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The Diary of a Young Girl: Non-Fiction Lesson 1

What do you think you know?

What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?

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After May 1940 the good times were few and far between: first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews.

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From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Today's Question(s)

A) What do we learn about Anne from this extract?

B) What was life like for Jewish people in 1940?

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Saturday, 20 June 1942

Writing in a diary is a strange experience for me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Oh well, I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.

Since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.

Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary: I don’t have a friend.

Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a good home. On the surface I seem to have everything, except one true friend. This is why I’ve started the diary.

To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend Kitty.

From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life.

My father didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister Margot was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. Because we’re Jewish, my family emigrated to Holland.

After May 1940 the good times were few and far between: first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews. Our freedom was severely restricted: Jews were required to wear a yellow star; Jews were required to turn in their bicycles; Jews were forbidden to use trams; Jews were forbidden to ride in cars, even their own; Jews were required to do their shopping between 3.00 and 5.00 p.m.; Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty salons; Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m.; Jews were forbidden to go to theatres, cinemas or any other forms of entertainment; Jews were forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic fields; Jews were forbidden to go rowing; Jews were forbidden to take part in any athletic activity in public; Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8.00 p.m.; Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools. You couldn’t do this and you couldn’t do that, but life went on.

From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Vocabulary

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musings

enhance

stiff-backed notebook

emigrated

capitulation

frequent

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From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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musings

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Writing in a diary is a strange experience for me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Oh well, I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.

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From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

musings

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stiff-backed notebook

Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner

enhance

emigrated

capitulation

frequent

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Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.

Saturday, 20 June 1942

Writing in a diary is a strange experience for me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Oh well, I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.

Since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.

Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary: I don’t have a friend.

Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a good home. On the surface I seem to have everything, except one true friend. This is why I’ve started the diary.

To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend Kitty.

From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.

I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life.

My father didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister Margot was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. Because we’re Jewish, my family emigrated to Holland.

After May 1940 the good times were few and far between: first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews. Our freedom was severely restricted: Jews were required to wear a yellow star; Jews were required to turn in their bicycles; Jews were forbidden to use trams; Jews were forbidden to ride in cars, even their own; Jews were required to do their shopping between 3.00 and 5.00 p.m.; Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty salons; Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m.; Jews were forbidden to go to theatres, cinemas or any other forms of entertainment; Jews were forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic fields; Jews were forbidden to go rowing; Jews were forbidden to take part in any athletic activity in public; Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8.00 p.m.; Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools. You couldn’t do this and you couldn’t do that, but life went on.

From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life. My father didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister Margot was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. Because we’re Jewish, my family emigrated to Holland.

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From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

My Turn
Your Turn

Echo Read

I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life.

My father didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five.

My sister Margot was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926.

I was born on 12 June 1929.

I lived in Frankfurt until I was four.

Because we’re Jewish, my family emigrated to Holland.

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From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life. My father didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister Margot was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. Because we’re Jewish, my family emigrated to Holland.

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From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Focus

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Strategy: Read Between the Lines

A) What do we learn about Anne from this extract?

Be a detective and look for clues!

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Reveal Text Marks

Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.

Reveal Explainer

We learn that Anne was thirteen when she began her diary. We also know that she attended school. This also suggests that Anne never anticipated her diary being published for the world to read.

A) What do we learn about Anne from this extract?

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From: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Stop

What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?

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Your Turn

A) What do we learn about Anne from this extract?

B) What was life like for Jewish people in 1940?

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Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence - unless I should ever find a real friend - I don’t have a friend - there are about thirty people I can call friends…I seem to have everything, except one true friend

she doesn’t have a ‘best friend’

A) What do we learn about Anne from this extract?

Text Mark Evidence - the point that prompted me to keep a diary: I don’t have a friend - I want the diary to be my friend - I’m going to call this (diary) friend Kitty

her diary is like her best friend

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Text Mark Evidence - I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister - my father didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five - my sister Margot was born…in 1926

her family

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Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence I was born on 12 June 1929

her birth date

A) What do we learn about Anne from this extract?

Text Mark Evidence - I have a good home - I lived in Frankfurt until I was four - my family emigrated to Holland

homelife/where she lived

Text Mark Evidence we’re Jewish

her religion

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Text Mark Evidence because we’re Jewish, my family emigrated to Holland

why she moved

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Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence the arrival of Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews…our freedom was severely restricted

loss of freedom

B) What was life like for Jewish people in 1940?

Text Mark Evidence Jews were required to wear a yellow star

forced to wear identifiable symbol

Text Mark Evidence - Jews were required to turn in their bicycles - Jews were forbidden to use trams - Jews were forbidden to ride in cars, even their own

no access to transportation

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Text Mark Evidence - Jews were required to do their shopping between 3.00 and 5.00 p.m. - Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty salons

restricted access to shops and services

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Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence - Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. - Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8.00 p.m.

curfew

B) What was life like for Jewish people in 1940?

Text Mark Evidence - Jews were forbidden to go to theatres, cinemas or any other forms of entertainment - Jews were forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic fields

banned leisure activities and exercise

Text Mark Evidence - Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8.00 p.m. - Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes

restricted social contact

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Text Mark Evidence Jews were required to attend Jewish schools

restricted education

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Quiz Time

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Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘enhance’?

Which One's Right?

Who did Anne plan to let read her diary?

B children acrossthe world

A her parents

D her sister

C a true friend

Tick Me

Why did the Germans force Jews to wear the yellow star?

Tick two:

A To protect them from danger

B To identify and control them easily

Check

C To help Jews find each other

Click if correct

D To see who was breaking the rules

Link Me

Link each word with its correct definition:

A move to another country

1 musings

B visit regularly

2 emigrate

C surrender

Check

3 capitulate

Click if correct

D thoughts and reflections

4 frequent

Feedback: Who did what well?

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Copyright Notice

This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank © 1947 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.