number the stars

Number the Stars

Reflection Journal

By: Day’quawn Patrick

Building Background
Knowledge

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

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 1933 and began to promote and encourage harassment
of the jews in Germany . 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

How have underground movements affected events
World war
throughout history? 2 was the

Underground most 1.5 million
Railroad destructiv children
e conflict died
in history

The Underground World
railroad Movements War II
saved
many Harriet
slaves tubman
saved 300
people

Building Background
Knowledge

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 In the book The yellow star
- Underline keywords King Christian X’s response to
- Rewrite the question as a the yellow star order in the story
statement using your own words affected citizens of Denmark.
King christian X’s response to
A Answer the Question (green) the yellow star is he made all
- Answer the question the. In the story they said that
*If there is more that one part of he had affected the citizens in
the question, make sure to answer Denmark. King christian X’s had
ALL parts. a response that was very
important and you should read
C Cite Evidence (yellows) it yourself sometime.A reason
- Use evidence from the text to why King Christian X’s was
support your answer. affecting the people in
-Include both paraphrased Denmark was because he for the
evidence and direct quotes German occupations during
World war II. That had led to the
Possible evidence starters: resistance of the war. That is
According to the text… what happened in the book
For example… yellow the star’s.
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.the

Chapter 1

How are the characters’ lives
different than ours?

R Restate the Question (green) This is how people’s lives
- Read the question or prompt are different than ours. Our
- Underline keywords lives are different than lives
- Rewrite the question as a because they have German
statement using your own words soldiers on all the streets,
and we don't have soldiers
A Answer the Question (green) all over the streets like they
- Answer the question do.Their lives are also
*If there is more that one part of the different than our lives
question, make sure to answer ALL because they don’t want to
parts. go on the streets because
they think German soldiers
C Cite Evidence (yellows) will kill them! And if you
- Use evidence from the text to were Jewish you had to wear
support your answer. a yellow star on your shirt.
-Include both paraphrased They all had different foods
evidence and direct quotes and they had foods that
they couldn't get anymore.
Possible evidence starters: At one point they said that
According to the text… the little sister wanted
For example… cupcakes to eat but they had
On page ___ it says… been out of sugar and butter
Further support can be found... for a long time almost a
In the article/ chapter it states... year. So the sister got mad
and wanted cupcakes bu she
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:

(Can be expressed in bulleted points or paragraph form)
● King Christian X’s is talking to the prince of Denmark
● The king also had his Queen with him in Denmark when all of

the bad stuff was happening in Denmark
● The King is affecting the people by coming and trying to

shake hands with the prince to convince him so he can get
his soldiers into Denmark
● The prince does not know what’s going on

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 being a bodyguard for the
jews means that the Danes need to protect the
C Cite Evidence (yellows) jews against the Nazis.How all the jews were
- Use evidence from the text to getting there shops closed down and they were
support your answer. getting there shops bombed bythe German
-Include both paraphrased people. They were all getting sent to camps so
evidence and direct quotes she felt bad for the people that were dying and
getting sent to camps. Also, she was scared that
Possible evidence starters: her family would get her house took next and
According to the text… that her friend would get caught while being
For example… hidden from the German soldiers. They were
On page ___ it says… hiding her friend because she was jew and she
Further support can be found... would get took next if she wasn't careful
In the article/ chapter it states... because her parents had gotten took out from
there house. Peter had told the family about
E Explain (reds) what is going on he gave them a gift and he
- Explain how each piece of text allowed them to come to his house were it
evidence supports your answer. would be safe for them to not get taken by the
German. Peter had taken the other family so
Possible explain starters: he was willing to take them to so they would
This clearly shows that… all be safe from the German,and not getting
This means that… took to the camp and being killed.That's why
This further supports the idea that… they should be bodygaurds for the Danes.

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:

(Can be expressed in bulleted points or paragraph form)
In chapter 4 there was a bombing but they thought that it was fireworks until they
looked outside and seen red lights and a lot of smoke and stuff getting burned down
by the German and then they got scared and went under there covers .

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 want everything
They want stuff Compared that they can possibly
But they cant have it.
Feelings about the get.
Jewish people

They are nice until Very nice They can be nice but
they are messed are mean

with

They had no food or Poor during the war They were poor
anything to eat or during the war so they
drink
took all the food for
themselves.

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:

(Can be expressed in bulleted points or paragraph form)
When the people were talking on the ohone they said they were bribgibng cigarettes
but hey we're really talking about ellen they were talking in a secret language so the
soldiers wouldn’t hear because the soldiers can hear threw every phone call that
you make

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?
R Why?

