The book

thief
By: Markus Zusak
 Hitler’s Rise to power

https://ed.ted.com/less
ons/how-did-hitler-ris
e-to-power-alex-gendl
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 In Breakout Rooms...
● With 2 or 3 others, you will research a topic
● You should find 5 facts individually before coming
together as a group and deciding on the 5 most
important facts to share with the class
● Include one picture with your facts
● What do your peers need to know about this topic
to give context to the book?
● Finally, Write a 17 word summary about your topic
(one sentence.) You have to have exactly 17 words!
● When we come back together you will share your
screen and tell us what you learned
● You should write down 2 things from each group
● One Group Member should post to the discussion
post on Schoology
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 Topics
1. Communists/Reichstag Fire-1
2. Book Burning-2
3. Hitler Youth Movement/Adolf Hitler Schools-3
4. Nuremberg Laws-4
5. Kristallnacht-5
6. Dachau-6
7. Auschwitz-7
8. Air Raids-8
9. Stalingrad-9
10. Markus Zusak-Ms. Ross
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Read Prologue
Together
For Next Class
● Read “The Arrival on
Himmel Street,” “Growing
Up a Saumensch,” and
“The Woman With the
Iron Fist,” from Part 1 of
The Book Thief
○ Complete the Reading
Questions (TBT
Folder)
○ 2nd Hour: Due TUES
12/1 @ 11:59 PM
○ 5th/6th Hour: Due
6
WEDS 12/2 @11:59 PM
Coming Up…

On Class Wednesday/Thursday I will have a

Reading Schedule and Book Club Schedule for
you.

AoW (Holocaust Diary) This week due

Sunday (01/06) @ 11:59 PM.
-Just 10 annotations due for the AoW! NO
ONE PAGER THIS WEEK
- Since you will have a lot of reading and
prep work this week, you only have to do the 10
annotations for the AoW
-DO NOT READ AHEAD in The Book Thief ;)
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12/2 and 12/3
 Flash Draft

On page 37 of The Book Thief, our narrator

says, “Not leaving: an act of trust and
love…”

What does it mean to trust someone?

Write about a time you trusted or were
trusted by someone/something (person,
plant, animal, yourself)
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 Book CLub Schedule &
Reading Schedule

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j
xHBNmW1s1E2518LKLbqZrOtZxuuOu
kM4NlyikfpOEw/edit?usp=sharing

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 TEAM NORMS-BOOK CLUBS
● We will have new book club groups for The Book
Thief
● You should establish team norms in your book club
● Each book club has their own jamboard slide
● Look at the sample norms and categories on the
other hours Jamboards if you need ideas
● Individually, create 2 sticky notes (2 norms) on your
groups jamboard
● After each member has created 2, group similar
norms together or combine and revise your norms
together
● Each group should have at least 4 norms
● Create a new team name as well! (and put each team
members name on the Jamboard)
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 Jamboard Links
2nd Hour:
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1B3kpGi2t7ujx92e9
6amd6AYzTxXxslMopEmC2JcEKBg/edit?usp=shari
ng
5th Hour:
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1FfIoiuSfPR7UDudB
mXGwxsNbGiNViQbZd-dWhFCxudQ/edit?usp=sha
ring
6th Hour:
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1lwXKAs2NqopUW
OCEposlM7naA55ZMjoXfub63M1ZdNw/edit?usp=s
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haring
 Character Traits
able active adventurous affectionate afraid alert ambitious angry annoyed anxious apologetic
arrogant attentive average bad blue bold bored bossy brainy brave bright brilliant busy calm
careful careless cautious charming cheerful childish clever clumsy coarse concerned confident
confused considerate cooperative courageous cowardly cross cruel curious dangerous daring
dark decisive demand ing dependable depressed determined discouraged dishonest
disrespectful doubtful dull dutiful eager easygoing efficient embarrassed encouraging energetic
evil excited expert fair faithful fearless fierce foolish fortunate foul fresh friendly frustrated
funny gentle giving glamorous gloomy good grace ful grateful greedy grouchy grumpy guilty
happy harsh hateful healthy helpful honest hopeful hopeless humorous ignorant imaginative
impatient impolite incon side rate independ e nt industrious innocent intelligent jealous kindly
lazy leader lively lonely loving loyal lucky mature mean messy miserable mysterious naughty
nervous nice noisy obedient obnoxious old peaceful picky pleasant polite poor popular positive
precise proper proud quick quiet rational reliable religious responsible restless rich rough
rowdy rude sad safe satisfied scared secretive selfish serious sharp short shy silly skillful sly
smart sneaky sorry spoiled sting y strange strict stubborn sweet talented tall thankful
thoughtful thoughtless tired tolerant touch y trusting trustworthy unfriendly unhappy upset
useful warm weak wicked wise worried wrong young
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 Character Traits-2nd hour
Type in the chat a character trait for each
Character:
● Hans Hubermann
○ Quiet, kind, gentle, generous, musical,
caring, calm, subdued, patient, collected
● Rosa Hubermann
○ Rough, aggressive, bitter, aggravating, loud,
short-tempered, strict, toughlove, grumpy,
foul-mouthed
● Liesel Meminger
○ Shy, confused, lonely, traumatized, scared,
introverted, unsure, lost, frustrated
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 Character Traits-5th hour
Type in the chat a character trait for each Character:
● Hans Hubermann
○ Gentle, empathetic, musical,
caring,understanding, kind, compassionate

