1) Question- On page 15, it says that Mrs. Gruber came to Reva’s home, lets another man take their stove, (their only source of hear) and says that she could have Reva’s mom killed for talking back. She also states that she is sending someone to cut down the oak tree out front, because she does not want the Jews to enjoy the beauty of it. My question is, What suddenly caused Mrs. Gruber to betray Reva’s family? Can a person really change that fast, and just all together stop caring about the people they know and love the most? I also wonder, did she really hate Jews, or was she just acting like that to protect herself and her son?
2) Predict- On page 4, The main character lets you know that she is telling a story to her daughter Nancy, Who is very young at the time. She was wondering what happened to her Grandparents. I predict that this book will end with her finishing up her story to her daughter, and will realize that it is completely over with, and she will never have to go back. I also think that this will make her realize just what a wonderful life she has now, and how strong of a person she is because of this traumatic event.
3) Judge/Evaluate- On page 13, Harry shows up at Reva’s house in a Nazi uniform, smiling brightly. Reva is really hurt by this, because she knows that he is now the enemy. Harry says that they can still remain friends, but she doesn’t respond. My prediction is, I think Harry will end up being a cruel Nazi officer, Just like the rest of them. I also think that Harry and Reva’s friendship will not last much longer because of his decision.
4) Infer- On page 31, Reva says that her little brother has no chance, and is forced to stay in bed all day due to his awful case of tuberculosis. I am guessing that Laibele is going to either cause the family a lot of trouble, get taken away by the Nazi officers for being sick, or pass away. They have no source of medical attention in the ghetto, and he has no way of becoming healthy again. I think this will cause serious problems within the family, making surviving a whole lot harder on all of them.
5) Visualize- On pages 72-76, the author creates a very intense scene, in which the Jewish cops are searching for Shmulek Nachtigal, who is their Jewish friend who was sent back from a concentration camp because the leader was drunk. This scene puts a very clear image in my head of the kids scrambling and worried, but trying to hide it as the cops tare up their house. All throughout this, I was thinking, “What if he walks through the door, not knowing their there? What if they search the house where he is hiding?” It is a very intense scene, and gives a clear picture of the horror they were facing.
6) Summarize- The section starts with The main character (Reva) explaining to her young daughter why she doesn’t have grandparents. She tells the story of how her and her brothers and mother are crammed in a tiny house in the ghetto, and are forced to work long hours every day. Riva’s mom is taken away to a concentration camp for being to old and sick to work. The child protection services figure out that the kids are living with no adult, and try to separate them. Reva ends up adopting her brothers, So she in now their legal guardian. Also, their friend who was sent to a concentration camp the year before, was released on accident and the police came to Reva and her brothers while searching for him.
1.) Question - On page 25, the Nazis separated the Jewish women and children from the men and took the men to labor camps while the women and children could go home free. Why didn’t the Nazis just take all the Jews to the labor camps instead of just the men? Wouldn’t they take all of them away later on?
2.) Predict – On page 14, Reva’s family is robbed of all their possessions and Reva’s mother is pleading with Mrs. Gruber to have pity on them. Mrs. Gruber says not to worry since they will all be gone soon. I predict that the Reva’s whole family will be shipped to the concentration camps.
3.) Infer – On page 2, the author does not provide a date, but it is clear that the main character is having flash backs about WWII.
4.) Visualize – On page 34, it describes the image of a dead Jewish man. This passage creates a horrific picture in my mind. I can imagine a gray setting and the man with blood flowing from his lungs and mouth that leaves a dark and gruesome pool of blood beside him laying there for everyone to see and take as a warning.
5.) Determine Importance – On pages 15-16, the passage is very disturbing and provoking to me because the people who were once close friends of Riva’s family are betraying them and committing horrible crimes.
6.) Fix-Up - Techniques – On page 10, I was confused about why Harry was being beaten. I didn’t think that Germans would be mistreated. Then I remembered that they were in Poland and the polish people would not think Germans as good but bad people.
Abby, you have a really good question that I have myself. Although I think that under extreme circumstances like war, people can change and become oblivious to their friends and turn on them to protect themselves from harm.
1) Question- On page 38, When Nacha is put on the wagon along with all of the others, are they being taken out of the ghetto because they can't work anymore and they are going to kill them? Or are the the Nazi's taking sick people to labor camps? (38/3)
2) Judge/Evaluate- On page 21, Mr. Avner is presented to be a; very nice, kind, caring, sweet old man, who cares about the children. Even when he is about to be taken away to a labor camp (or shot), he is telling Riva to keep her chin up. (21/5)
3) Build- In the beginning of the book, Mrs. Gruber, Harry and Olga are presented as nice kind friends who would stick by Riva and her family no matter what. On page 15 though, their true colors are beginning to show. They betray Nacha, Riva, their other family members, and everyone who before had been so kind to Mrs. Gruber, Harry and Olga. (15/5)
4) Visualize- I believe that this paragraph (21/1) paints a very vivid picture of what it would have been like to see hundreds of people be pushed along and treated that cruel, and seeing all the horror on everyone's faces as the people, not only men and women but children, who were being hurt and forced to run and walk. The children also were being tormented by seeing people being beaten to the verge of dying. (21/1)
5) Determine Importance- The words on page 43 paragraph 2, “ I should be angry at them, but they are my miracle. Their devotion is the greatest wonder in this cage” (43), are very touching words that go to show that, even when you are going through hard times, their is alway a miracle that can make thinks better, even if that miracle can make you mad at times.
6) Summarize- Chapter 7- Riva's mother is gone and she is forced to get a job so she can take care of her brothers. She soon is unable to walk and forced to stay home in bed all day, but her brothers take care of her as best as they can. Towards the end of the chapter, her brothers surprise her with a tangerine saying that it will make her better, she splits it with them as she chokes back tears of appreciation for their very thoughtful gift.
Rachel, the answer to your question “Why didn’t the Nazis just take all the Jews to the labor camps instead of just the men? Wouldn’t they take all of them away later on?” Is that they took the men first because they would last longer than the women and children. This way they wouldn't have to come back for more Jews as soon, and then they could carry more useful people in the first trip.
1)Question- In the very beginning of the book (pg.1) where Riva is waking up in the morning and the sun is shinning into her house I wonder how long ago after the Holocaust this is and how old she is since she still has chilling nightmares relating her childhood.
2)Connect- I feel that I have a connection to the book on page 8 where Riva talks about being close to Mrs. Gruber even though they aren’t related. I know what it is like to have a strong relationship with someone in which I am not related to.
3)Predict- During the long march in the streets conducted by the Nazi’s (pg. 22) when the little boy grabs Riva’s hand because he is scared, I think that she may see the little boy later on in the book, maybe at a concentration camp.