Restate the Question (green)
- Read the question or prompt
- Underline keywords
- Rewrite the question as a
statement using your own words

A Answer the Question (green) War changes everything with the kids
- Answer the question and the parents.One of the reasons that it
*If there is more that one part of changed annmarie, it had made the kids
the question, make sure to answer change because they had to take
ALL parts. newways to school everyday so that the
german don't remember their faces. At
C Cite Evidence (yellows) one point in the story they had said that
- Use evidence from the text to the kids should take different ways to
support your answer. school because the german would get
-Include both paraphrased suspicious about the two little girls.They
evidence and direct quotes couldn't go to school because the parents
were getting taken away and taken to the
Possible evidence starters: camps so some of the kids had no
According to the text… transportation or couldn't get picked up
For example… or the kids would just get took to he
On page ___ it says… camps with their parents. If some of the
Further support can be found... kids had parents that were getting taken
In the article/ chapter it states... away there is a high percent chance that
the kids got taken to the camps as well.
E Explain (reds) Some of the kids that weren't jews had to
- Explain how each piece of text protect their friends with there parents
evidence supports your answer. so that they wouldn’t get taken away like
there parents. Anmarie had to hide her
Possible explain starters: friend because she was jew and she didnt
This clearly shows that… want her best friend to get taken away
This means that… just like her family had to go to the
This further supports the idea that… camps.That's how the war changed
people and the kids in the story.
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

She knows that the How they look at the She looks at them to
war is going on and soldiers. be good people.
she is scared for the

kids.

She was brave but Were they brave Yes she was brave
she was also scared Were they afraid when the soldier had
came in the room she
for her kids. had tore the necklace

Yes she was kinda off of her friend to
scredabout what keep them safe.
would have happen.
She was scared she
would get caught.

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 Its ok to lie when your life depends on
*If there is more that one part of it.Sometimes you have to lie about stuff
the question, make sure to answer even when you're parents tell you that
ALL parts. telling the truth is the right thing to do.At
one point the mom had to say that ellen
C Cite Evidence (yellows) was her daughter that had died So she
- Use evidence from the text to didn’t get ellen tooken away. Peter had
support your answer. told all of the people that there had been
-Include both paraphrased a body in the casket and he told them
evidence and direct quotes that the body in the casket was there
great aunt. When Peter said there was a
Possible evidence starters: body he was lying to them so that they
According to the text… wouldn’t look in the casket but there
For example… were really only coats and blankets.
On page ___ it says… When the dad was in the phone his
Further support can be found... brother he had said that he was bringing
In the article/ chapter it states... him a cigarette.He was lying he was bring
him ellen but he was saying it in acode
E Explain (reds) because the German could hear every
- Explain how each piece of text conversation that was going on.That is
evidence supports your answer. why you can lie when life depends on it.

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:

(Can be expressed in bulleted points or paragraph form)
. When Annmarie saved her mom with a hanker chit.
.Annmarie didnt know how to save her mom so she used a hanker shift to
keep her alive.
Annmarie knew that her mother was in trouble so she had to think of
something to do to help her mother not to die or get really sick.
Annmarie is always on the mood to help or do whatever she has to do to save
her family members or her friends.

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
forest?

A Answer the Question (green) How does the author include little red
- Answer the question riding hood with annmarie when she is
*If there is more that one part of running through the woods.They both
the question, make sure to answer ran through the woods in both of the
ALL parts. stories because they were doing
something or getting
C Cite Evidence (yellows) something.Annmarie had told her little
- Use evidence from the text to sister about the story of the little red
support your answer. riding hood all the time because because
-Include both paraphrased she liked the storyof the little red riding
evidence and direct quotes hood. Also, the little sister wasn't scared
when told the story because she heard
Possible evidence starters: little animals in the forest but she knew
According to the text… that none of the animals were a big bad
For example… wolf.She had read the book before and
On page ___ it says… then she would look outside and she
Further support can be found... never seen a big bad wolf so whenshe
In the article/ chapter it states... heard it a lot more she knew that there
would be no big bad wolf. Annmarie is a
E Explain (reds) very wise and brave ten year old she
- Explain how each piece of text knows the right and wrong things to do
evidence supports your answer. sometimes she messes up but when life is
on the line she does whatever. When
Ttle an ellen and annmarie were in bed
annmarie knew that her friend would get
Possible explain starters: taken away if she had that necklaceon so
This clearly shows that… she ripped it off her neck. That is the
This means that… author's purpose in the book aboit the
This further supports the idea that… chapters .

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

A Answer the Question (green) It is important to read the after word in
- Answer the question all historical books.At the end of the
*If there is more that one part of book you can learn about the person's
the question, make sure to answer life and what they like to do in their free
ALL parts. time.I have read a lot of books like this
and at the end i pay attention because its
C Cite Evidence (yellows) interesting learning about other peoples
- Use evidence from the text to life.They put like there kids name if they
support your answer. have kids and they just talk about their
-Include both paraphrased family and where they live and how they
evidence and direct quotes live.Sometimes they like to keep you
reading so they tell you about their
Possible evidence starters: family and what they live like to keep
According to the text… you reading the book.Sometimes the
For example… authors just want you to stay busy and
On page ___ it says… some of them give you jobs to do when
Further support can be found... you grow up. In one of the boooks i read
In the article/ chapter it states... it had gave me jobs to think of that i
could be when i grow up or what i
E Explain (reds) wanted to be..That is why itis important
- Explain how each piece of text to read the after words in books if they
evidence supports your answer. have them.

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