Number the Stars

The Death

It is sad how Annemarie's older sister passed away.  The story said that she was going to get married, but I presume something tragic happened before the wedding.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

The way she spoke of her sister, it is obvious that they had a very close relationship.<o:p></o:p>

In a character building lesson, you could have the students talk about their interaction with their family members and their importance.  <o:p></o:p>

The Death

It is sad how Annemarie's older sister passed away.  The story said that she was going to get married, but I presume something tragic happened before the wedding.

The way she spoke of her sister, it is obvious that they had a very close relationships.

In a charcter builing lesson, you could have the students talk about their interaction with their family members and their importance. 

What a Nice King

I thought that the story Annemarie told her sister was quite nice.  The idea of how the king of their country could be found each morning taking a ride around, speaking to the people.  On many other occasions the king made time to interact with the people of his country.

Can you imagine how it would be to interact with your countries leader on a regular basis.

What do you think you might say to your leader?

(This could be a good activity for Social Studies)... letter writing!

 

What A Nice King

I thought that the story Annemarie told her sister was quite nice.  The idea of how the king of their country could be found each morning taking a ride around, speaking to the people.  On many other occasions the king made time to interact with the people of his country.

Can you imagine how it would be to interact with your countries leader on a regular basis.

What do you think you might say to your leader?

(This could be a good activity for Social Studies)... letter writing!

 

"Only the fairy tales remained the same." CHapter 2 / TMP

Near the end of Chapter 2, Papa exclaimed "The whole world has changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same". I find this scary but probably a reality of war. Adults have to face up to the world's ugliness, but  a little girl, still believing in fairy tales, has a good escape from reality. Your thoughts?

What's a King? Chapter 2/TMP

What is this character King Christian all about? He comes out of his palace riding a horse everyday? What would it be like if we (US) had a king? Would we still have our freedoms? Is the Pope like a King?

No Coffee, No Tea

Why do you think there was no coffee or tea in Copenhagen at this time.  I would not think that something as simple as tea and coffee would be banned even during a trying time in a country.

So as an alternative, the ladies drank hot water... what an alternative!

What do you think?

No coffee in Copenhagen

I was curious what you guys thought of this passage, "There had been no coffee in Copenhagen since the beginning of the Nazi occupation." The author never went back to the "Nazi occupation" and gave further information. Do you think students would understand the term, "Nazi occupation"? If this was a read aloud in my classroom, I would stop at this point and have open discussion with my class. I would allow students to share ideas and come to a conclusion of what happened during the "Nazi occupation".

Number the Stars

I am not very well versed in the German language, but if anyone is..... please explain how to pronounce the o's with a slash in the middle of it.

It will be greatly appreciated...

Funny Looking Words

Did you notice that Osterbrogade was spelt with a line through the O? Is this the proper spelling for all German words or is this just correct spelling for proper nouns?