4)Infer-On page 27 it talks about they men getting on the trains and leaving after the march through the town. Riva says that the Nazi’s will not take children or women at the time. I believe that as the war gets worse and the Nazi’s become more demanding the woman and children will be shipped of the concentration camps as well and be separated from their families.
5)Visualize- On page 1 as Riva was explaining her morning being calm and happy since she has no nightmares last night, I visualized waking up on a nice summer morning, the sun shinning through my window and hearing the birds singing being calm and happy as well.
6)Summarize- In Chapter 7 Riva’s mother has been taken away from the family and now she is forced to take the motherly role. She soon becomes sick and cannot walk so she must work from home. Her brothers save their soup portions from during the day to feed Riva and try and make her well again. They surprise her by bringing home a tangerine; Riva doesn’t know if she should she should be thankful or mad at them because they have given up their food for the week in hopes of getting Riva well again.
Rebecca, you have a very strong visualization after I read what you had to say I went back to page 21 and re-read it. I found that I has the same picture going through my head as you also did while reading.
1)Question- On page 38 paragraph 6 Where the mom is separated from her kids and put into the wagon I asked Where are they taking Riva's mom? Because they put her on that wagon and it speeds away and I'm wondering where that wagon is going. I also asked if they were ever gonna see her again or if she is gone for ever.
2)Connect- On page 49 paragraph 2 I connected to there game of what if? When they were playing there what if? was if the war ended today what would they do? I connected to this because sometimes with my friends i play what if? and we do this when we get bored and have nothing really to to and to just kill time. I connected to this also because sometimes we play this game to cheer each other up and thats why Riva was playing it to cheer up and think positive and to think what there gonna do when they get out. I think this really helped them out to stay positive and to not quit on themselves and give up.
3)Judge/evaluate- On Page 48 paragraph 1 This is the part that Riva cannot walk anymore and is being carried to the doctors by moisk and when they get there and get trough the line and finally get to the doctor and they talk to him i think the way the book describes it the doctor is very depressed and is overwhelmed. I think this because he has had to tell so many people bad news and he has no cure for them because he doesn't have any medicine or anything. and he has so many patients and he has to tell them bad news a lot of the time and he is the only doctor that people know. I think he did not want to give Riva that news but he knew he had to because thats the truth he can't do anything really to help.
4)Build- On page 39 paragraph 5 I built upon my thoughts of Riva at first in the book i thought she was a little girl and that she wasn't anything special and was like any other little girl besides the holocaust. But as i kept reading i found out she was a amazing girl and much more than just a little girl because on page 39 there mother has been taken away so then Riva realizes her role and what she has to do and she knows the right thing to do is to become the mom and that is a amazing thing for a 16 year old to do she is amazing for doing it and that is amazing that she would want to and want to stand up to that challenge most 16 year old girls aren't ready to be mothers but she was and she did a great job at it it is truly amazing.
5)Infer- On page 42 paragraph 8 I have read some story about the food and in history class we talked about it and we talked about the food in the ghettos and how they got food and what it was and how there were people that would get there hands on really good food and they would sell it. So i thought about how hard it would be to get that tangerine and it was took little kids that got it not even a older adult so that was really amazing that they got there hands on that tangerine. I know how little food they get in the ghetto and how crazy that is to get a tangerine and i can only think of what the kids had to go though to get that food.
6)Visualize- page 46 paragraph 4 I could see moisk carrying Riva to the doctors office and how hard that was because they had to go all the way to the other side of the ghetto and they had to go up three flights of stairs and thats had enough to do all by yourself but he was carrying a person with him that wasn't easy at all. I know Riva was skinny sense she didn't get very much food but still she wasn't that light and to carry that weight a long ways had to be very tiring and that is amazing that he could carry her the whole way without passing out.
Mikaela- i infer the same thing i think the women will be needed eventually and then i read on in the book and noticed that they were needed they were making things of the soldiers and things for outside the ghetto in the ghetto so they were needed.
Kelby Johnson 4th The cage 1 question: I wonder if her mom died because she got taken away by Nazi on 38/4 she got split up from her family and is said that she got on a wagon which took her to the camps. 2 predict: I think her brother will die because he is sick and they don’t have anything to heal him and it said he was getting weakeron35/3. 3judge/evaluate: that there is a lot of conflict in this book because of the Germans and Jews about them and the death camp. 4 visualize: I can harry at the door in a Nazi suit and demanding them to go outside and she is surprised and sad.12/3 5 determine importance: It was surprising when harry betrayed them and work for the Germans. And confusing because I was wondering way he would betray his friend. 6 build: because she is telling the story so I think she survives.
Brady Uekert 4th Hour The Cage 1)Question- 44/1: Why was it such a big deal for them to find a doctor? It seemed like it should have been easy for them to find the doctor fast. 2) Infer- 38/3: I suppose that they took Mama away because she was not a hard enough worker, or her job was not hard enough? This confused me at first but then i realized that the Nazis assumed she needed harder work. 3) Connection- 45/5: hen she says that she feels awkward and embarrassed being carried like a child, it reminded me of how i used to feel sometimes. When i was younger i didn't like holding my mom's hand when she made me and stuff like that. So i knew what she felt like. 4) Determine Importance- 34/4: When the man suddenly dies, i think it is very important because it shows what horrors would have happened to these Jews every single day. I am sure that they saw alot of horrible things back then. 5) Judge/Evaluate- 57/3: She explains with great passion to the worker how she needs to watch over her family because her mom is not there. It was cool to see how much she cared and expressed that feeling. 6) Summarize- This first section is mostly the children trying to get by without their mother. It is hard to read whats going on in their minds at points in the book. I kind of like that though. It has been a good read so far.
1) Question: On page 27 paragraph 1 I wondered what Riva needed to tell Mrs. Avner when she is asking "How do I tell her." After I reread a couple pages, I figured out that Riva had seen Mr. Avner, and he gave her the signal to keep her chin high. Riva was wondering how she could tell, Mrs. Avner that her husband was taken by the Nazis.
2) Connect: During the 1st paragraph on page 7 I had a text to self connection with Mrs. Gruber. Riva mentioned that Mrs. Gruber owns their apartment, making Mrs. Gruber there landlady. My parents are landlords to our renters. When Mrs. Gruber poked her head through the door to ask a question, it reminded me of my parents when they go over to the house, because they frequently have to ask our renters questions.
3) Predict: While I was reading chapter 4 (page 25, paragraph 5), I predicted that in a couple days all the women and children who walked to the railroad station, and were then freed to go home, will later be captured. Then they will be sent to concentration camps or work camps. This prediction is slightly right because Rivas mom is taken to a work camp later.
4) Judge Evaluate: On page 80 and 81, during Laibele and Riva’s conversation about being a philosopher, I realized that Laibele is always trying to remember the good times in life or think of what good things the future might bring. I think this because he brought up the poems they learned in school one winter and his thought that god might take special care of orphans.
