Daniel Farrell - NTS Literature Response Journal - 1083454

Number the Stars

Reflection Journal

By: Daniel Farrell

Building Background
Knowledge

Learning Target: I can compare and contrast two or more
characters, settings, or events in a story, drawing on specific
details in the text.

Background of this Story:
In some countries around the world the government is

called a dictatorship. In a dictatorship, one person or a small
group of people have complete control of the country. In many
cases the military enforces the control. If a person does not
follow the rules, they may be arrested, threatened, scared, or
tortured. The citizens of that country are not allowed to talk or
act against the dictatorship. A person can be rewarded if they
tell the dictatorship about other people who are against the
government.

Interpretive Question: How does the dictatorship
system of government in the story affect Pedro, his
family, and the citizens it governs?

R Restate the Question (green) Mrs. Rodriguez’s Example
- Read the question or prompt In the book, The Composition,
- Underline keywords Pedro, his family, and their entire
- Rewrite the question as a community are negatively affected by
statement using your own words the dictatorship government. One
example from the text of the problems
A Answer the Question (green) that the dictatorship caused can be
- Answer the question found on page 8. Don Daniel was
*If there is more that one part of dragged down the street by two men
the question, make sure to answer who were “pointing machine guns at
ALL parts. him.” This clearly shows that the
dictatorship is treating the people in
C Cite Evidence (yellows) the community poorly by threatening
- Use evidence from the text to them with weapons. Pedro’s parents
support your answer. lived in fear that they would be caught
-Include both paraphrased going against the government. They
evidence and direct quotes had to turn their radio down very low
so that they wouldn’t be caught
Possible evidence starters: listening. Pedro’s mom was so scared
According to the text… that she “cried silently at the table.”
For example… This is further evidence that the
On page ___ it says… government was making the people
Further support can be found... live in fear and even their daily tasks
In the article/ chapter it states... are being impacted. Finally, Pedro
himself was negatively affected by the
E Explain (reds) government. He was put in the
- Explain how each piece of text position of having to lie on his
evidence supports your answer. composition so that his parents
wouldn’t be caught. The dictatorship
Possible explain starters: tried to turn children against their
This clearly shows that… own parents. Obviously, the
This means that… dictatorship created fear and
This further supports the idea that… hardships for everyone that Pedro was
close to in his life.
S Sum it Up (green)
- Conclude your answer
- Link back to the topic sentence
using different words

Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly
To sum up In fact Obviously

Building Background
Knowledge

Underground
Movements

Learning Target: I can explain the relationships or interactions
between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a
historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific
information in the text.

How have underground movements affected events

throughout history? In WWll unlike For WWll,
in the time of there were
Underground slavery there more spies
Railroad were no safe than regular
houses people

Safe Underground World
houses Movements War II

The
underground
railroad was
houses

Building Background
Knowledge

World War II and
the Holocaust

Learning Target: I can provide a summary of the text that
includes the main ideas and key details, as well as other
important information.

Summary of the article:
The article “World War II and the Holocaust” tells how

Adolf Hitler set out to rule the world. He came into power in
1933 and began to take over. Starting in 1941, Jewish people
were killed. In these camps over 6 million died. He joined
forces with Japan and Italy. When Japan bombed Pearl
Harbor on 7 December, 1941, the United States entered the
war and fought against the axis powers until 2 September,
1945 when the war ended.

Building Background
Knowledge

Learning Target: I can compare and contrast two or more
characters, settings, or events in a story, drawing on specific
details in the text.

Background of this Story:
“For centuries, the Star of David was a symbol of Jewish

pride. But during World War II, Nazis used the Star to
segregate and terrorize the Jewish people. Except in
Denmark. When Nazi soldiers occupied his country, King
Christian X of Denmark committed himself to keeping all
Danes safe from harm. The bravery of the Danes and their
king has inspired many legends. The most enduring is the
legend of the yellow star, which symbolizes the loyalty and
fearless spirit of the king and his people.”