● Rosa Hubermann
○ Tough, ungrateful, aggressive, grouchy, strict,
loud
● Liesel Meminger
○ Confused, anxious, disoriented, obedient,
traumatized, scared, young, small
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 Character Traits-6th hour
Type in the chat a character trait for each
Character:
● Hans Hubermann
○ Generous, trustworthy, gentle, nurturing,
understanding, loving, calm, kind,
sympathetic
● Rosa Hubermann
○ Fussy, protective, controlling, stern, strict,
short-tempered, stubborn, haughty, whiny
● Liesel Meminger
○ Complex, lost, misunderstood, scared,
alone, confused, innocent, betrayed, sad,
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Read together
Part 1- 2nd half
For Next Class
● Read the rest of Part 1
○ “The Kiss,” “The Jesse
Owens Incident,” The
Other Side of
Sandpaper,” “The Smell
of Friendship,” and
“The Heavyweight
Champion of the
School-Yard”
● Complete: TBT Character
ASTAR (complete 2 ASTAR
charts for 2 characters)
● 2ND HOUR DUE THURS
12/3 at 11:59PM
● 5TH /6th HOUR DUE SUN
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 THE ASTAR METHOD
APPEARANCE
What does this
character look like?
What do they wear?
REACTIONS from other
characters
What does he/she do when SPEECH
another character walks into the What do he/she say and how?
room? Quote if possible

ACTIONS THOUGHTS
What does this character What is the point of view of the
do? How do they do it/ story? Do we see this characters
Why do they do it? thoughts?
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 12/4- 2nd Hour
● Today we are going to have a reading and work
day- Keep cameras on!
● Thing you should be working on:
1. AoW (Due Sunday 12/6 @ 11:59PM)
2. Read The Book Thief Part 2 (Due Monday 12/7
@11:59PM)
3. Prep Work for Part 2 (Due Monday 12/7 @
11:59PM)
a. A Letter (1 page)
b. Banned Book Reflection (1 page)
Prep Work and Reading is always due the day before
we meet for class! Book Club #1 is on Tuesday,
12/8 (Next Class) 20
 Prep Work: A Letter
1. After Reading The Book Thief Part 2, think specifically about
the section “Dead Letters”
2. Pretending you are 10-year-old Liesel, compose a letter to
your mother.
3. Do this in letter format
4. It should be one page long
5. Include the following
a. A description of the neighborhood and neighbors
b. A description of Papa and his accordian
c. A description of Rudy
d. A description of Rosa
e. An update of Liesel’s reading and writing progress
f. Anything else you think Liesel would include
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 Prep Work: Banned Books
1. After Reading The Book Thief, Part 2 think specifically about the
section “The Gates of Thievery” and “The Book of Fire”
2. Scan over this list of the most banned and challenged books in the
past 10 years
a. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbo
oks/decade2019
3. Write a one Page Reflection using the following questions as a
guide
a. Why did the nazis have book burnings?
b. How does burning books contribute to power?
c. Why are there banned/challenged books in 2020?
d. Have you read any books from the list? If so, consider why you
think this book might be banned or challenged.
e. Reflect on the power of words, reading, and propaganda.
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 12/7- 5th+6th Hour
Agenda
1. Book Club #1
2. Book Club Recap
3. Participation Form
4. R+R (The Book Thief or Independent
Reading book)
5. Homework: Read Part 2 & Prep Work