5) Visualize: Throughout page 20-21 I can picture Riva packed tight in the crowd marching around the block to the train station. I imagine hundreds of people packed tight in a large bunch. Everybody is screaming and crying and looking for people they know.
6) Determine Importance: On page 29 the author (Ruth Minsky Sender) wrote the word Judenrat in italics, put a comma and then defined the word. This word must be important to understand the story otherwise the author wouldn’t have written the definition.
Brady, I think the reason it was so hard to find a doctor, was because so many people were sick or injured, all the doctors were so busy. Doctors may have been an easy target for the Nazis to kill because they were helping the Jews, that the Nazis wanted dead. I thought the Nazis took Riva’s mom away because she was a hard worker and they wanted that kind of work in the labor camps. I agree with you when you said it was cool to see how Riva expressed her feelings to the social worker. It is really nice of her to care so much about her brothers. One suggestion for you, is next time you do a summery, only do it on one chapter and focus on the specifics of that chapter.
1) page 88 paragraph 2 question- Why would the judge be so nice to the kids for stealing and only give motele a cleaning job? That seems a little uncharacteristic of those kinds of judges at that time. It seems like they should have been sent to a labor camp or killed.
2) page 56 paragraph 3 connection- I made a connection to the kids as they were sitting in the child welfare department. They were scared out of they’re minds and didn’t know what to expect. I can connect to that because I a few times was sitting in the office at school and I was really scared just waiting for that door to open and for the principal to say “BEMENT! Come in and sit down” but most of the time I’m not in trouble
3) page 12 paragraph 1 visualize- I visualized the Germans coming and taking Jews away and only giving them 5 minutes to move out of there homes and if they didn’t go fast enough they were badly beaten or killed. I could only imagine how many different scenarios were running through there minds like, Where r we going? Will they kill us? Why are they doing this?
4) page 88 paragraph 3 predict- I predict that the kids probably wont be as lucky as they were getting let off so easy in the future. I predict that because they will probably face harder punishments and trials since Jews at the time were not given fair trials and were also instead either killed or sent away to death or labor camps.
5) page 17 paragraph 1 judge/evaluate- When the bearded Jewish men are being pulled by their beards and then have their beards set on fire with cigarettes. I thought that was probably one of the most painful things I’ve ever heard and also one of the most gruesome things I’ve ever heard.
6) page 80 paragraph 1 infer- I infer that many Jews will die or become ill because of the frigid cold weather. I inferred that because I knew that the Jews didn’t have many things to keep warm because they were rushed out of their homes so they couldn’t grab many things.
I like your connection. I never really thought of it that way. I can connect to that too except in different situations, like at the doctor's or dentist. I think it helped me to see how they were feeling at that time. I have a new understanding for that scene in the book.
1)Infer-There is never any dad in this story. I think he was either taken at the beginning of the holocaust, or left the family before it even started. Either way, I don't think he was that close to the family.
2)Connection-When Riva's brothers give up their bread for the week to cure her legs, it reminds me of when my family goes out of their way to get something I want or need. It makes me feel like I owe them for it.
3)Determine Importance-I think it is important that Riva's legs are hurt, because she may need to use them later in the book.
4)Judge/Evaluate-To me it seems like the brother whose name starts with an "M" (I forgot his name) is the 'man of the house'. When that Nazis come and look for the neighbor, he steps up and takes control without consulting anyone.
5)Question-Why did only the oldest three siblings move to Russia? Couldn't the whole family live or hide there until the Holocaust is over?
6)Summarize-Part one was mostly just the background of the family and the children dealing with and working through problems. It's hard to predict what's next.
1)Connection: on page 31 paragraph 2 Riva feels as if everything they are doing is pointless, and that the fact they are sitting there making outfits for the Germans that are trying to kill them is totally defeating their purpose. I made a connection because sometimes I wonder why people do what they do when really it's pointless and unneeded; like drama and fights over pointless little things.
2) evaluation: On page 14 paragraph 1 its seems as if all of Riva's neighbors and friends suddenly turn on her and her family. Normally people would not just turn on their friends like that. So i evaluated the situation and came to the conclusion that they must have just been super scared for their lives and didn't want to get killed.
3) Visualization: On page 21 paragraph 4 I could visualize all the people running and suddenly stopping in the midst of a step. I could also visualize the scared, hurting, pregnant lady and the police man just kicking her down.
4)Determine importance: On page 61 paragraph 3 i thought that how Riva describes her brother is a very important part of knowing how they felt and what peoples bodies do when put in stressful, scary, and horrifying situations.
5) Question: om page 40 paragraph 4 Riva mentions Gallstones. I'm not quite sure what they are or what they cause but she says they 'cause painful attacks'. Why would something suddenly flare up like that?
6)Build: on page 39 paragraph 2 i realize how much Riva has grown as a person. At first i thought she was just a scared child, but at this point in the story she seems almost like a mom and seems to care about her brothers like a mom would. Naturally of course you care about your siblings and love them but further in the story when she has to choose about adoption and how she handles that situation shows how much she wants to keep her family.
In reply to Ryan's question: That puzzled me to, but maybe the judge realizes how much they have to go through and all their suffering and actually cares unlike most people.
1)Question- On page 25, the Nazis separated the Jewish women and children from the men, and took the men to labor camps while the women and children got to go home free. Why did the Nazis let the women and children go free if they were going to search every Jewish house and take the women and children to labor camps in the future? Why did they let Abram go free if he was blind, and they were going to take all the sick and disabled children? (All of 25)
2)Fix-up Techniques- On pages 1-4, the story is in the present with Riva and her kids. I was a little confused on the first two pages because I knew that the book was about a girl and her story during WWII, so I thought the story must be on a flash back, but it was not clear. The author should have put a date at the beginning of the book (the author put a date at the end of chapter one, but it was the date of her childhood). (All of chapter one)
3)Visualize- On page 34, the Nazis kill a man, and the description of the man’s body is described in the book. I visualized every detail that the author wrote. While I was reading I had a image of a man laying on the ground with his eyes close but still alive with blood flowing out of his mouth, and all over his shirt and the ground. After the Nazis picked up the body I imagined a large puddle of dark red blood with every Jew staring at it. (All of 34)
4)Predict-On pages 35-37, the Nazis call all the Jews out from their homes and search the homes for sick people. Riva’s little brother Laibele contracted Tuberculosis, so Riva’s mother hid him in a closet. Riva and her other siblings told their mother to stay with Laibele, for she got Tuberculosis as well. Riva’s mom did not take the advice and went out. I predict that the Nazis will take Riva’s mom, and the Nazis will not find Laibele. I predict this because I know that the book is about Riva taking care of her siblings with no adult. (All of 35-37)
5) Summarize- In Chapter six the Nazis call all the Jews out of their homes. Riva and her family knew that the Nazis would take the sick, so Riva and her mother hide Laibele who is sick with Tuberculosis in a closet. Riva and her siblings force their mother to stay in hiding with Laibele, for she too got Tuberculsis, but she does not take the advice. Riva’s mother goes out with Riva and her other siblings, after a while a Nazis police officer asked a question to Riva’s mother…then they took her. Riva was left alone to take care of her younger siblings. (All of chapter 6)
6)Judge/Evaluate-In chapter four, the Nazis make a march out of Jews on the streets. In the march many Jews were getting pushed and hurt by the Nazis. There were many kids on the streets with out adults, and one of them was Riva. While Riva was in the march, a little scared boy grabbed on to Riva, so Riva stayed with him the whole time. Riva also helped a friend called Abram. Abram was a blind boy who was alone, so Riva helped him as well. I think Riva is a very strong, brave, and a very helping person. (All of chapter 4)
Brady Uekert- It is a big deal for them to find a doctor because Jews could have only gone to Jewish doctors, and there were not many Jewish people allowed to work at the time. It was not easy for them to find a doctor because a lot of Jews got sick or got diseases, and due to the less amount of Jewish doctors it was hard for them to get a doctor to look at them.
