Nathanael Lewis - NTS Literature Response Journal - 2048907

Number the Stars

Reflection Journal

By: Nate Lewis

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

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

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? Stopped They save
the Nazi’s the jews.
Underground
Railroad

Underground
Movements

Help They World
slaves run saved War II
from slaves
masters

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?

In the story The Yellow Star king In the book, The Yellow Star king
Christian X’s response to the Christian X’s, and his loyal Danes were
Yellow Star order, positively affected positively by the yellow star. A
affected the people of denmark. reason for them being positively
One example is when the king affected is he went threw out the
threatened to take the flag down kingdom and had a yellow star on him
again and be shot. But that did not and they all saw it and knew what to do.
stop the Nazi, to make all of the He wanted them to all have a yellow
Jews put yellow stars on. ‘’They stars this means that they would all wear
had heard terrible stories. In some a yellow star which means they would
places, once Jews wore the yellow go threw it together and it saved lots of
star, they were taken away and not their lives because Hitler would not
heard from again. As before, the know which one is a jew. To conclude
people looked to their king.’’ The this is how his decision positively
king’s decision was to have affected the loyal Danes and saved most
everybody that wanted to put stars of the jews.
on like Jews they could. “If you
wished to hide a star, “You would
hide it among its sisters,” said King
Christian. The Danes all were
loyal to the king. Every single one
of them wore the star. That
decision saved many Jews lifes.
Definitely the citizens were
positively affected by king
Christian’s distition to have
everyone wear yellow stars on
their clothing.

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” Shows

how Adolf Hitler set out to rule the world. He came into power
in 1933 and began to encourage persecution of jews.
Starting in 1941, Jewish people were sent to concentration
camps. In these camps over 6 million jews died. He joined
forces with japan and Italy. When bombed pearl harbor on
December 7, 1941, the United States entered the war and
fought against the other Axis powers until September 2 when
the war ended.

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) In the book Number the
- Read the question or prompt stars, the characters life is
- Underline keywords different than ours, an
- Rewrite the question as a statement example is there are
using your own words soldiers every corner of the
street. Also there is no
A Answer the Question (green) butter, cupcakes, coffee,
- Answer the question and tea. This supports that
*If there is more that one part of the our lives are different from
question, make sure to answer ALL their lives in ohio because
parts. we do not have soldiers at
every corner at the street.
C Cite Evidence (yellows) We also have access to
- Use evidence from the text to butter, cupcakes, coffee,
support your answer. and tea if there is a store
-Include both paraphrased evidence nearby with those items. To
and direct quotes conclude this is why are
lives are different than the
Possible evidence starters: characters in Number the
According to the text… Stars.
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:

This relates to the chapter because it shows the king greeting a
person and it says that the king would greet them without bodyguards
and was very happy.

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 3

“Now I think all of Denmark must
be the bodyguard for the Jews as

well.” What does this mean?

R Restate the Question (green) In the book number the
- Read the question or prompt stars, Annemarie says “Now
- Underline keywords I think all of Denmark must
- Rewrite the question as a be the bodyguard for the
statement using your own words jews as well.” I think this
means that they need to
A Answer the Question (green) protect the jews from the
- Answer the question Nazi’s. For example they
*If there is more that one part of took down the button shop
the question, make sure to answer that a jew ran. The Nazi’s
ALL parts. where doing that all over
Denmark and other places
C Cite Evidence (yellows) when jews were running
- Use evidence from the text to shops so they want to
support your answer. protect them from Nazi’s.
-Include both paraphrased This is what I think means
evidence and direct quotes “Now I think all of
Denmark must be the
Possible evidence starters: bodyguard for the jews as
According to the text… well.”
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 whendrawing inferences from the text.

Chapter 4

How does this picture relate to the chapter?

My Thoughts:

I think that this picture relates about when they were talking about the
fire works and how cool they were and when kristy said she had seen them
but it was actually the danes blowing up their own ships so the nazi’s could
not use them for bad usage.

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
and Germans. *Choose at least
three attributes to compare.

Danish Attributes Germans
Being

Compared

Danish speak english Germans speak poor
Languages english because they

That all people are Beliefs are germans and
different and should they speak german.
not be killed if they
have a different They think that if you
beliefs. are a jew you should
die or if you have a
They are happy don't disabilities.
want war.
There emotions They want to conquer
the world and are
very angry

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

Chapter 6

How does this picture relate to the chapter?