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 Book Clubs
● We will be meeting in book clubs 5 times for The Book Thief. (See
Reading and Book Club Schedule for Dates)
● Rename yourself with your book club number please!
● Reminder, what is a book club?
○ This will be a breakout room where your team has a 15/20 min
long discussion. You will always have prep-work due before
your Book Club meets, so that you always have content to
discuss.
○ You will complete a google form rating your team member’s
participation after every book club meeting.
● This is Book Club #1 for The Book Thief (You should discuss the
Prologue and Part 1, use your 10 questions and character ASTAR
charts to guide your discussion)
● I will pop in to breakout rooms to listen in on/join your discussions!
 Book Club #1 + Participation
FoRm

5th Hour:
https://forms.gle/osRobvfixLhSE5ev5

6th Hour:
https://forms.gle/Wnpo17XcccjfkKPx8

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 12/7- 5th/6th Hour
Thing you should be working on:
1. Read Part 2 of The Book Thief
2. Prep Work for Part 2 (Due Tuesday 12/8 @
11:59PM)
a. A Letter (1 page)
b. Banned Book Reflection (1 page)
3. Class on Wednesday (12/9) is ASYNCHRONOUS- I
will post work for you to do on Schoology- NO
ZOOM
4. No AoW this week!

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 Prep Work: A Letter
1. After Reading The Book Thief Part 2, think specifically about
the section “Dead Letters”
2. Pretending you are 10-year-old Liesel, compose a letter to
your mother.
3. Do this in letter format
4. It should be one page long
5. Include the following
a. A description of the neighborhood and neighbors
b. A description of Papa and his accordian
c. A description of Rudy
d. A description of Rosa
e. An update of Liesel’s reading and writing progress
f. Anything else you think Liesel would include
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 Prep Work: Banned Books
1. After Reading The Book Thief, Part 2 think specifically about the
section “The Gates of Thievery” and “The Book of Fire”
2. Scan over this list of the most banned and challenged books in the
past 10 years
a. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbo
oks/decade2019
3. Write a one Page Reflection using the following questions as a
guide
a. Why did the nazis have book burnings?
b. How does burning books contribute to power?
c. Why are there banned/challenged books in 2020?
d. Have you read any books from the list? If so, consider why you
think this book might be banned or challenged.
e. Reflect on the power of words, reading, and propaganda.
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 12/8- 2nd Hour

1. Book Club #1
2. Book Club Recap
3. Participation Form
4. R+R (The Book Thief or Independent
Reading book)
5. Homework: Read Part 3 & Prep Work

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 Book Clubs
● We will be meeting in book clubs 5 times for The Book Thief. (See
Reading and Book Club Schedule for Dates)
● Rename yourself with your book club number please!
● Reminder, what is a book club?
○ This will be a breakout room where your team has a 15/20 min
long discussion. You will always have prep-work due before
your Book Club meets, so that you always have content to
discuss.
○ You will complete a google form rating your team member’s
participation after every book club meeting.
● This is Book Club #1 for The Book Thief (You should discuss the
Prologue,Part 1, and Part 2. Sse your 10 questions,character ASTAR
charts, letter and reflection to guide your discussion)
● I will pop in to breakout rooms to listen in on/join your discussions!
 Book Club #1 + Participation
FoRm

2nd Hour:

https://forms.gle/f4Zv1qvGQdVjrApq9

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 12/8- 2nd Hour

Thing you should be working on:

1. Read Part 3 of The Book Thief
2. Prep Work for Part 3 (Due Wednesday 12/9
@ 11:59PM)
a. Author’s Craft Questions
3. No AoW this week!
4. Quiz on The Book Thief Thursday (12/10)
a. Prologue, Parts 1, 2, and 3
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 12/10- 2nd Hour
12/11- 5th & 6th Hour
Agenda:
1. The Book Thief Quiz (Prologue, Part 1, 2, and 3)
a. “TBT Quiz 1” in TBT Folder on Schoology
2. For Homework
a. Read Part 4 of The Book Thief
b. In Part 4, we learn a lot about a new character, Max
Vandenburg. Write a 1 page reflection about Max.
(prompting questions and ideas are on the next slide.)
c. This will be due Sunday 12/13 @ 11:59pm or Monday
12/14 @ 11:59pm
d. You are free to leave the zoom after you finish your quiz.
e. Good luck & have a great weekend!!
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Use these questions/ideas to prompt your
thinking when writing your reflection about
Max. You do not need to address all of these
ideas, they are just there to guide you.
● How can you compare and contrast Max and Liesel?
● What are some character traits you could use to describe
Max.
● How do Hans and Rosa treat Max? What are their
relationships with him?
● Describe Max’s gift to Liesel.
● Make predictions about Max and the Hubermanns.
Read Part 4 and turn in your 1 page reflection
about Max by Sunday, 12/13 @ 11:59pm/ Monday,
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 12/14- 2nd Hour and 12/15 5th and
6th Hour
Agenda
1. Book Club #2
2. Book Club Recap
3. Participation Form
4. Discussion Activity
5. Homework: Read first half of Part 5
a. -The Floating Book Part 1
b. -The Gamblers
c. -Rudy’s Youth

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 Book Club #2 + Participation
FoRm

2nd Hour:
https://forms.gle/d386s9EWQApacGqQ9

5th Hour:
https://forms.gle/nf5TZTPY5LKM5jKJ8

6th Hour:
https://forms.gle/7DoC3dKPTkC1nnvf9
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 Discussion Activity
● 2nd Hour
○ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TKJLW9UsvvTnra
VFq3CSKg1j14TrT0QS3_N773Mt1Es/edit?usp=sharing
● 5th Hour
○ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K77JMrg6HalLwM_
ua_KoXtSvj6mJsINzcQS27lj1G00/edit?usp=sharing
● 6th Hour
○ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16r8-9XEeB87551OK
c5aTQimiwShi-mpnllJU2VcX3P4/edit?usp=sharing
● Find the slide with your name
● Read the prompt and respond on your slide
● You will write for about 5 minutes
● Then go to the next slide and respond to your classmates. You
will have another 5 minutes to respond to the new prompt, and
your peer’s responses. 37
 Discussion Starters
• I agree/disagree with you because….
• This reminds me of…
• Your comment helped me think about…
• This is interesting because…
• What do you think about…
• Something I liked about what you said is…
• I wonder…
• Something I don’t understand is…
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 For Next Class...

● Read First Half of Part 5 of The Book Thief

● Write 5 Questions that you have about what you
have read so far
○ 2nd Hour- Reading & Questions Due Tues. 12/15 @
11:59pm
○ 5th and 6th Hour- Reading & Questions Due Weds.
12/16 @ 11:59
● Book Club #3 is on Wednesday 12/16 (2nd Hour)
and Thursday 12/17 (5th and 6th Hour)
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 12/16- 2nd Hour and 12/17 5th and
6th Hour
Agenda
1. Book Club #3
2. Participation Form
3. End of Semester and Exams
4. Reflect on 2020
5. Reading Over Break
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY BREAK :)

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 Book Club #3 + Participation
FoRm

2nd Hour:
https://forms.gle/fDJ9m855VFEaxnqw6

5th Hour:
https://forms.gle/5RWhx4XaDmvfwMAt7

6th Hour:
https://forms.gle/7pXrDVFRX63ktzP18
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 Exams and End of Semester