Connection: I have lost a family member like the main character.2/2
Prediction: I predict the girl will get captured. 35/1
Judge/Evaluate: I don’t think putting a sick child in a box was very smart. 36/1
Infer: My inference is that the girl will loose her family in a big group when the Nazi’s try to round them up.20/4
Visualize: I see decaying bodies along the streets, and Nazi’s marching up and down the streets. 20/1
Krupaa Patel: in response to your question "Why did the Nazis let the women and children go free if they were going to search every Jewish house and take the women and children to labor camps in the future?" I think they did that because they didn't have enough room at the time for all the Jews.
Question- On page 14, paragraph 2, it says that the Nazi's tale the oven away from Riva and her family, which is their only source of heat left, why did they do that?
Predict- On page 39, paragraph 5. I predicted that Riva is probably very scared that she will have to take care of her brothers, and her sick brother Liabele, but she will try her hardest to be the best mother she can be.
Build- On page 50, paragraph 6, I realized that ever since Riva's mother died she has changed a lot, and built as a person; she became much more responsible, emotional, and much more resourceful with their bread.
Visualize- Page 1, Paragraph 1, I visualized the sunlight going through their windows, and it being a nice spring day outside.
Determine Importance- Page 70, Paragraph 3, I think the letter Rive wrote to her mother is well-written. It has a lot of meaning in it and you can tell it really came from the heart.
Summarize- In chapter four,the nazi's look for sick people, and old people. Liabele had to go into hiding, so he wouldn't get taken away. Mama gets taken away from her family by the Nazi's, because she looked sick.
Denver, tuberculosis is a disease when affecting the lungs; pulmonary phthisis; consumption.
1)Question- On page 83 ,paragraph 6-8 and page 84, paragraph 1-2 why is Motele stealing wood such a huge crime? They made it sound like stealing wood was a major crime. In fact it seems like anything the Jews do is a major crime.
2)Visualize- Just like how Krupaa said, I also saw decaying bodies on the streets; along with that, I can also see people crying along side with their love ones on the streets on the whole page of 20
3)Connect- On page 83, how Motele steals the wood it reminds me of different situations that my dad tells me about. My dad has told me sometimes breaking the rule is the better thing to do, just like how Motele stealing the firewood was best for his family so they could stay warm.
4)Summarize- Chapter 14, the family is sitting in their house cold with the bitter weather, because they ran out of things to burn. So Motele goes out to a shed to get more firewood for his family while his family members are sound asleep. The police notice that some of the firewood is missing and come to their house in search for it and first blame Riva at first until Motele tells them it was him that stole it and had to go court to see his punishment for his crime.
5)Predict- I feel like that Riva is going to be the only survivor, and the whole family is gonna go to concentration camps.
6)Determine Importance- I saw this word (Judenrat) early on in the book on page 29, used in the first paragraph and in the second and fourth paragraph, but only italics the first time which made me think it was an important word that the author wanted the readers to know about. On top of it she also gave us the definition of what it means.
Brooke, don't forget to label your strategies with a number. Mrs. Mayo might take off a point for that and about your question on why the Nazis took away their only heat supply is probably because Hitler is trying to kill all the Jews, so if they take away there heat they will die faster from the weather and they well get colds and flues faster and easier.
1)Predict: I predict that in this book, the horrors of the true holocaust will be revealed.
2)Question: How old is Riva in the beginning of the story?
3)Infer: I assume that when the Jews were stealing wood, they were judged by their religion and by racist Nazis, therefore treated harshly and unfairly.
4)Connection: The Jews are treated unfairly(all throughout the holocaust), I feel that life is unfair sometimes and someone is always different like if my family divides the last of the Oreo cookies and someone gets 2 and everyone else gets one or none. (this is obviously not as drastic as the holocaust of course)
5)Determine importance: The author wrote the word (Judenrat) early on and reused it later, and also defined it and typed it in italics which I believe tells us as the readers how important it is to the author that the audience knows the word.
6)Summarize: This book is based on events that occurred about 50 years ago during the holocaust and expresses how important it is that people know what happened in town and cities within countries like Germany.
Isaac, I agree that the Jews were treated terribly for such a small act.
1)Infer: i assume that sooner or later they will all have to go to somewhere different and they maybe be separated. which is sad. they are a very loving family and they are there for each other when in need.
2)Question: what does pesach mean?
3)Connection: whenever i hear something about like Jews i always think back to this book and think about how the Jews were treated badly and unfairly. which was not right.
4)Determine Importance: i think that when the author describes these scenes that she wanted us to visualize what was happening and so she put a lot of detail in the book which i like:)
5)Judge/Evaluate: i am so proud that Riva and her brothers and mother could stay together as long ad they could i loved how they fought to be together.
6)Summarize: when the author describes the Jews i feel bad for them for what the Nazis are doing to them. i don't see why the Nazis treated them badly instead of equally, like they should have had done in the first place.
Tim, well in the very beginning like the first chapter she was old. but it never said how old she was but she had a child. so I'm guessing she should have been in her late thirties or early forties.
Abby Nyseth- 3rd Hour English
ReplyDelete1) Question- On page 15, it says that Mrs. Gruber came to Reva’s home, lets another man take their stove, (their only source of hear) and says that she could have Reva’s mom killed for talking back. She also states that she is sending someone to cut down the oak tree out front, because she does not want the Jews to enjoy the beauty of it. My question is, What suddenly caused Mrs. Gruber to betray Reva’s family? Can a person really change that fast, and just all together stop caring about the people they know and love the most? I also wonder, did she really hate Jews, or was she just acting like that to protect herself and her son?
