Garrett Bing - NTS Literature Response Journal - 1108996

Number the Stars

Reflection Journal

By: Garrett Bing

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

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” ________

how Adolf Hitler set out to rule the world. He came into power
in _____ and began to _______. Starting in 1941, Jewish
people were ______. In these camps over ____ died. He
joined forces with ______ and _____. When _______
bombed __________ on _____________, 1941, the United
States entered the war and fought against the ______ powers
until _________when the war ended.

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?

Underground
Railroad

Underground
Movements

World
War II

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
- Underline keywords
- Rewrite the question as a
statement using your own words

A Answer the Question (green)
- Answer the question
*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

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) The characters lives are
- Read the question or prompt different than ours.On page
- Underline keywords 6 it says there was no coffee
- Rewrite the question as a statement or tea. There lives are
using your own words different than ours because
it's easier for us to get tea
A Answer the Question (green) and coffee and its harder to
- Answer the question get tea and coffee them.
*If there is more that one part of the Another example is Ellen
question, make sure to answer ALL and Annemarie got stopped
parts. by a guard.In our lives there
aren't guards on every
C Cite Evidence (yellows) corner. To sum it up that's
- Use evidence from the text to how their lives are different
support your answer. than ours.
-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

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:

● Annemarie was telling Kirsti a story about a king and a
queen.

● The king that she was telling the story about has to do
something about the real king of Denmark.

● the boy in the picture might represent the boy that
Annemarieś dad told her about who said all of Denmark was
The Bodyguard of King.

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 statement must be the bodyguard for
using your own words the Jews as well.” What does

this mean?

A Answer the Question (green) The quote, “Now I think all
C - Answer the question of Denmark must be the
*If there is more that one part of the bodyguard for the Jews as
E question, make sure to answer ALL well”means to protect the
parts. Jews. For example it says
“..the Germans are issuing
Cite Evidence (yellows) orders closing many stores
- Use evidence from the text to support run by jews. Stores are
your answer. closing Annemarie can't
-Include both paraphrased evidence buy anything from those
and direct quotes stores and she doesn't want
that to happen. Another
Possible evidence starters: example is Annemarie
According to the text… realized that her friend
For example… Ellen is a Jew and might get
On page ___ it says… taken away. further
Further support can be found... supports the idea that all
In the article/ chapter it states... the jews are being taken
away.to sum it up that is
Explain (reds) why all Denmark must be
- Explain how each piece of text the bodyguard for the jews
evidence supports your answer. as well.

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

CHohawLspaedtyaesrrn4einxgplTicairtlgyeat:nIdcwanheqnuodtreawacincguriantfeelryenfrcoems a text when explaining what the text
from the text.

Chapter 4

How does this picture relate to the chapter?

My Thoughts:

● they weren't actually fireworks.
● Kirstie thought there fireworks because her mom said they were.
● they were Dane's bombing their own ships

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
they don't like the
scared that all the Compared Jewish.
Jewish people will get
Feelings about the
taken away Jewish people

trying to keep the Feelings about Nazi taking the Jewish
Jewish people there soldiers being people away
everywhere

the Danish like the Nazi soldiers don't
king of Denmark like the king of
Denmark
Feelings about King
of Denmark

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:

(Can be expressed in bulleted points or paragraph form)
● cigarettes is a code word for for Ellen.
● they're using a code word just in case the guards come back in because Ellen

is a jew.

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?
Restate the Question (green)
R
A - Read the question or prompt
C
- Underline keywords
E
S - Rewrite the question as a

statement using your own words War changes people in
many ways. Uncle Henrik
Answer the Question (green)
- Answer the question

*If there is more that one part of said that great aunt birte
the question, make sure to answer had died.there was no great
ALL parts.

Cite Evidence (yellows) aunt birte. They lied to the

- Use evidence from the text to Nazi soldiers so they don't
support your answer. know they're going to a
-Include both paraphrased different country. on page
evidence and direct quotes 66 it says in the earlier time
she is always over her
Possible evidence starters:
According to the text…
For example…
On page ___ it says…

Further support can be found... laughing tonight there
In the article/ chapter it states... would be no laughing.

Explain (reds) nobody was laughing
- Explain how each piece of text because they were sad
evidence supports your answer.

Possible explain starters: because the war was going

This clearly shows that… on in many people are
This means that…

This further supports the idea that… dying. To sum it up that is

Sum it Up (green) how war changes people.

- 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

nervous their reactions confused

She has a disease “my great aunt birdie”
what they said to the

soldiers

Mama stood up and what they did watch The Man's
walk to the casket eyes look at
everybody

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) Telling the truth and not
- Answer the question telling the truth are both
*If there is more that one part of important because it keeps
the question, make sure to answer people more safe. On page 88 it
ALL parts. says“There was no one in the
casket at all. Insead it seemed
C Cite Evidence (yellows) to be stuffed with folded
- Use evidence from the text to blankets and towels.”It's
support your answer. important to not to tell the
-Include both paraphrased truth and keep people safe so
evidence and direct quotes the soldiers don't know that the
Danish were helping the Jews
Possible evidence starters: escape. Further support can be
According to the text… found on page 94 it says
For example… “Annemarie realizes though
On page ___ it says… she had not really been told
Further support can be found... that Uncle Henrik was going to
In the article/ chapter it states... take them in his boat”. Uncle
Henrik did not tell Annemarie
E Explain (reds) because he I just want to be
- Explain how each piece of text safe and did not want her to get
evidence supports your answer. scared. That is why telling the
truth and not telling the truth
Possible explain starters: are both important to keep
This clearly shows that… people safe.
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:

● when Mama told Annemarie to run as fast as she could
● Annemarie had to run to Uncle Henrik to give him the package.
● how many people were scared.

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 author's purpose of
the question, make sure to answer including the story of Little Red
ALL parts. Riding Hood and Annemarie’s
run through the forest is
C Cite Evidence (yellows) because readers can connect to
- Use evidence from the text to the book. For example
support your answer. Annemarie was running
-Include both paraphrased through the woods trying to
evidence and direct quotes give Uncle Hendrick a basket of
bread, cheese and a package.
Possible evidence starters: Little Red Riding Hood was
According to the text… running through the forest to
For example… give her grandmother some
On page ___ it says… food. Another example is
Further support can be found... Annemarie heard something in
In the article/ chapter it states... the bushes. Little Red Riding
Hood also heard something in
E Explain (reds) the bushes. That is why the
- Explain how each piece of text author put the story Little Red
evidence supports your answer. Riding Hood in Annemarie’s
run through the woods.
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 Author included the
afterward because they
A Answer the Question (green) wanted people to get
- Answer the question important information. The
*If there is more that one part of
the question, make sure to answer
ALL parts.

Cite Evidence (yellows) story was told to the author

C - Use evidence from the text to by her friend Annelise Patt
support your answer. to whom this book is
-Include both paraphrased dedicated to. This helps you
evidence and direct quotes understand why the
person's name is Annamarie
Possible evidence starters:
According to the text…
For example…
On page ___ it says…

Further support can be found... in the book. The author
In the article/ chapter it states... created and Annemarie and

E Explain (reds) her family and put them in
- Explain how each piece of text Copenhagen in 1943 and
evidence supports your answer. 1940. This helps you know
when the book happened.
Possible explain starters:
This clearly shows that…
This means that…

This further supports the idea that… That is why the author put

Sum it Up (green) the after word in the book.

- Conclude your answer

S - Link back to the topic sentence
using different words

Possible summary starters:

Clearly Definitely Certainly

To sum up In fact Obviously