● We have two weeks when we come back from break and

then exam week
● We will be finishing The Book Thief the first week when we
return from break
● There will be an extra credit assignment when we return
from break as well
● The second week we get back from break, we will be
discussing the book and writing our last essay for the class
about The Book Thief
● Your exam day for this class is Tuesday, January 19 (2nd
Hour), Thursday, January 21 (5th & 6th hour)
● You will not be taking a formal exam on this day, we will be
doing a reflective activity as a class.
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 This is the Last Class I will see
you in 2020!!
This will be our last quick write of 2020! Reflect on how you have grown
this year.
● What is the most important lesson you learned this year?
● What is the best thing that happened this year?
● What challenges did you overcome?
● What new skills did you learn?
● What new habits did you start?
● What were your favorite books you read this year?
● Favorite movie you saw?
● Favorite memory from this year?
● How are you different than a year ago?
● Favorite new recipe you tried?
● What did you let go of?
● How would you explain this year in 3 key words?
● How kind were you to yourself?
● What advice would you give your 43 last-year self?
 Reading over break
(NO PREP WORK)

1. Finish Reading Part 5

a. Sketches
b. The Whistler and the Shoes
c. Three Acts of Stupidity- By Rudy Steiner
d. The Floating Book Part 2
2. Read Part 6
3. Read Part 7
4. Read Part 8
5. Stop Here
6. Do Not Read Part 9
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 01/4 5th and 6th Hour and 01/5 2nd
Hour

Agenda
1. Flash Draft
2. Class Activity- Important Events of TBT
Parts 1-8
3. Book Club #4 (With Guiding Questions)
4. Participation Form
5. R+R (Part 9)

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 Flash Draft:

How are you feeling? It’s 2021! What does that

mean to you? Do you have goals or resolutions?
Or does it feel the same as 2020 to you? How was
your break?

Use this time to reflect on how you feel today,

and write about whatever is on your mind.

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 Breakout Rooms & Jamboard
● I am going to put you in random breakout rooms
● Whichever breakout room you are in, you should go to that
corresponding jamboard slide
○ 2nd hour:
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1bMJZCABAd-xyz07wRhY3Pu
Yl19YdXyeVsI3Lz4jXZl0/edit?usp=sharing
○ 5th hour:
https://jamboard.google.com/d/18amDbYeKaC0aKG8L0ArjW9
vP_M9j-iaXfAFNzHGOi-s/edit?usp=sharing
○ 6th hour:
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1p-JKn-WXbUkDOVymLk8HS
MvnHJHs7lUCg0XLx438SsA/edit?usp=sharing
● With your group, choose 5 events from that Part of The Book Thief
that you think are the most important events and put them on your
slide in order
● Each group will present their Jamboard
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 Book Club #4

● Since you last met with your book club, you

have read Parts 5, 6, 7, and 8
● Since you didn’t complete any prep work over
break, use some of these questions to guide
your discussion
○ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qC0HBJt1Uqz
MBb1aMhry_6RP2RuQwIMpf9Vo3_0bOb4/edit?usp
=sharing

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 Book Club #4 + Participation
FoRm

2nd Hour:
https://forms.gle/DwfCf YTt5tjLjC8bA

5th Hour:
https://forms.gle/1cuJanK2V33819MX6

6th Hour:
https://forms.gle/WQYd7mWfUJNpbYxeA
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 R+R

● R+R for 20 mins (If you are reading TBT you

can read Part 9)
● For homework, you should finish reading Part
9 and complete the reading quetions. Reading
and Questions due 01/05 @ 11:59pm and
01/06 @ 11:59pm
● There will be a quiz on The Book Thief (Parts 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9)on Wednesday 01/06 and
Thursday 01/07
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 Extra Credit AOW

● If you want extra credit, you can

choose any AoW from
http://www.kellygallagher.org/article-
of-the-week
● 10 annotations and one-pager due
Sunday 01/10 @ 11:59 pm for 10 points
extra credit!