2) Predict- On page 4, The main character lets you know that she is telling a story to her daughter Nancy, Who is very young at the time. She was wondering what happened to her Grandparents. I predict that this book will end with her finishing up her story to her daughter, and will realize that it is completely over with, and she will never have to go back. I also think that this will make her realize just what a wonderful life she has now, and how strong of a person she is because of this traumatic event.
3) Judge/Evaluate- On page 13, Harry shows up at Reva’s house in a Nazi uniform, smiling brightly. Reva is really hurt by this, because she knows that he is now the enemy. Harry says that they can still remain friends, but she doesn’t respond. My prediction is, I think Harry will end up being a cruel Nazi officer, Just like the rest of them. I also think that Harry and Reva’s friendship will not last much longer because of his decision.
4) Infer- On page 31, Reva says that her little brother has no chance, and is forced to stay in bed all day due to his awful case of tuberculosis. I am guessing that Laibele is going to either cause the family a lot of trouble, get taken away by the Nazi officers for being sick, or pass away. They have no source of medical attention in the ghetto, and he has no way of becoming healthy again. I think this will cause serious problems within the family, making surviving a whole lot harder on all of them.
5) Visualize- On pages 72-76, the author creates a very intense scene, in which the Jewish cops are searching for Shmulek Nachtigal, who is their Jewish friend who was sent back from a concentration camp because the leader was drunk. This scene puts a very clear image in my head of the kids scrambling and worried, but trying to hide it as the cops tare up their house. All throughout this, I was thinking, “What if he walks through the door, not knowing their there? What if they search the house where he is hiding?” It is a very intense scene, and gives a clear picture of the horror they were facing.
6) Summarize- The section starts with The main character (Reva) explaining to her young daughter why she doesn’t have grandparents. She tells the story of how her and her brothers and mother are crammed in a tiny house in the ghetto, and are forced to work long hours every day. Riva’s mom is taken away to a concentration camp for being to old and sick to work. The child protection services figure out that the kids are living with no adult, and try to separate them. Reva ends up adopting her brothers, So she in now their legal guardian. Also, their friend who was sent to a concentration camp the year before, was released on accident and the police came to Reva and her brothers while searching for him.
Rachel Abrego – 3rd Hour English
ReplyDelete1.) Question - On page 25, the Nazis separated the Jewish women and children from the men and took the men to labor camps while the women and children could go home free. Why didn’t the Nazis just take all the Jews to the labor camps instead of just the men? Wouldn’t they take all of them away later on?
2.) Predict – On page 14, Reva’s family is robbed of all their possessions and Reva’s mother is pleading with Mrs. Gruber to have pity on them. Mrs. Gruber says not to worry since they will all be gone soon. I predict that the Reva’s whole family will be shipped to the concentration camps.
3.) Infer – On page 2, the author does not provide a date, but it is clear that the main character is having flash backs about WWII.
4.) Visualize – On page 34, it describes the image of a dead Jewish man. This passage creates a horrific picture in my mind. I can imagine a gray setting and the man with blood flowing from his lungs and mouth that leaves a dark and gruesome pool of blood beside him laying there for everyone to see and take as a warning.
5.) Determine Importance – On pages 15-16, the passage is very disturbing and provoking to me because the people who were once close friends of Riva’s family are betraying them and committing horrible crimes.
6.) Fix-Up - Techniques – On page 10, I was confused about why Harry was being beaten. I didn’t think that Germans would be mistreated. Then I remembered that they were in Poland and the polish people would not think Germans as good but bad people.
Abby, you have a really good question that I have myself. Although I think that under extreme circumstances like war, people can change and become oblivious to their friends and turn on them to protect themselves from harm.
Rebecca Snider-1st hour English
ReplyDelete1) Question- On page 38, When Nacha is put on the wagon along with all of the others, are they being taken out of the ghetto because they can't work anymore and they are going to kill them? Or are the the Nazi's taking sick people to labor camps? (38/3)
2) Judge/Evaluate- On page 21, Mr. Avner is presented to be a; very nice, kind, caring, sweet old man, who cares about the children. Even when he is about to be taken away to a labor camp (or shot), he is telling Riva to keep her chin up. (21/5)
3) Build- In the beginning of the book, Mrs. Gruber, Harry and Olga are presented as nice kind friends who would stick by Riva and her family no matter what. On page 15 though, their true colors are beginning to show. They betray Nacha, Riva, their other family members, and everyone who before had been so kind to Mrs. Gruber, Harry and Olga. (15/5)
4) Visualize- I believe that this paragraph (21/1) paints a very vivid picture of what it would have been like to see hundreds of people be pushed along and treated that cruel, and seeing all the horror on everyone's faces as the people, not only men and women but children, who were being hurt and forced to run and walk. The children also were being tormented by seeing people being beaten to the verge of dying. (21/1)
5) Determine Importance- The words on page 43 paragraph 2, “ I should be angry at them, but they are my miracle. Their devotion is the greatest wonder in this cage” (43), are very touching words that go to show that, even when you are going through hard times, their is alway a miracle that can make thinks better, even if that miracle can make you mad at times.
6) Summarize- Chapter 7- Riva's mother is gone and she is forced to get a job so she can take care of her brothers. She soon is unable to walk and forced to stay home in bed all day, but her brothers take care of her as best as they can. Towards the end of the chapter, her brothers surprise her with a tangerine saying that it will make her better, she splits it with them as she chokes back tears of appreciation for their very thoughtful gift.
Rachel, the answer to your question “Why didn’t the Nazis just take all the Jews to the labor camps instead of just the men? Wouldn’t they take all of them away later on?” Is that they took the men first because they would last longer than the women and children. This way they wouldn't have to come back for more Jews as soon, and then they could carry more useful people in the first trip.
Mikaela Weisbrot- 1st hour English
ReplyDelete1)Question- In the very beginning of the book (pg.1) where Riva is waking up in the morning and the sun is shinning into her house I wonder how long ago after the Holocaust this is and how old she is since she still has chilling nightmares relating her childhood.
2)Connect- I feel that I have a connection to the book on page 8 where Riva talks about being close to Mrs. Gruber even though they aren’t related. I know what it is like to have a strong relationship with someone in which I am not related to.
3)Predict- During the long march in the streets conducted by the Nazi’s (pg. 22) when the little boy grabs Riva’s hand because he is scared, I think that she may see the little boy later on in the book, maybe at a concentration camp.
4)Infer-On page 27 it talks about they men getting on the trains and leaving after the march through the town. Riva says that the Nazi’s will not take children or women at the time. I believe that as the war gets worse and the Nazi’s become more demanding the woman and children will be shipped of the concentration camps as well and be separated from their families.
5)Visualize- On page 1 as Riva was explaining her morning being calm and happy since she has no nightmares last night, I visualized waking up on a nice summer morning, the sun shinning through my window and hearing the birds singing being calm and happy as well.