Source: Peachtree Publishers

Interpretive Question: How did King Christian X’s
response to the yellow Star order in the story
affect the citizens of Denmark?

R Restate the Question (green) Team Response:
- Read the question or prompt How did King Christian X’s
- Underline keywords response to the yellow star was
- Rewrite the question as a to ask his tailor to sew the star of
statement using your own words David to his clothes. This helps
the jews because they know that
A Answer the Question (green) there king is in full support of
- Answer the question them. That shows that the king
*If there is more that one part of will help the jews whoever they
the question, make sure to answer are. Another reason that the
ALL parts. evidence I provided helps the
jews is because King Christian
C Cite Evidence (yellows) put his own life at risk for the
- Use evidence from the text to people he did not know. How
support your answer. this helps them is that they
-Include both paraphrased know that their king will die for
evidence and direct quotes them and that will help anyone.

Possible evidence starters: Lastly my finale peace of
According to the text… evidence is the king stands up
For example… for his people he will not let the
On page ___ it says… Nazi attack danes and sit in his
Further support can be found... palace while they kill his people.
In the article/ chapter it states... So the king is going to help his
people is they are jews or not!
E Explain (reds)
- Explain how each piece of text
evidence supports your answer.

Possible explain starters:
This clearly shows that…
This means that…
This further supports the idea that…

S Sum it Up (green)
- Conclude your answer
- Link back to the topic sentence
using different words

Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly
To sum up In fact Obviously

Number the
Stars

Interpretive
Question
Responses

Learning Target: I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Chapter 1

How are the characters’ lives
different than ours?

R Restate the Question (green) How are the characters lives different
- Read the question or prompt then our own lives, well for the
- Underline keywords characters they live in a time were
- Rewrite the question as a soldiers wander the streets and give
statement using your own words orders to kids. In the book the
characters have to walk past soldiers to
A Answer the Question (green) get to school, but for us now all we have
- Answer the question to do to get to school is either get on the
*If there is more that one part of the bus, get in your parents car, or walk
question, make sure to answer ALL down the neighborhood. This means
parts. that the live are different than ours just
to get to school. Another thing to show
C Cite Evidence (yellows) that is we have butter/cupcakes and they
- Use evidence from the text to do not.This is shown in the text “And get
support your answer. your sister a piece of bread, with butter
-Include both paraphrased asked Kirsten no butter you know that
evidence and direct quotes we have not had butter in three years.”
The lack of butter is different then are
Possible evidence starters: live because we have a lot of butter.
According to the text… Lastly their live are different than our
For example… own because they have an illegal
On page ___ it says… newspaper when we do not. This is
Further support can be found... shown on pages 6-7 when the U.S.
In the article/ chapter it states... constitution allows us to print anything
we want. As you can see their lives are
E Explain (reds) different in so many ways than our own!
- Explain how each piece of text
evidence supports your answer.

Possible explain starters:
This clearly shows that…
This means that…
This further supports the idea that…

S Sum it Up (green)
- Conclude your answer
- Link back to the topic sentence
using different words

Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly
To sum up In fact Obviously

Learning Target: I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Chapter 2

How does this picture relate to the chapter?

My Thoughts:

To me this looks like the story Annamarie was telling Kirsten
because the king is there and so is the queen in the story they

lived in a unreal place not like Amalienborg.

Learning Target: I can determine a theme of a story from details in the text,
including how characters in a story respond to challenges.

