Open Court Unit 4

Open Court Unit 4, Lesson 5 Study Guide
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Spelling: Changing y to i

happy	stormy	heavy	dirty	frosty
hungry	mighty	naughty	angry	windy
merry	bumpy	crazy	thirsty	speedy
grouchy	stingy	sturdy	steady	clumsy

Vocabulary

concentration camp	confide	stifled	quarters	rations
veranda	S.S.*	scullery	satchel	heaps
gaudy	chattels	via	W.C.

Assignment #1_____________________

All groups: Write a definition for each word in your notebooks. All words are in your textbook except for S.S. (Hitler’s Special Police)

Assignment #2____________________Complete the Anne Frank webquest.

Assignment #3____________________Essay Answer--your choice of either 9, 10, or 11.

Assignment #4___________________ Read Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches. Compare the Sneetches’ stars and the Jewish stars of the Holocaust.

Study Guide Questions

1. In what country does this narrative take place? Explain why the Franks are in this country.

2. Name all of the members of the Frank family.

3. Who else was hiding out with the Franks?

4. What was the proof that one of the rooms in the Secret Annex had been a laboratory?

5. What two people were too busy to eat during the first day in the Annex?

6. What secret plan did the Franks make to help them escape from the Nazis?

7. Why would no Jew in [their] situation go outside with a suitcase full of clothes?

8. What did the “gaudy yellow star” have to do with people not offering the Franks a ride?

9. Anne reports that she hadn’t had time to really think about what had happened and was still happening to her because she had been so busy. Do you think that being busy during a dangerous situation helps a person to cope better? EXPLAIN your answer.

10. What character traits did Anne Frank have that would make her a good friend to have?

11. What did Anne mean when she wrote “memories mean more to me than dresses”?

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