6)Summarize- In Chapter 7 Riva’s mother has been taken away from the family and now she is forced to take the motherly role. She soon becomes sick and cannot walk so she must work from home. Her brothers save their soup portions from during the day to feed Riva and try and make her well again. They surprise her by bringing home a tangerine; Riva doesn’t know if she should she should be thankful or mad at them because they have given up their food for the week in hopes of getting Riva well again.
Rebecca, you have a very strong visualization after I read what you had to say I went back to page 21 and re-read it. I found that I has the same picture going through my head as you also did while reading.
Troy Schwan- 4th hour english
ReplyDelete1)Question- On page 38 paragraph 6 Where the mom is separated from her kids and put into the wagon I asked Where are they taking Riva's mom? Because they put her on that wagon and it speeds away and I'm wondering where that wagon is going. I also asked if they were ever gonna see her again or if she is gone for ever.
2)Connect- On page 49 paragraph 2 I connected to there game of what if? When they were playing there what if? was if the war ended today what would they do? I connected to this because sometimes with my friends i play what if? and we do this when we get bored and have nothing really to to and to just kill time. I connected to this also because sometimes we play this game to cheer each other up and thats why Riva was playing it to cheer up and think positive and to think what there gonna do when they get out. I think this really helped them out to stay positive and to not quit on themselves and give up.
3)Judge/evaluate- On Page 48 paragraph 1 This is the part that Riva cannot walk anymore and is being carried to the doctors by moisk and when they get there and get trough the line and finally get to the doctor and they talk to him i think the way the book describes it the doctor is very depressed and is overwhelmed. I think this because he has had to tell so many people bad news and he has no cure for them because he doesn't have any medicine or anything. and he has so many patients and he has to tell them bad news a lot of the time and he is the only doctor that people know. I think he did not want to give Riva that news but he knew he had to because thats the truth he can't do anything really to help.
4)Build- On page 39 paragraph 5 I built upon my thoughts of Riva at first in the book i thought she was a little girl and that she wasn't anything special and was like any other little girl besides the holocaust. But as i kept reading i found out she was a amazing girl and much more than just a little girl because on page 39 there mother has been taken away so then Riva realizes her role and what she has to do and she knows the right thing to do is to become the mom and that is a amazing thing for a 16 year old to do she is amazing for doing it and that is amazing that she would want to and want to stand up to that challenge most 16 year old girls aren't ready to be mothers but she was and she did a great job at it it is truly amazing.
5)Infer- On page 42 paragraph 8 I have read some story about the food and in history class we talked about it and we talked about the food in the ghettos and how they got food and what it was and how there were people that would get there hands on really good food and they would sell it. So i thought about how hard it would be to get that tangerine and it was took little kids that got it not even a older adult so that was really amazing that they got there hands on that tangerine. I know how little food they get in the ghetto and how crazy that is to get a tangerine and i can only think of what the kids had to go though to get that food.
6)Visualize- page 46 paragraph 4 I could see moisk carrying Riva to the doctors office and how hard that was because they had to go all the way to the other side of the ghetto and they had to go up three flights of stairs and thats had enough to do all by yourself but he was carrying a person with him that wasn't easy at all. I know Riva was skinny sense she didn't get very much food but still she wasn't that light and to carry that weight a long ways had to be very tiring and that is amazing that he could carry her the whole way without passing out.
Mikaela- i infer the same thing i think the women will be needed eventually and then i read on in the book and noticed that they were needed they were making things of the soldiers and things for outside the ghetto in the ghetto so they were needed.
Kelby Johnson 4th
ReplyDeleteThe cage
1 question: I wonder if her mom died because she got taken away by Nazi on 38/4 she got split up from her family and is said that she got on a wagon which took her to the camps.
2 predict: I think her brother will die because he is sick and they don’t have anything to heal him and it said he was getting weakeron35/3.
3judge/evaluate: that there is a lot of conflict in this book because of the Germans and Jews about them and the death camp.
4 visualize: I can harry at the door in a Nazi suit and demanding them to go outside and she is surprised and sad.12/3
5 determine importance: It was surprising when harry betrayed them and work for the Germans. And confusing because I was wondering way he would betray his friend.
6 build: because she is telling the story so I think she survives.
Brady Uekert 4th Hour
DeleteThe Cage
1)Question- 44/1: Why was it such a big deal for them to find a doctor? It seemed like it should have been easy for them to find the doctor fast.
2) Infer- 38/3: I suppose that they took Mama away because she was not a hard enough worker, or her job was not hard enough? This confused me at first but then i realized that the Nazis assumed she needed harder work.
3) Connection- 45/5: hen she says that she feels awkward and embarrassed being carried like a child, it reminded me of how i used to feel sometimes. When i was younger i didn't like holding my mom's hand when she made me and stuff like that. So i knew what she felt like.
4) Determine Importance- 34/4: When the man suddenly dies, i think it is very important because it shows what horrors would have happened to these Jews every single day. I am sure that they saw alot of horrible things back then.
5) Judge/Evaluate- 57/3: She explains with great passion to the worker how she needs to watch over her family because her mom is not there. It was cool to see how much she cared and expressed that feeling.
6) Summarize- This first section is mostly the children trying to get by without their mother. It is hard to read whats going on in their minds at points in the book. I kind of like that though. It has been a good read so far.
The mom gets taken away because she looks sick, not because she doesn't work hard enough.
DeleteI think that was a great connection and i really know how you feel i think its really embarrassing tohug and kiss your mom in public
DeleteEmily Vesper- 7th Hour English
ReplyDelete1) Question: On page 27 paragraph 1 I wondered what Riva needed to tell Mrs. Avner when she is asking "How do I tell her." After I reread a couple pages, I figured out that Riva had seen Mr. Avner, and he gave her the signal to keep her chin high. Riva was wondering how she could tell, Mrs. Avner that her husband was taken by the Nazis.
2) Connect: During the 1st paragraph on page 7 I had a text to self connection with Mrs. Gruber. Riva mentioned that Mrs. Gruber owns their apartment, making Mrs. Gruber there landlady. My parents are landlords to our renters. When Mrs. Gruber poked her head through the door to ask a question, it reminded me of my parents when they go over to the house, because they frequently have to ask our renters questions.
3) Predict: While I was reading chapter 4 (page 25, paragraph 5), I predicted that in a couple days all the women and children who walked to the railroad station, and were then freed to go home, will later be captured. Then they will be sent to concentration camps or work camps. This prediction is slightly right because Rivas mom is taken to a work camp later.
4) Judge Evaluate: On page 80 and 81, during Laibele and Riva’s conversation about being a philosopher, I realized that Laibele is always trying to remember the good times in life or think of what good things the future might bring. I think this because he brought up the poems they learned in school one winter and his thought that god might take special care of orphans.
