Mallory Peterson - NTS Literature Response Journal - 4440090

Number the Stars

Reflection Journal

By: Mallory Peterson

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” is about

how Adolf Hitler set out to rule the world. He came into power
in 1933 and began to harass jews . Starting in 1941, Jewish
people were sent to concentration camps. In these camps
over 6 million died. He joined forces with Japan and Italy.
When the Japanese bombed on Pearl Harbor,December 11
1941, the United States entered the war and fought against
the Axis powers until September 2 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

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Underground movements nd
Railroad to help the movement
Jews “good
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slaves Never a World
really War II
railroad

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 In the book, The Yellow Stars, it shows that King Christian’s
- Rewrite the question as a response to the Yellows Star order was a good thing for the
statement using your own words people of Denmark

A Answer the Question (green) According to the text, the king called tailor to the palace. He
- Answer the question had him sew a yellow star onto his uniform and said you do
*If there is more that one part of know understands what this means?´
the question, make sure to answer
ALL parts. The king was respected and powerful. If he was willing to
wear the star and stand by the jews, all the people would
C Cite Evidence (yellows) know they should do the same thing.
- Use evidence from the text to On the last page of the book, we see that the people are all
support your answer. wearing yellow stars.
-Include both paraphrased
evidence and direct quotes This supports the idea that king Christian’s idea was good
because the Nazi’s couldn’t tell who was the jews.
Possible evidence starters:
According to the text… Clearly, the king’s response was
For example… a positive thing for the people of
On page ___ it says… Denmark.
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) In the book,Number The Stars,
- Read the question or prompt how are the characters lives
- Underline keywords different from us.
- Rewrite the question as a
statement using your own words According to the text,the characters lives
are different from us, because we do not
A Answer the Question (green) have soldier on the street giving kids
- Answer the question order.In the book it says¨Halte!the soldier
*If there is more that one part of the ordered in a stern voice¨
question, make sure to answer ALL This clearly shows that the characters
parts. have different lives than us. Cause we do
not have soldier in the street giving kids
C Cite Evidence (yellows) orders.
- Use evidence from the text to On page 9 it says ¨There has not been
support your answer. any butter, or sugar.” We have sugar and
-Include both paraphrased butter. Cause we aren´t have shortage of
evidence and direct quotes food.
This clearly shows that are life is way
Possible evidence starters: different we do not have food shortage.
According to the text… In the book it says ¨When are the soldiers
For example… going to leave.¨ They are scared of there
On page ___ it says… soldiers.
Further support can be found...
In the article/ chapter it states... This means we are not scared of are
soldiers we are grateful for them. The
E Explain (reds) have different lives we are not scared of
- Explain how each piece of text are soldiers.
evidence supports your answer.
Clearly, we have a lot things we
Possible explain starters: do not have stuff in are life are
This clearly shows that… sillimar.
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 makes me think that the king is king Christian
● An the queen is Jubilee
● An the other man is the nazi telling him to put the flag back up.

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 In the book, Number The Stars it says
the question, make sure to answer
ALL parts. ¨Now I think all of Denmark must be the
bodyguards for the Jews as well.¨
C Cite Evidence (yellows)
- Use evidence from the text to On page 25 it says¨Now I think all of
support your answer. Denmark must be the bodyguards for
-Include both paraphrased the Jews as well.¨ It also says ¨So we shall.¨
evidence and direct quotes
It means they want to protect the
Possible evidence starters: Jews from the Nazi. They thought they
According to the text… are Danes too. So you should protect
For example… them.
On page ___ it says…
Further support can be found... For example, it¨ says ¨Is Mrs.Hirsh
In the article/ chapter it states... Jewish?¨ It also says ¨ where is Mrs.Hirsh?¨
They probably thought the Nazi took
E Explain (reds) them cause they are Jews.
- Explain how each piece of text
evidence supports your answer. That's why she said¨Now I think all
of Denmark must be the bodyguards for
Possible explain starters: the Jews as well.¨ So they are trying to
This clearly shows that… save the Hirsh family.
This means that… On the page it says¨Is that why the
This further supports the idea that… button shop closed? Why have they done
that?¨
S Sum it Up (green) That happened because the Nazi took
- Conclude your answer their shops. When left to the
- Link back to the topic sentence concentration camp.
using different words
Clearly, this shows how
Possible summary starters: Danes save the Jews.
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:
● It says¨and there were lights in the sky.Mama said it was

fireworks for my birthday.¨

● It also says ¨ had been awake and frightened by the sound of explosions.
¨

● I think the imaged made me see what see saw on here birthday
●

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

Compared

The Danes want to Feelings about the The Nazi do not like
protect the Jews from Jewish people the Jews at all in the
book it say the soldier
being taken away grabbed the Ellen´s
from their homes.
hair.

The Danes speak The German and the The Nazi speak
English. Denmark have German which is a
different language.
different language

The United States The had different The German flag is
flag has red, white,
and blue, and stars flags red, black, and yellow

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:

● It says in the book¨and she will be bringing you a carton of cigarettes.¨
● Why would they let him smoke in front of little kids.
● In the book it also says¨there are a lot of cigarettes available¨
● It also says¨ he had complained only yesterday-that there were no

cigaretes¨

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 - Read the question or prompt
- Underline keywords
- Rewrite the question as a

statement using your own words People change during the war in

A Answer the Question (green) different ways some are and
- Answer the question some are bad.On page 63 it
*If there is more that one part of says¨ There aren´t soldiers
the question, make sure to answer
ALL parts.

