Ella Seelandt Number the Stars 19-20

Number the Stars

Reflection Journal

By: Ella Seelandt 20-C

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” shows

how Adolf Hitler set out to rule the world. He came into power
in 1933 and began to ¨Promote and encourage killing of the
Jews in Germany.¨ Starting in 1941, Jewish people were
relocated. In these camps over six million died. He joined
forces with Italy and Japan. When Japan bombed Pearl
Harbor on December 2nd, 1941, the United States entered
the war and fought against the axis powers until September
7th,1945 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? Made the It made
Jews the Nazis
Underground leave their powerful
Railroad homes to
flee

Underground
Movements

Helped Helped World
Free the everyone War II
Slaves realize that
everyone
is equal

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 King Christian the 10th´s
- Rewrite the question as a response to the yellow star affected
statement using your own words the citizens of Denmark in many
ways that are mostly posotive.One
A Answer the Question (green) way that I know this is because the
- Answer the question text says, ¨Than be prepared to shoot
*If there is more that one part of
the question, make sure to answer the king, for I will be that
ALL parts. soldier.This obviously shows that the
king is brave, which means that he
C Cite Evidence (yellows)
- Use evidence from the text to will be brave in the situation that
support your answer. there is a yellow star as well and he
-Include both paraphrased will not let them live in fear.Another
evidence and direct quotes reason is that in the story, the king
wore a yellow star and soon all of the
Possible evidence starters: Danes wore one too.This shows that
According to the text… the king was basically saying that if
For example… you are going to mess with one of us
On page ___ it says… then you are going to have to get
Further support can be found... through the rest of us. This response
In the article/ chapter it states... saved most of the citizens.The last
reason is that when the king took
E Explain (reds) down the flag that symbolizes war,
- Explain how each piece of text hate, and fear. ¨This Clearly shows
evidence supports your answer. that King Christian made sure that
the citizens did not live in fear.This
Possible explain starters:
This clearly shows that… Obviously means that King
This means that… Christian the 10ths response to the
This further supports the idea that… yellow star affected the citizens of

S Sum it Up (green) Denmark in positive ways.
- 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 in the story Number
- Read the question or prompt The Stars are very different than ours
- Underline keywords in many ways.One reason is because
- Rewrite the question as a there are illegal newspapers and they
statement using your own words are illegal because they talk about the

A Answer the Question (green) resistance and how they want the
- Answer the question Danes to be free. This is different than
*If there is more that one part of the
question, make sure to answer ALL our life because there are no illegal
parts. newspapers in our country and if
there were, they would not be illegal
C Cite Evidence (yellows) because of the fact that they are about
- Use evidence from the text to a certain group of people being safe
support your answer. and free.Another reason is that the
-Include both paraphrased text also says¨Halte,the soldier said in a
evidence and direct quotes stern voice. The german word was as
familiar as it was frightening.¨This is
Possible evidence starters: different because our country is not
According to the text… controlled by German soldiers and
For example…
On page ___ it says… there are not soldiers on every
Further support can be found... corner.The last reason is that the text
In the article/ chapter it states... shows that there is a war in Denmark

E Explain (reds) and even though the Danes have
- Explain how each piece of text surrendered, the war is still going
evidence supports your answer. on.This is different than our country
because of the fact that there is no war
Possible explain starters: that is going on in our country so this
This clearly shows that… cannot be going on at all.Certainly, the
This means that… characters in Number The Stars are
This further supports the idea that…
different than us in many ways.
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 the tenth

● The King and Queen in the story that Annemarie told
● Annemarie's parents as king and queen and Peter as the poor

man
● The palace in Annemarie´s story

● Annemarie seeing the king
● King Christian before the accident

● No bodyguard around him
● Annemarie is asking questions as the peasant

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
A - Read the question or prompt
C - Underline keywords “Now I think all of Denmark
- Rewrite the question as a must be the bodyguard for
E statement using your own words the Jews as well.” What does
S
Answer the Question (green) this mean?
- Answer the question When they say, ¨ Now I think that all
*If there is more that one part of of Denmark must be the bodyguard
the question, make sure to answer for the Jews as well¨, It means that
ALL parts. Denmark must keep the Jewish
people safe from the Nazis. I know
Cite Evidence (yellows) this because the text explains that
- Use evidence from the text to the Germans had made
support your answer. Mrs.Hirsch's shop out of business
-Include both paraphrased because of the fact that she is Jewish
evidence and direct quotes and they know that she is Jewish so
they do these kinds of things to
Possible evidence starters: her.This evidence clearly explains
According to the text… that the German soldiers are taking
For example… the things away from the Jewish
On page ___ it says… people that they love the most.The
Further support can be found... text also says, ¨Mr.Rosen doesn't
In the article/ chapter it states... have a shop. He is a teacher. They
can't close down a whole school can
Explain (reds) they?¨This evidence obviously
- Explain how each piece of text shows that the Germans will stop at
evidence supports your answer. nothing to try and make the
German people suffer because they
Possible explain starters: believe so much that the Jewish are
This clearly shows that… bad.The text also shows that they
This means that… might take away Ellen.This shows
This further supports the idea that… that this is happening often.Clearly,