R Restate the Question (green) Chapter 3
- Read the question or prompt
- Underline keywords “Now I think all of Denmark
- Rewrite the question as a must be the bodyguard for
statement using your own words the Jews as well.” What does

A Answer the Question (green) this mean?
- Answer the question
*If there is more that one part of Response:
the question, make sure to answer
ALL parts. The quote about the bodyguard for
the the jews means that the Danes
C Cite Evidence (yellows) need to protect the jews against the
- Use evidence from the text to Nazis. This is shown when the
support your answer. shops run by Jewish people were
-Include both paraphrased shut down. For instance the button
evidence and direct quotes shop that Mrs. Hirsch ran was
padlocked and had a sign that was
Possible evidence starters: in german. Another reason that the
According to the text… Danes need to help the jews is that
For example… the germans stole the list of names
On page ___ it says… of people who went to the synagog
Further support can be found... and hunted them down. This is
In the article/ chapter it states... shown when in the middle of the
night when the germans came to
E Explain (reds) Annamarie’s apartment to look for
- Explain how each piece of text the Rosens. Finally the last reason
evidence supports your answer. that the Danes should hide the jews
is that when the germans come
Possible explain starters: Ellen had to break the Star of david
This clearly shows that… that she always wore. Ellen had to
This means that… do that because she was pretending
This further supports the idea that… to be Lise the first sister of the
Johansens and could not be seen
S Sum it Up (green) with the star of david on her neck.
- Conclude your answer This shows that the Danes had to
- Link back to the topic sentence help the jews!
using different words

Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly
To sum up In fact Obviously

Learning Target: I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Chapter 4

How does this picture relate to the chapter?

My Thoughts:
● This picture reminds me of when the bombs were

dropped on the garden.
● Also when the Danes would fire off fireworks at the

gardens.
● Thirdly this picture reminds me of the part when Kirsti

says” I remember the fireworks”

Learning Target: I can compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or
events in a story, drawing on specific details in the text.

Chapter 5

Compare and contrast the Danish Citizens and Nazis.
The first attribute has been chosen for you. Choose at

least two additional attributes to compare.

Danish Attributes Nazi Soldiers
Citizens Being
Hate jews
They think that they Compared
need to help the jews
Feelings about the
Jewish people

small large

Food suply

Barely anything whatever

choses

Learning Target: I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Chapter 6

How does this picture relate to the chapter?

My Thoughts:

● This picture reminds me of when Annemarie’s father says to her uncle
that he will deliver one package of cigarettes in chapter 6.

● These cigarettes also mean the jewish people, so when one pack is
delivered that means that one jew will be sent to him to move to the
other countries.

● This is important because when Ellen is moved to Annemarie’s uncle’s
house Ellen had to be careful because she was jewish and to the
germans that was horrific.

Learning Target: I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Chapter 7-8
How does war change people?
Why? How does war change people, I think
that war changes people because when
afraid people do some stupid things.
R Restate the Question (green) One example of this is when there is the
- Read the question or prompt funeral the germans investigate why s
- Underline keywords many humans are in one house. This is
- Rewrite the question as a shown in chapter 8 after Ellen is moved
statement using your own words

A Answer the Question (green) to Annemarie's uncles house. Another
- Answer the question reason that war changes people is that
*If there is more that one part of when the germans tried to look for
the question, make sure to answer Ellen in Annemarie's house. This is
ALL parts. show in chapters 4-5 when Peter moves

C Cite Evidence (yellows) the Rosens to a place unkown. Lastly
- Use evidence from the text to this appears when says “that there has
support your answer. been no laughter in a long time”.That
-Include both paraphrased shows that since the war started thez
evidence and direct quotes have not had laughter. That is my
reasoning for why war changes people!
Possible evidence starters:
According to the text…

For example…

On page ___ it says…

Further support can be found...

In the article/ chapter it states...

E Explain (reds)
- Explain how each piece of text
evidence supports your answer.

Possible explain starters:
This clearly shows that…
This means that…
This further supports the idea that…

S Sum it Up (green)
- Conclude your answer
- Link back to the topic sentence
using different words

Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly
To sum up In fact Obviously

Learning Target: I can determine a theme of a story, from details in the text,
including how characters in a story respond to challenges.

Chapter 9-10

Compare and contrast Mama and
Annemarie and how they faced the
challenges when the German soldiers

came to the “funeral.”