5) Visualize: Throughout page 20-21 I can picture Riva packed tight in the crowd marching around the block to the train station. I imagine hundreds of people packed tight in a large bunch. Everybody is screaming and crying and looking for people they know.
6) Determine Importance: On page 29 the author (Ruth Minsky Sender) wrote the word Judenrat in italics, put a comma and then defined the word. This word must be important to understand the story otherwise the author wouldn’t have written the definition.
Brady, I think the reason it was so hard to find a doctor, was because so many people were sick or injured, all the doctors were so busy. Doctors may have been an easy target for the Nazis to kill because they were helping the Jews, that the Nazis wanted dead. I thought the Nazis took Riva’s mom away because she was a hard worker and they wanted that kind of work in the labor camps. I agree with you when you said it was cool to see how Riva expressed her feelings to the social worker. It is really nice of her to care so much about her brothers. One suggestion for you, is next time you do a summery, only do it on one chapter and focus on the specifics of that chapter.
Ryan Bement hr5
ReplyDeleteThe cage
1) page 88 paragraph 2 question- Why would the judge be so nice to the kids for stealing and only give motele a cleaning job? That seems a little uncharacteristic of those kinds of judges at that time. It seems like they should have been sent to a labor camp or killed.
2) page 56 paragraph 3 connection- I made a connection to the kids as they were sitting in the child welfare department. They were scared out of they’re minds and didn’t know what to expect. I can connect to that because I a few times was sitting in the office at school and I was really scared just waiting for that door to open and for the principal to say “BEMENT! Come in and sit down” but most of the time I’m not in trouble
3) page 12 paragraph 1 visualize- I visualized the Germans coming and taking Jews away and only giving them 5 minutes to move out of there homes and if they didn’t go fast enough they were badly beaten or killed. I could only imagine how many different scenarios were running through there minds like, Where r we going? Will they kill us? Why are they doing this?
4) page 88 paragraph 3 predict- I predict that the kids probably wont be as lucky as they were getting let off so easy in the future. I predict that because they will probably face harder punishments and trials since Jews at the time were not given fair trials and were also instead either killed or sent away to death or labor camps.
5) page 17 paragraph 1 judge/evaluate- When the bearded Jewish men are being pulled by their beards and then have their beards set on fire with cigarettes. I thought that was probably one of the most painful things
I’ve ever heard and also one of the most gruesome things I’ve ever heard.
6) page 80 paragraph 1 infer- I infer that many Jews will die or become ill because of the frigid cold weather. I inferred that because I knew that the Jews didn’t have many things to keep warm because they were rushed out of their homes so they couldn’t grab many things.
I like your connection. I never really thought of it that way. I can connect to that too except in different situations, like at the doctor's or dentist. I think it helped me to see how they were feeling at that time. I have a new understanding for that scene in the book.
DeleteAnna Woolsey 1st Hour ( ^ comment ^ )
ReplyDelete1)Infer-There is never any dad in this story. I think he was either taken at the beginning of the holocaust, or left the family before it even started. Either way, I don't think he was that close to the family.
2)Connection-When Riva's brothers give up their bread for the week to cure her legs, it reminds me of when my family goes out of their way to get something I want or need. It makes me feel like I owe them for it.
3)Determine Importance-I think it is important that Riva's legs are hurt, because she may need to use them later in the book.
4)Judge/Evaluate-To me it seems like the brother whose name starts with an "M" (I forgot his name) is the 'man of the house'. When that Nazis come and look for the neighbor, he steps up and takes control without consulting anyone.
5)Question-Why did only the oldest three siblings move to Russia? Couldn't the whole family live or hide there until the Holocaust is over?
6)Summarize-Part one was mostly just the background of the family and the children dealing with and working through problems. It's hard to predict what's next.
Brooklynn Rucinski 3rd hour
ReplyDelete1)Connection: on page 31 paragraph 2 Riva feels as if everything they are doing is pointless, and that the fact they are sitting there making outfits for the Germans that are trying to kill them is totally defeating their purpose. I made a connection because sometimes I wonder why people do what they do when really it's pointless and unneeded; like drama and fights over pointless little things.
2) evaluation: On page 14 paragraph 1 its seems as if all of Riva's neighbors and friends suddenly turn on her and her family. Normally people would not just turn on their friends like that. So i evaluated the situation and came to the conclusion that they must have just been super scared for their lives and didn't want to get killed.
3) Visualization: On page 21 paragraph 4 I could visualize all the people running and suddenly stopping in the midst of a step. I could also visualize the scared, hurting, pregnant lady and the police man just kicking her down.
4)Determine importance: On page 61 paragraph 3 i thought that how Riva describes her brother is a very important part of knowing how they felt and what peoples bodies do when put in stressful, scary, and horrifying situations.
5) Question: om page 40 paragraph 4 Riva mentions Gallstones. I'm not quite sure what they are or what they cause but she says they 'cause painful attacks'. Why would something suddenly flare up like that?
6)Build: on page 39 paragraph 2 i realize how much Riva has grown as a person. At first i thought she was just a scared child, but at this point in the story she seems almost like a mom and seems to care about her brothers like a mom would. Naturally of course you care about your siblings and love them but further in the story when she has to choose about adoption and how she handles that situation shows how much she wants to keep her family.
In reply to Ryan's question: That puzzled me to, but maybe the judge realizes how much they have to go through and all their suffering and actually cares unlike most people.