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)
● The fireworks in the story
● Explosions from the story

● Seeing the fireworks playing with the dolls
●

● Shiny shoes from the story
● The sky as the black ink from the story
● The guns that the soldiers would have if they caught Ellem

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 feel that the
Compared Jewish people are

They feel that the Feelings about the the reason of
Jewish people are Jewish people everything that goes
good and that they do wrong in their lives.
not deserve to be
treated this way.

Think that it is a bad Feelings about Nazi They feel that, because
idea because they soldiers being they are supported by
are taking away their everywhere Germans, what they are
freedom and more doing to the Jewish is the
right thing to do
They feel that the Feelings about the
king is amazing and king of Denmark They feel that the
should not have to king of Denmark is
not good and that he
have his subjects
treated this way. is not doing
Copenhagen any

favors

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:

● Code for bringing Ellen to Uncle Henrik

● They said that Papa misses cigarettes the way Mama misses coffee
● He said there are a lot of ¨cigarettes¨ in copenhagen if you know where to

look
● The man in papa´s office will smoke almost anything
● Mama said that she was bringing a cigarette to Uncle Henrik but she was

actually bringing Ellen
● Reminds me of all of the Jews that are being forced into hiding
● The new year of the Jews and the fireworks that they might use to

celebrate and how they are not going to be able to celebrate new Year
this year if they are Jewish

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. It changes them in
ways that usually are not good.One way I
Answer the Question (green) know this is because the text says, ¨It is
- Answer the question too difficult-maybe even dangerous-to
*If there is more that one part of explain who Ellen is. This shows that it
the question, make sure to answer has changed because it is not safe to
ALL parts. even explain a persons background or

Cite Evidence (yellows)

- Use evidence from the text to who they are to anyone.Another reason
support your answer. that I know this is because in these
-Include both paraphrased chapters, and other chapters, the story
evidence and direct quotes explains that there is no butter or cream
because the German army keeps all of it
Possible evidence starters: for themselves.This shows that the war is
According to the text… taking away all of their food and that
For example… they are not able to have a lot of food
On page ___ it says… because of the war.The last reason that I
Further support can be found... know this is because the text explains
In the article/ chapter it states... that The German soldiers are taking
away all of the Jewish people that they
Explain (reds) can find, even if that person has family,
- Explain how each piece of text they are taking them away when they
evidence supports your answer. can so that their family does not know
where they are.This further supports the
Possible explain starters: idea that war changes people in negative
This clearly shows that… ways because they do not care if that
This means that… person has family to take care of, they
This further supports the idea that… will take them away because they think
that the Jewish are bad people.All of this
Sum it Up (green) evidence clearly explains that war
- Conclude your answer changes a lot of people. However, it
- Link back to the topic sentence changes them in ways that are usually
using different words not good.

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

Stayed calm and How they felt; how Was very nervous
brave while the they stayed strong while the soldiers
soldiers entered the were there and did
funeral even though not show it but was
she was lying scared and did not
know what was
Stayed calm and did What they did when
not worry or show the soldier slapped happening

any pain when he did mama She stayed calm
it or after because while the soldiers
were there but when
she knew what would they left she was
happen if she did scared about what
happened to mama

Mama simply told him How they reacted Was scared about
that Great Aunt Birte when he wanted to what would happen if
had a disease and
that they could open open the casket he did open the
casket and did not
it but probably say anything to the