My Thoughts:

The cigars represent the jews because anmarie said that they were bring ellen
to them and lots of jews are in copenhagen.

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?

R Restate the Question (green) In the book Number the
- Read the question or prompt Stars, War has changed people
- Underline keywords in a negative way because
- Rewrite the question as a statement nobody can trust each other
using your own words unless they know exactly who
they are. In the book it says
A Answer the Question (green) “Even so. If you see anyone at
- Answer the question all, even someone you know,
*If there is more that one part of the one of Henrick’s friends, it is
question, make sure to answer ALL better if you come in the
parts. house.” This is evidence that
shows that this war is affecting
C Cite Evidence (yellows) them in a negative way because
- Use evidence from the text to even the people that you know
support your answer. cannot be trusted. To sum it up
-Include both paraphrased evidence this is how the war has
and direct quotes negatively affected them.

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

Lied to the kids so When they lie Annemarie did not
they would be brave like lying but still did

Lied about the When the german Lied about there
diseased. soldier wanted to now being a great aunt

who died and open birte.
the casket

Mama warned here When the german She ran over to
that there might be soldier left mama
people still listening

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

Chapter 11

When is telling the truth
important? When is not telling

the truth important?

R Restate the Question (green) In the book Number the star, there
- Read the question or prompt are times when it is not good, to tell the
- Underline keywords truth, and when, to tell the truth. For an
- Rewrite the question as a statement example in the book in chapter 1 they tell
using your own words the truth about them talking to the
soldiers. If they didn’t I could have
A Answer the Question (green) ended with them taking that way and the
- Answer the question soldiers would have memorized there
*If there is more that one part of the faces an if they did something suspicious
question, make sure to answer ALL he would know what they look like and
parts. there names. A time when it is good to lie
is in this chapter. It is when they say they
C Cite Evidence (yellows) are going on a boat and ms Rosen's does
- Use evidence from the text to not like water this is good to lie about
support your answer. because if they told her she would freak
-Include both paraphrased evidence out and be scared so this way she can be
and direct quotes brave. This is why there are good and
bad times to lie.
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 12-13

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

My Thoughts:

This picture relates when anmarie went to help mama and because she was
injured. Anmarie had help mama come back to the house by getting next to here
then she could kinda walk to get to the home. Also when anmarie has to run it looks
like in the picture that he is telling them to run in the book mama told anmarie to run

as fast as you can and was very serious as if it is a life death situation.

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

Chapter 14-15

What is the author’s purpose of including the
story of Little Red Riding Hood during
Annemarie’s run through the forest?

R Restate the Question (green) In the book Number the
- Read the question or prompt stars, they included the story
- Underline keywords of little red riding hood
- Rewrite the question as a statement when she was going through
using your own words the forest because that was
how she was feeling when
A Answer the Question (green) that was happening. For a
- Answer the question example it says in chapter 11
*If there is more that one part of the it says “One day the little
question, make sure to answer ALL girl’s mother said, ‘I want
parts. you to take a basket of food
to your grandmother. This
C Cite Evidence (yellows) relates to what she is doing
- Use evidence from the text to because anmaries mother
support your answer. wanted her to take a basket
-Include both paraphrased evidence of food to her uncle named
and direct quotes henrik. To conclude this is
how it relates to here
Possible evidence starters: walking threw the woods
According to the text… and that is why she thought
For example… of little red riding hood.
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

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?

In the book Number the
stars, it is important that the
author included the
afterword because if she
didn’t I would not know
what was really real and
what was fake. This was also
a historical fiction so I could
have thought that annmarie
was a real person and that
the numbing handkerchief
was fake but since there was
a afterword it talk about
what was fake and what was
real and why she made the
book. This is why it was
important to include a
afterword and why it's
important to read especially
in a historical fiction.

Learning Target: I can analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the
meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.

A difference is in the
movie miriale in midnight
that the family had a job
and they wanted to hide the
jews in number the stars it
did not say the dad had a
job.Since in the movie the
dad had a job this would
make it harder to hide the
jews so he hid them in the
beds and made them look
like patients. To conclude
in the movie the dad took a
lot more risks to help the
jews than in the book.