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 01/06 and 01/07
1. The Book Thief Quiz 2
2. Start Reading Part 10 of The Book Thief when you are
finished
3. Prep Work: Write a ONE PAGE reflection about Part 10
of TBT. There is so much to analyze/think about in Part
10 so a page should be easy.
4. Reading Part 10 and 1 page Reflection due 01/07 and
01/10
5. DO NOT READ THE EPILOGUE!!! We are reading it
together in class
6. Don’t forget last book club is 01/08 and 01/11. Extra
Credit Aow Due Sunday 01/10
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 Wednesday’s Events...
● This class is a place where we welcome and support all
conversations.
● Many of us are feeling scared or overwhelmed about
the events that took place at the Capitol on
Wednesday.
● If you do not want to discuss these events and want to
read/work independently in the main room, do not
type anything in the chat.
● If you want to process these events with a partner in a
breakout room, please type a “2” in the chat
● If you have many questions and want to process in a
group with me, type a “3” in
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the chat
 01/08 and 01/11
Agenda
1. Read The Epilogue
2. Book Club #5
3. Participation Form
4. Markus Zusak Interviews
5. Full Class Chat & Wrap Up
6. Essay Prompts

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 Book Club #5

● You made it to your final book club!!

● There are lots of opportunities for discussion
today
● You can discuss anything from the book, there
aren’t any spoilers left!!

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 Book Club #5 + Participation
FoRm

2nd Hour:
https://forms.gle/HeSDd1TDo1fwqaX96

5th Hour:
https://forms.gle/SWmY5VtHCFN56x4V8

6th Hour:
https://forms.gle/CAavgutWvFYpnpM7A
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 INterviews with the Author

● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m
7B8ioiZz7M
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D
gC_kwY0Qc
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-
_8QIdm4hA

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 In The Chat...

● Rate this book 1-10 in the chat. (1=I

HATE IT, 10=I’M OBSESSED)
● Type one word in the chat to describe
this book
● Are you going to watch the movie?
Type yes or no in the chat.
● What is your favorite book you have
read for school? Type the title in the
chat.
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 Book Thief Essay Prompts

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15KtV2kJgRl
qnZ29_is7juLqc2wRW3fecd3u1GESJ0zA/edit?usp=
sharing

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 11/12
1. Theme Discussion
2. Essay Requirements/Due date
3. Essay Prompts
4. Time to Write/Breakout Room with
Me

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 Themes IN The book Thief- 5

● Always be prepared for change because

change can happen in the blink of an eye
○ Anger and Abandonment
○ Adapting
○ Cherish your family because you never know how
much time you have together
1. Even in the darkest stories there are good
moments, and vice versa
a. Contrasts of Kindness/cruelty of humans, beauty
and brutality, Happiness/Pain
2. 61
 Themes Cont.
● Relationships, like her relationship with death,
Hans, Rudy, Max, Hitler (one-sided), and other
people. Because it was these relationships that
made her who she was, like the book thief.
● Words are the foundation of all ideas and
revolutions.
○ Words, Reading, Writing, Propaganda
○ The Power of Words (The Word Shaker)
○ Hans slaps Liesel (telling her not to say she hates
Hitler)
○ Different ways to use words
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 Themes Cont.

● Tolerence/Intolerance in Nazi Germany

○ Setting Ideas
○ How does Nazi Germany and living affect all of the
characters?
○ Drives the story forward
● Thievery
○ Liesel stealing books from book burning
○ Liesel and Rudy stealing
○ Title?

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 Themes IN The book Thief- 6

● Time keeps moving and you need to keep

moving forward
○ Adaptation
○ Anger + Abandonment
○ Persistence
1. Contrast-Harsh reality of the world, How humans can
be caring/cruel
a. Beauty/brutality
b. Happiness/Pain
c. Dark Times/Happiness from Friendship
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 Themes Cont...

1. Effects and Power of Words

a. Hans Slaps Liesel for saying that she hates Hitler
b. Words, Reading, Propaganda
c. Max, Mein Kampf (guided him to the Hubermann’s,
“The Word Shaker”
d. Liesel reads in the bomb shelter (comfort, Frau
Holtzapfel, Liesel screams Ilsa-hurt)
2. Tolerance/Intolerance in Nazi Germany
a. Setting
b. Drives the Plot and Story
c. Growing up in that environment
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 Themes cont...