Cite Evidence (yellows) here,too?¨ This means they are
- Use evidence from the text to scared cause its war and their
support your answer. scared that the soldiers well be
-Include both paraphrased there with them.For example it
evidence and direct quotes

Possible evidence starters: says¨ I´m afraid there are

C According to the text… soldiers everywhere.And
For example… especially now. This is a bad
On page ___ it says… time.¨ This mean that the war is
Further support can be found... going on and it´s a bad time
In the article/ chapter it states...

from all of the things going
around and how they feel. On
page 65 it says ¨I wish I knew
where my parents are.¨ This
clearly shows that how sad the
characters can be from the war.

E Explain (reds) This Clearly shows how people
- Explain how each piece of text lives can change during war.
evidence supports your answer.

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

Sum it Up (green)

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

Mama was scared The way the felt Annemarie was
but she didn´t show it about the Nazi scared and sad about
soldiers
cause she was lied the Nazi soldiers .
about the death.

Mama acted worried How they acted about Annemarie acted like
cause the Nazi the Nazi soldiers she was not scared
but she was she ran
soldier asked to see to her mother and
the body but the was
no body in the casket said ¨Mama!
and she was trying to Annemarie cried.¨

get them away but
then she got slapped

by the nazi soldier

Mama said What did they say Annemarie said
nothing beside ¨My
everything she to get about the Nazi Great-aunt Birte.¨

the Nazi soldier out of soldiers being there

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 In “Number the Star” there
*If there is more that one part of have been many times the told a lie
the question, make sure to answer or the truth here are the most
ALL parts. inmport ones. In chapter 10 it says
“My Great-aunt Birte.”and also it
C Cite Evidence (yellows) says “The doctor said it should be
- Use evidence from the text to closed, because Aunt Birte died of
support your answer. typhus, and he said that there was a
-Include both paraphrased chance the would still be
evidence and direct quotes there.”These sentces are inmport
because show that how they lied so
Possible evidence starters: they didn’t get in troblem. This
According to the text… shows why sometimes it is good to
For example… lie. In chapter 10 it says “tried to
On page ___ it says… forget the war and the Nazis, tried
Further support can be found... not to cry, tried to be braver.” This
In the article/ chapter it states... means it fine if you tell the truth
and if you are scared. Its really good
E Explain (reds) to tell the truth.On page 88 it says
- Explain how each piece of text “There was no one in the
evidence supports your answer. casket.”This cleary shows that it fine
to lie in areas where you need
Possible explain starters: to.This cleary show that sometimes
This clearly shows that… you need to lie and sometimes it is
This means that… better to tell the truth.
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:

● Annemarie had to be brave in chapter like the guy in the red bandanna
● The guy in the red bandanna was trying to save like in number the stars

they were trying to save people for the Nzi.
● Mama and the red bandanna got hurt my trying to save people

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 Lois Lowry add Little Red Riding
the question, make sure to answer Hood is so kids who read the book, get a
ALL parts. connection .One example from the text
is “The handle of the straw basket.”. In
C Cite Evidence (yellows) Little Red Riding Hood has a straw basket
- Use evidence from the text to full of food. On page 106 it says “the dark
support your answer. woods ahead.” In Little Red Riding it also
-Include both paraphrased a dark woods ahead.For example it says
evidence and direct quotes “she was certain it was not her
imagination she heard a low growl.” In
Possible evidence starters: Little Red Riding Hood she heard a low
According to the text… growl. This is why Lois Lowry put Little
For example… Red Riding Hood. So kids could
On page ___ it says… understand what happening to
Further support can be found... Annemaire.
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
Restate the Question (green) in historical fiction books?
R
A - Read the question or prompt
C
- Underline keywords
E
S - Rewrite the question as a

statement using your own words Lois Lowry included the afterword to
show despite the story being a historical
Answer the Question (green) fiction. Lois Lowry still that the
- Answer the question characters were made up they were
*If there is more that one part of baised on real people. For example is
the question, make sure to answer “Peter Neilsen was dead.” It also says “the
ALL parts. night before he was shot.” Peter Neilsen
was real but not the same person. This
Cite Evidence (yellows) shows that there was a person who was
- Use evidence from the text to silimar to Peter Neilsen. His name was
support your answer. Kim Malthz-Bruun he was eventually
-Include both paraphrased captured and wrote a letter the night
evidence and direct quotes before he was killed. Lois Lowry friend
was named Annelise which Annemaire
Possible evidence starters: was based. It also say “her family and
According to the text… their neighbors suffered durning those
For example… years.”Lois Lowry based of Annelise Platt
On page ___ it says… who was Lois Lowry friend. In the
Further support can be found... afterword it says Annelise Platt told Lois
In the article/ chapter it states... Lowry stories about what happened to
her family. On page 125 it says “And the
Explain (reds) created a special drug.” It is true they
- Explain how each piece of text made a special drug so the dogs couldn’t
evidence supports your answer. find the people. This Clearly shows that
Lois Lowry included the afterword to
Possible explain starters: show how she got the idea for Number
This clearly shows that… the Stars.
This means that…
This further supports the idea that…

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