Krupaa Patel-7th Hour English
ReplyDelete1)Question- On page 25, the Nazis separated the Jewish women and children from the men, and took the men to labor camps while the women and children got to go home free. Why did the Nazis let the women and children go free if they were going to search every Jewish house and take the women and children to labor camps in the future? Why did they let Abram go free if he was blind, and they were going to take all the sick and disabled children? (All of 25)
2)Fix-up Techniques- On pages 1-4, the story is in the present with Riva and her kids. I was a little confused on the first two pages because I knew that the book was about a girl and her story during WWII, so I thought the story must be on a flash back, but it was not clear. The author should have put a date at the beginning of the book (the author put a date at the end of chapter one, but it was the date of her childhood). (All of chapter one)
3)Visualize- On page 34, the Nazis kill a man, and the description of the man’s body is described in the book. I visualized every detail that the author wrote. While I was reading I had a image of a man laying on the ground with his eyes close but still alive with blood flowing out of his mouth, and all over his shirt and the ground. After the Nazis picked up the body I imagined a large puddle of dark red blood with every Jew staring at it. (All of 34)
4)Predict-On pages 35-37, the Nazis call all the Jews out from their homes and search the homes for sick people. Riva’s little brother Laibele contracted Tuberculosis, so Riva’s mother hid him in a closet. Riva and her other siblings told their mother to stay with Laibele, for she got Tuberculosis as well. Riva’s mom did not take the advice and went out. I predict that the Nazis will take Riva’s mom, and the Nazis will not find Laibele. I predict this because I know that the book is about Riva taking care of her siblings with no adult. (All of 35-37)
5) Summarize- In Chapter six the Nazis call all the Jews out of their homes. Riva and her family knew that the Nazis would take the sick, so Riva and her mother hide Laibele who is sick with Tuberculosis in a closet. Riva and her siblings force their mother to stay in hiding with Laibele, for she too got Tuberculsis, but she does not take the advice. Riva’s mother goes out with Riva and her other siblings, after a while a Nazis police officer asked a question to Riva’s mother…then they took her. Riva was left alone to take care of her younger siblings. (All of chapter 6)
6)Judge/Evaluate-In chapter four, the Nazis make a march out of Jews on the streets. In the march many Jews were getting pushed and hurt by the Nazis. There were many kids on the streets with out adults, and one of them was Riva. While Riva was in the march, a little scared boy grabbed on to Riva, so Riva stayed with him the whole time. Riva also helped a friend called Abram. Abram was a blind boy who was alone, so Riva helped him as well. I think Riva is a very strong, brave, and a very helping person. (All of chapter 4)
Brady Uekert- It is a big deal for them to find a doctor because Jews could have only gone to Jewish doctors, and there were not many Jewish people allowed to work at the time. It was not easy for them to find a doctor because a lot of Jews got sick or got diseases, and due to the less amount of Jewish doctors it was hard for them to get a doctor to look at them.
Denver Coscio 4th hour
DeleteQuestion: What is Tuberculosis? 30/2
Connection: I have lost a family member like the main character.2/2
Prediction: I predict the girl will get captured. 35/1
Judge/Evaluate: I don’t think putting a sick child in a box was very smart. 36/1
Infer: My inference is that the girl will loose her family in a big group when the Nazi’s try to round them up.20/4
Visualize: I see decaying bodies along the streets, and Nazi’s marching up and down the streets. 20/1
Krupaa Patel: in response to your question "Why did the Nazis let the women and children go free if they were going to search every Jewish house and take the women and children to labor camps in the future?" I think they did that because they didn't have enough room at the time for all the Jews.
Brooke Jorgensen 5th hour
ReplyDeleteQuestion- On page 14, paragraph 2, it says that the Nazi's tale the oven away from Riva and her family, which is their only source of heat left, why did they do that?
Predict- On page 39, paragraph 5. I predicted that Riva is probably very scared that she will have to take care of her brothers, and her sick brother Liabele, but she will try her hardest to be the best mother she can be.
Build- On page 50, paragraph 6, I realized that ever since Riva's mother died she has changed a lot, and built as a person; she became much more responsible, emotional, and much more resourceful with their bread.
Visualize- Page 1, Paragraph 1, I visualized the sunlight going through their windows, and it being a nice spring day outside.
Determine Importance- Page 70, Paragraph 3, I think the letter Rive wrote to her mother is well-written. It has a lot of meaning in it and you can tell it really came from the heart.
Summarize- In chapter four,the nazi's look for sick people, and old people. Liabele had to go into hiding, so he wouldn't get taken away. Mama gets taken away from her family by the Nazi's, because she looked sick.
Denver, tuberculosis is a disease when affecting the lungs; pulmonary phthisis; consumption.
Isaac Frieders 5th hour
ReplyDelete1)Question- On page 83 ,paragraph 6-8 and page 84, paragraph 1-2 why is Motele stealing wood such a huge crime? They made it sound like stealing wood was a major crime. In fact it seems like anything the Jews do is a major crime.
2)Visualize- Just like how Krupaa said, I also saw decaying bodies on the streets; along with that, I can also see people crying along side with their love ones on the streets on the whole page of 20
3)Connect- On page 83, how Motele steals the wood it reminds me of different situations that my dad tells me about. My dad has told me sometimes breaking the rule is the better thing to do, just like how Motele stealing the firewood was best for his family so they could stay warm.
4)Summarize- Chapter 14, the family is sitting in their house cold with the bitter weather, because they ran out of things to burn. So Motele goes out to a shed to get more firewood for his family while his family members are sound asleep. The police notice that some of the firewood is missing and come to their house in search for it and first blame Riva at first until Motele tells them it was him that stole it and had to go court to see his punishment for his crime.
5)Predict- I feel like that Riva is going to be the only survivor, and the whole family is gonna go to concentration camps.
6)Determine Importance- I saw this word (Judenrat) early on in the book on page 29, used in the first paragraph and in the second and fourth paragraph, but only italics the first time which made me think it was an important word that the author wanted the readers to know about. On top of it she also gave us the definition of what it means.
Brooke, don't forget to label your strategies with a number. Mrs. Mayo might take off a point for that and about your question on why the Nazis took away their only heat supply is probably because Hitler is trying to kill all the Jews, so if they take away there heat they will die faster from the weather and they well get colds and flues faster and easier.
Tim Oertel 7th hour
ReplyDelete1)Predict: I predict that in this book, the horrors of the true holocaust will be revealed.
2)Question: How old is Riva in the beginning of the story?
3)Infer: I assume that when the Jews were stealing wood, they were judged by their religion and by racist Nazis, therefore treated harshly and unfairly.
4)Connection: The Jews are treated unfairly(all throughout the holocaust), I feel that life is unfair sometimes and someone is always different like if my family divides the last of the Oreo cookies and someone gets 2 and everyone else gets one or none. (this is obviously not as drastic as the holocaust of course)
5)Determine importance: The author wrote the word (Judenrat) early on and reused it later, and also defined it and typed it in italics which I believe tells us as the readers how important it is to the author that the audience knows the word.
6)Summarize: This book is based on events that occurred about 50 years ago during the holocaust and expresses how important it is that people know what happened in town and cities within countries like Germany.
Isaac, I agree that the Jews were treated terribly for such a small act.
Mariah Schulrud 5th hour
ReplyDelete1)Infer: i assume that sooner or later they will all have to go to somewhere different and they maybe be separated. which is sad. they are a very loving family and they are there for each other when in need.
2)Question: what does pesach mean?
3)Connection: whenever i hear something about like Jews i always think back to this book and think about how the Jews were treated badly and unfairly. which was not right.
4)Determine Importance: i think that when the author describes these scenes that she wanted us to visualize what was happening and so she put a lot of detail in the book which i like:)
5)Judge/Evaluate: i am so proud that Riva and her brothers and mother could stay together as long ad they could i loved how they fought to be together.
6)Summarize: when the author describes the Jews i feel bad for them for what the Nazis are doing to them. i don't see why the Nazis treated them badly instead of equally, like they should have had done in the first place.
Tim, well in the very beginning like the first chapter she was old. but it never said how old she was but she had a child. so I'm guessing she should have been in her late thirties or early forties.