of being sent
to Nazi concentration camps was so severe that
the Franks went into hiding in a building in
Amsterdam.
In May of 1940, the Nazis gained power in the
Netherlands, where Anne Frank and her family were
living. By July of 1942, the threat of being sent
to Nazi concentration camps was so severe that
the Franks went into hiding in a building in
Amsterdam.
In May of 1940, the Nazis gained power in the
Netherlands, where Anne Frank and her family were
living. By July of 1942, the threat of being sent
to Nazi concentration camps was so severe that
the Franks went into hiding in a building in
Amsterdam.
In May of 1940, the Nazis gained power in the
Netherlands, where Anne Frank and her family were
living. By July of 1942, the threat of being sent
to Nazi concentration camps was so severe that
the Franks went into hiding in a building in
Amsterdam.
Cause The Nazis gain power.
Event The Franks fear the camps.
Result They go into hiding.
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Informational Text Focus
Writing that is structured in order of importance
organizes the writers points based on how much
they matter to the overall argument.
I encourage you to support Ana Tejadas campaign
for mayor because she is honest and she is
experienced. Most importantly, she cares deeply
about the people of our city.
I encourage you to support Ana Tejadas campaign
for mayor because she is honest and she is
experienced. Most importantly, she cares deeply
about the people of our city.
Ideas may be arranged from most important to
least important, or from least important to most
important, as they are here.
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Informational Text Focus
When writing is organized in logical order,
details are grouped into categories.
To get to know me, youd have to learn about a
few things my family, my hobbies, and my goals
for the future. My family includes my brother, my
mother, my grandfather, and me. We live together
in a building about a block from my school. . . .
To get to know me, youd have to learn about a
few things my family, my hobbies, and my goals
for the future. My family includes my brother, my
mother, my grandfather, and me. We live together
in a building about a block from my school. . . .
Organizing writing in logical order connects
related details. In this example, the details
will be arranged into three categories family,
hobbies, and goals.
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Informational Text Focus
Into Action This article contains a
chronological account of what happened to Anne
Frank and the other residents of the Secret Annex
after their arrest by the Gestapo. Draw a time
line like the one below to show what Ernst
Schnabel discovered. Start with 1942 and end with
March 1945.
Time Line of Events
Franks forced into hiding in the Netherlands
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Writing Skills Focus
Preparing for Timed Writing
As you read, think about Annes expressed belief
that people are basically good.
Record your thoughts in a notebook.
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Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
annihilation n. complete destruction.
inexplicable adj. unable to be explained.
premonition n. feeling that something will
happen.
emaciated v. used as adj. extremely thin, as
from starvation.
raucous adj. loud and rough.
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Vocabulary
The sentence below may help you understand how
the word annihilation is used in A Tragedy
Revealed A Heroines Last Days.
The Holocaust, Adolf Hitlers annihilation of six
million Jews, is considered by many to be the
most violent act in history.
Why might Hitlers attempted annihilation of the
Jewish people be considered historys most
violent act?
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Vocabulary
Hitlers annihilation of so many peoplesome six
million human beingswas a horrific act of almost
complete destruction.
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Vocabulary
Scientists study fossils for clues about what
caused the annihilation of the dinosaurs.
What do they hope to learn from the fossils?
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Vocabulary
The sentence below may help you understand how
the word inexplicable is used in A Tragedy
Revealed A Heroines Last Days.
The warehouse clerk became curious about the
inexplicable sounds that came from the back of
the building.
Why might these sounds have made him curious?
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Vocabulary
The sounds coming from the back of the building
were mysterious and unexplainable.
The inexplicable noises made him wonder who or
what the source could be.
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Vocabulary
Kevins friends found his decision to quit the
team inexplicable.
Do they know why he had decided to quit?
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Vocabulary
The sentence below may help you understand how
the word premonition is used in A Tragedy
Revealed A Heroines Last Days.
When the residents were taken from the Secret
Annex, Anne left her diary she seemed to have a
premonition of what was to come.
Why might such a premonition cause her to leave
her diary behind?
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Vocabulary
Anne seemed to have a bad feeling about what was
going to happen now that theyd been found.
As a result of this premonition, she may have
decided to stop writing in her diary.
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Vocabulary
That night, Emma had a premonition of danger and
decided to stay home.
Why would Emmas premonition cause her to stay
home?
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Vocabulary
The sentence below may help you understand how
the word emaciated is used in A Tragedy
Revealed A Heroines Last Days.
Her time in the concentration camps left Anne
looking emaciated.
Why would Anne look emaciated?
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Vocabulary
Prisoners in the concentration camps received
very little food, so they became extremely thin.
This starvation explains Annes thin, emaciated
appearance.
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Vocabulary
When Louisa saw the emaciated dog, she assumed it
was a stray and took it to a shelter.
Why would the dogs emaciated appearance cause
Louisa to think it was a stray?
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Vocabulary
The sentence below may help you understand how
the word raucous is used in A Tragedy Revealed
A Heroines Last Days.
When the Occupation Police arrived for Anne and
her family, they entered quietly, not in the
raucous way the play suggests.
Why might the Occupation Police have made a quiet
entrance, rather than a raucous one?
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Vocabulary
Because the officers made a quiet entrance,
rather than a loud, raucous one, they were able
to take the occupants of the Secret Annex by
surprise.
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Vocabulary
Mr. Harrington was disappointed to hear of the
classs raucous behavior from his substitute.
Why would raucous behavior be disappointing to
Mr. Harrington?
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The End
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QuickTalk
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QuickTalk
With a small group of classmates, discuss a
recent large-scale tragedy that youve seen on
the news or read about. How did it affect
you? How will memories of it affect future
generations?
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Read with a Purpose
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Read with a Purpose
Read this article to find out what happened to
Anne Frank after she was taken prisoner.
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