Mama Attributes Annemarie
Being

Compared

Enough to be Very little but still
sarcastic to their face some

Bravery to the
germans

Little but still some none

Lyes In 9-10

lots A lot more than

Worri for Ellen mama

Learning Target: I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

R Restate the Question (green) Chapter 11
- Read the question or prompt
- Underline keywords When is telling the truth
- Rewrite the question as a important? When is not
statement using your own words
telling the truth important?
A Answer the Question (green)
- Answer the question Telling the truth is
*If there is more that one part of important when it will help
the question, make sure to answer
ALL parts. someone. But then again
the truth can hurt someone
C Cite Evidence (yellows)
- Use evidence from the text to like if someone tells you
support your answer. that they think someone is
-Include both paraphrased
evidence and direct quotes ugly, or stupid it hurts
them.So sometimes lying is
Possible evidence starters:
According to the text… what you can do to help
For example… them so that they don’t get
On page ___ it says…
Further support can be found... hurt. This can show
In the article/ chapter it states... friendship to that friend
and so that helps them
E Explain (reds) build trust in you. So when
- Explain how each piece of text
evidence supports your answer. Annemarie lyes she is
helping Ellen hide in
Possible explain starters: chapter five. This shows
This clearly shows that… when you need to lye.
This means that…
This further supports the idea that…

S Sum it Up (green)
- Conclude your answer
- Link back to the topic sentence
using different words

Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly
To sum up In fact Obviously

Learning Target: I can determine a theme of a story, from details in the text,
including how characters in a story respond to challenges.

Chapter 12-13

How does this text relate to Number the stars and
particularly Annemarie in chapter 13?

My Thoughts:

● This reminds me of Annemarie when she has to run
along the dark path to get the package to Henrik

● This shown on pages 104 and 105
● Annemarie shows bravery when the cold night and the

germans are ahead.

Learning Target: I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

R Restate the Question (green) Chapter 14-15
- Read the question or prompt
- Underline keywords What is the author’s purpose of
- Rewrite the question as a including the story of Little
statement using your own words Red Riding Hood during
Annemarie’s run through the
A Answer the Question (green) forest?
- Answer the question
*If there is more that one part of The little red riding hood
the question, make sure to answer part was for in my mind for
ALL parts. a mystery.That were the
suspense moment where we
C Cite Evidence (yellows) were all thinking, what was
- Use evidence from the text to annemarie going to find in
support your answer. the woods.This I think is
-Include both paraphrased because when the germans
evidence and direct quotes solders came into view I was
thinking was annemarie
Possible evidence starters: going to get cought.
According to the text… Another reason is when the
For example… dogs and soldiers came we
On page ___ it says… all went oh no because we
Further support can be found... were worried. But that fear
In the article/ chapter it states... soon became relife when
the germans let Annemarie
E Explain (reds) go. That is why I think that
- Explain how each piece of text the red riding hood part was
evidence supports your answer. in there.

Possible explain starters:
This clearly shows that…
This means that…
This further supports the idea that…

S Sum it Up (green)
- Conclude your answer
- Link back to the topic sentence
using different words

Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly
To sum up In fact Obviously

Chapter 16-17 and
Afterword
Why does the author include the
“Afterword?” Why is it important
to read the afterword, especially
in historical fiction books?
R Restate the Question (green)
- Read the question or prompt
- Underline keywords
- Rewrite the question as a

statement using your own words Reading the afterword is

A Answer the Question (green) important because in the
- Answer the question afterword
*If there is more that one part of
the question, make sure to answer

ALL parts.

C Cite Evidence (yellows)
- Use evidence from the text to
support your answer.
-Include both paraphrased
evidence and direct quotes

Possible evidence starters:
According to the text…
For example…
On page ___ it says…
Further support can be found...
In the article/ chapter it states...

E Explain (reds)
- Explain how each piece of text
evidence supports your answer.

Possible explain starters:
This clearly shows that…
This means that…
This further supports the idea that…

S Sum it Up (green)
- Conclude your answer
- Link back to the topic sentence
using different words

Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly
To sum up In fact Obviously