Three Posts for Break: Who is to Blame?

Continue to write summaries and vocabulary for the remainder of the book!

POST ONE DUE BY 4/9 AT MIDNIGHT!

Assignment for Break: POST ONE BY 4/9 POST TWO BY 4/12 POST THREE BY 4/15

Research for our next project on Who Is to Blame for the Holocaust?

• Post a blog for three of the following types of people involved in the Holocaust as seen in the book THE BOOK THIEF. FIRST one by 4/9, second by 4/12 and third by 4/15!
• Choices: Nazi soldiers, citizens of small German towns, Hitler, captured Jews
• Discuss the character(s) in each blog who you have met and understood throughout the book for your choice and if they are to blame at all for the destruction of 6 million Jews.

Questions to answer in each blog post

• Which characters from the book are in that type of person (Nazi soldier, citizens of small towns, Hitler, captured Jews)?
• Describe each person and his/her personality, actions and ethics.
• How much should they be to blame for the Holocaust? Why didn't they stop what was happening? Did they try to stop it? What was the consequence?
• For each post, identify if that group of people should be to blame a lot some none.
• Explain why you selected that amount of blame.

Example:

Type of person: Nazi Soldiers

Characters from the book: Joe Smoe, Jack Johnson, Ida B. Well

Joe Smoe was forced into the war. He did not want to be a part of it but had to (131) or else his son would die. He was a doctor who helped the sick Jews.

Jack Johnson was also forced into the war. He also was punished for being a help to Jews and was enlisted into the war. He was a kind man with no children but helped starving Jew....

Ida B. Wells.....

This group of Nazi soldiers should have SOME blame because they were.....However, they also..... Each of these characters..... They did not want to .....but they.....

I selected SOME blame because, as humans, they could have....even though...

pages 420-441: found poem about Hans

Post a found poem, 6 lines long using only figurative language from the pages, about Hans. Make sure there is a specific theme throughout your found poem and cite the pages. List the title at the beginning and the theme at the end.

Example:

Away He Goes

She looks up (419)
The cigarette was done (419)
He aroused all the sadness (420)
He brought the house down (420)
"Guten Morgen, Papa" (423)
Her head was buried tightly into his chest, then gone (424).

Love

Post 2: Compare language from The Iliad and The Book Thief

• Read the section of The Iliad handed out in class and take notes on paper about the option 2 from The Book Thief handout.

• Do the same for pages 154-204 in BT:

Option 2: List examples of imagery with page (line) numbers that help you see the main characters(s), the setting and the conflicts arising.

What to Post:

1. You will post three examples of imagery from both texts.
2. You will then explain how one example FROM EACH contributes to an understanding of the book it comes from.
3. Lastly, what similarities do you find between these texts?

Review the grading policy at the top of the blog to ensure you get full credit! No second chances this time.

Monday Computer Lab: Complete post by end of the period

Read the instructions and grading for the blog first above! Use your weekend homework to complete this blog post.

Give two or three examples of the author's structural choices and how each affects you, the reader, based on option 4 below:

• What structural choices does the author make that make you wonder? Is there indentation or odd punctuation? Is there interesting paragraphing or lack of paragraphing? Is there missing punctuation?

• Ask ANY questions in a different paragraph about the text that others can respond and answer.