Homework - Write a letter

Write a letter home, describing a particular school day.

Use the language of narration, the notes we are taking down today.

Describe what you see in detailuse adjectives

Today’s Heading

The Language of Narration2

The objective of this class is:

To get every single noun or verb you say to be

accompanied by an adjective or adverb.

(1) Anne Frank, diary entry (8th July, 1942)

Into hiding - where would we go, in a town or to the country, in a house or a cottage? These were questions I was not allowed to ask, but I couldn't get them out of my mind. Margot and I began to pack some of our most vital belongings into a school satchel. The first thing I put in was this diary, then hair curlers, handkerchiefs, school books, a comb, old letters; I put in the craziest things with the idea that we were going into hiding. But I'm not sorry, memories mean more to me than dresses.

“Memories mean more to me than dresses”

Write a short list of your favourite things. Beside each great item – create a

fantastic list of adjectives.

Cake – delicious, soft,

creamy, spongy, choclately,

(also unhealthy, fattening,

sugar-filled and

headache-inducing)

(2) Anne Frank, diary entry (11th July, 1942)

I can't tell you how oppressive it is never to be able to go outdoors, also I'm scared to death that we shall be discovered and shot. That is not exactly a pleasant prospect. We have to whisper and tread lightly during the day, otherwise the people in the warehouse might hear us.

‘I'm scared to death’ Scream – Edward Munch

Describe quickly every single thing you stylishly see in this strange picture – use adjectives and

adverbs.

(3) Anne Frank, diary entry (19th November, 1942)

Dussel has told us a lot about the outside world, which we have missed for

so long now. He had very sad news. Countless friends and acquaintances

have gone to a terrible fate. Evening after evening the green and grey

lorries trundle past. The Germans ring at every door to enquire if there are

any Jews living in the house. If there are, then the whole family has to go

at once. If they don't find any, they go on to the next house. No one has a

chance of evading them unless one goes into hiding. Often they go round

with lists, and only ring when they can get a good haul.

In the evenings, when it's dark, I often see rows of good, innocent people

accompanied by crying children, walking on and on, bullied and knocked

about until they almost drop. No one is spared - old people, babies,

expectant mothers, the sick - each and all join in the march of death.

You’re trapped Pretend now for a brief moment that

you all have lunchtime detention. You look outside the window and see ............. what?

Be creative, use adverbs and adjectives.

Think of sports, people doing things and what they look like.

(4) Anne Frank, diary entry (9th October, 1943)

Our many Jewish friends are being taken away by the dozen. These people are being treated by the Gestapo without a shred of decency, being loaded into cattle trucks and sent to Westerbork.

(5) Anne Frank, diary entry (11th April, 1944)

Who has inflicted this upon us? Who has made us Jews

different to all other people? Who has allowed us to

suffer so terribly up till now? It is God that has made

us as we are, but it will be God too, who will raise us

up again. If we bear all this suffering and if there are

still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of

being doomed, will then be held up as an example.

Who knows, it might even be our religion from which

the world and all peoples learn good, and for that

reason and that reason only do we have to suffer now.

Role Play In pairs or teams of three, create a script

whereby:

Someone is being bullied for how they look and the way they do something.

The bullied person stands up for himself/herself by saying what he can do, will do and who will help him/her.

There must be an adjective or adverb every few words. This will make the script sound odd or funny. Have fun.

(6) Anne Frank, diary entry (6th June, 1944)

"This is D-day", came the announcement over the British radio.

The invasion has begun! According to the German news, British

parachute troops have landed on the French coast. British

landing craft are in battle with the German Navy, says the BBC.

Great commotion in the 'Secret Annexe'! Would the long-

awaited liberation that has been talked of so much but which

still seems too wonderful, too much like a fairy-tale, ever come

true? Could we be granted victory this year, 1944? We don't

know yet, but hope is revived within us; it gives us fresh

courage, and makes us strong again.

(7) Anne Frank, diary (21st July, 1944)

I'm finally getting optimistic. Now, at last, things are going well! They really are! Great

News! An assassination attempt has been made on Hitler's life, and for once not by

Jewish Communists or British capitalists, but by a German general who's not only a

count, but young as well. The Fuhrer owes his life to 'Divine Providence': he escaped,

unfortunately, with only a few minor burns and scratches. A number of officers and

Generals who were nearby were killed or wounded. The head of the conspiracy has been

shot.

This is the best proof we've had so far that many officers and generals are fed up with

the war and would like to see Hitler sink into a bottomless pit, so they can establish a

military dictatorship, make peace with the Allies, rearm themselves and, after a few

decades, start a new war. Perhaps Providence is deliberately biding its time getting rid

of Hitler, since it's much easier, and cheaper, for the Allies to let the impeccable Germans

kill each other off. It's less work for the Russians and British, and it allows them to start

rebuilding their own cities that much sooner. But we haven't reached that point yet, and

I'd hate to anticipate the glorious event

Write your own dairy entries now.

‘You have a problem in school or at work’

Over the course of several days or weeks, write dairy entries describing a problem.

Use many adjectives and adverbs.

(Ideas for problems – too much work, bullying, friends, enemies, shoes, hair)