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 important when they
*If there is more that one part of need to know the truth. Not telling the
the question, make sure to answer
ALL parts. truth is important when it is for their own
safety. One reason that I know this is
C Cite Evidence (yellows)
- Use evidence from the text to because the text explains that they had lied
support your answer. about the casket in order to save the Jewish
-Include both paraphrased
evidence and direct quotes people that they know.This explains that
the reason they are lying is because of their
Possible evidence starters:
According to the text… own safety or to keep the other people
For example… safe.Another reason that I know this is
On page ___ it says… because the text says, ¨It was one more time
Further support can be found... Annemarie realized, when they protected
In the article/ chapter it states... one another by not telling. If Mr.Rosen
knew, he might be frightened. If Mr.Rosen
E Explain (reds) knew, he might be in danger.This shows
- Explain how each piece of text that they are not telling each other what is
evidence supports your answer. in the package to keep each other safe.The
last reason that I know this is because the
Possible explain starters: text shows that when Annemarie finds out
This clearly shows that…
This means that… that there is no one in a casket, she
This further supports the idea that… understands why there was no Great Aunt
Birte and why Uncle Henrik had told her
S Sum it Up (green) that. This clearly shows that they are not
- Conclude your answer telling because they knew that she would
- Link back to the topic sentence eventually find out about it , and because
using different words
she knows that they are not telling her
Possible summary starters: about this for her own safety.This evidence
Clearly Definitely Certainly clearly shows that it is good to lie to people
To sum up In fact Obviously sometimes when it is for their safety, and it

is good to tell the truth when it is not
risking someone or someone's lives.

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)
● How mama led everyone to safety

● Taking people to safety and then coming back
● Does not know where she is

● Annemarie had to run to save people
● Annemarie had to save many people and take them to safety

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 including Little Red
the question, make sure to answer Riding Hood in the story was so that she had
ALL parts. something to relate to in the story. One reason
that I know this is because the text explains
C Cite Evidence (yellows) that to hide the package, she had to bring food
- Use evidence from the text to to Uncle Henrik. The only difference is that
support your answer. Annemarie was bringing the food to her Uncle
-Include both paraphrased and not her grandma.This shows that she was
evidence and direct quotes comparing the part in Little Red Riding hood

Possible evidence starters: where she was bringing food to her
According to the text… grandmother's house and when Annemarie
For example… was bringing the package to Uncle Henrik.
On page ___ it says… Another reason that I know this is because the
Further support can be found... text also says, ¨But she had heard something
In the article/ chapter it states... else. SHe heard bushes rustling ahead, She
heard footsteps. And-she was certain it was not
E Explain (reds) her imagination- she heard a growl.This shows
- Explain how each piece of text that the author ended up comparing the Little
evidence supports your answer. Red Riding Hood when she heard a growl in
the woods like Little Red Riding Hood.The last
Possible explain starters:
This clearly shows that… reason that I know this is because the text
This means that… explains that Annemarie had to run to deliver
This further supports the idea that…
the package to her uncle just like Little Red
S Sum it Up (green) Riding hood had to run because she was afraid
- Conclude your answer of the growl that she had heard when she was
- Link back to the topic sentence
using different words on her way to her grandmas house to deliver
the food. This shows that the author was
Possible summary starters:
Clearly Definitely Certainly comparing the part in Little Red RIding Hood
To sum up In fact Obviously where she was running because she was scared
and when Annemarie had to run to bring the

food to Uncle Henrik.This clearly shows that
the author had included the story of little red

riding hood because of using the story as a
reference to when Annemarie was running to
deliver the food to her Uncle on the boat with

the package inside the food.

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 The author includes the afterword so that the
reader can know things like how they came up
Answer the Question (green) with the story or if it is a true story or not. It is
- Answer the question important to read the afterword because then
*If there is more that one part of
the question, make sure to answer the reader can know about the story or the
ALL parts. reason behind the book. One reason that I
know this is because the text says, ¨Let me try
Cite Evidence (yellows) to tell you, here, where the fact ends and fiction
- Use evidence from the text to begins.¨This shows that The author is trying to
support your answer. tell us how much of the story is fact and how
-Include both paraphrased much of the story is fiction.Another reason that
evidence and direct quotes I know this is because the text explains that the
author had come up with the story because
Possible evidence starters: Annemarie had always been someone that had
According to the text… been a part of her imagination and she had
For example… been told stories by Annelise Platt, by whom
On page ___ it says… the story was dedicated to.This means that the
Further support can be found... author was trying to tell us how she had come
In the article/ chapter it states... up with the story.The last reason that I know
this is because the text also says, ¨but even
Explain (reds) more by the greater picture she drw for me of
- Explain how each piece of text the courage and integrity of the Danish people
evidence supports your answer. under the leadership of the king they oved
most, King Christian X.This shows how the
Possible explain starters: author used King Christian in the book and
This clearly shows that… why she had used him in the book the way that
This means that… she did. To sum it up, the author includes the
This further supports the idea that… afterword so that the reader can know how th
author came up with the story, and if the story
Sum it Up (green)
- Conclude your answer is true or not. It is important to read the
- Link back to the topic sentence afterword so that you can know about the story
using different words
and the reason behind the book or why they
made the book.

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