1. Friendships/Relationships
a. Strains and successes of those
2. Death and Humans and Mortality
3. Thievery
a. Rudy and Liesel stealing together
b. Rudy stealing by himself
c. Liesel stealing from the book burning
d. Liesel stealing from the mayor’s library

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 Your Book Thief Essay...
● You will have most of class time today to write your
essay
● Your essay should include:
○ MLA Header and Title
○ Introduction with Hook & Thesis
○ Body Paragraph 1 with 2 quotations
○ Body Paragraph 2 with 2 quotations
○ Conclusion
● We will do peer review and editing Thursday, so don’t
turn in your essay before then
● Due Friday @ 11:59pm to turnitin.com and Schoology
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 Book Thief Essay Prompts

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 Time to Write!

● Use this time to write your essay!!

● Your rough draft should be done and
ready to be edited by class Thursday
● If you want to chat with me in a
breakout room about your ideas, essay
writing, or essay in general, message
me in the chat

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 11/13

1. Theme Discussion
2. Essay Requirements/Due date
3. Time to Write/Breakout Room
with Me

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 Themes in TBT?
1. Power of Words
a. Words, Reading, and Propaganda
b. Comfort (Liesel read to the people in the bomb
shelters, power- Hitler,)Hans slaps Liesel (censorship)
c. Something about resisting and you don't have to
believe what everyone else says is true
d. Max coming to Hubermanns
e. Max and Liesel’s relationship
2. Friendship and Forming Bonds
a. Relationships between different characters
b. Contrast/ Duality of Humans
c. kindess/cruelty
d. Beauty and brutality
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e. Happiness and pain
 Themes Cont….
1. Stealing and Thievery
a. Rudy and Liesel stealing together food
b. Rudy steals by himself
c. Liesel stealing the books from the book burning and
the mayor’s library
2. The strength or capability of guilt, sadness, and
sorrow
a. death and loss
3. Perseverance
a. Anger, abandonment and adapting
4. Tolerence and Intolerance in Nazi Germany
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a. How the setting drives the plot, Setting
 Your Book Thief Essay...
● You will have most of class time today to write your
essay
● Your essay should include:
○ MLA Header and Title
○ Introduction with Hook & Thesis
○ Body Paragraph 1 with 2 quotations
○ Body Paragraph 2 with 2 quotations
○ Conclusion
● We will do peer review and editing Friday, so don’t try
to turn in your essay before then
● Due Friday @ 11:59pm to turnitin.com and Schoology
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 Time to Write!

● Use this time to write your essay!!

● Your rough draft should be done and
ready to be edited by class Friday
● If you want to chat with me in a
breakout room about your ideas, essay
writing, or essay in general, message
me in the chat

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 1/14 and 1/15

Agenda
1. Peer Review
2. Independent Editing Time (With me in
Breakout Rooms)
3. Where/How to turn in your essay
(Turnitin.com and Schoology)

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 Peer Review

● It is always helpful before turning in any large pieces of writing

to have other people look it over.
● I am going to put you in breakout rooms (groups of 3)
● For the next 30 or so minutes, you will read through your 2
partner’s rough drafts and leave 6-12 comments of feedback.
● You can send each other your rough drafts through email.
● When you get into breakout rooms, spend the first 5 mins
emailing your essays to your 2 parters (you can leave comments
on Google Docs, or directly onto the document on Word)
● Here are some ideas for constructive feedback...

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Comment Starters

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 Independent Work/Editing
Time

For the rest of class, you will have time to

read through your partner’s comments,
edit, make changes, and continue writing
and working on your paper.

I am available to go into breakout rooms

as well.

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 Turning In your essay

1. As always, you must first turn your

essay in to turnitin.com
2. You MUST upload your essay to Turnitin.com BEFORE
submitting it to Schoology
Enrollment Key: Foster6
Your OWN login should be in the first page(s) of your
notebook
3. Turn it in to Schoology. (TBT Essay)

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