Mrs. Ault ~ 6th Grade English

Comments

• Nicole Duran

  Vocab word: Pedestal pg.227

  12/12/2008 4:04:12 PM
• Alex Girgis

  Who was Adolf Hitler before he ran for office? I mean,how could he be in a position for it? Was he an important person at the time,or just a smooth talker?

  12/15/2008 4:05:00 PM
• Thomas Wissman

  Throughout the diary, Anne mentions many different books. Books that are borrowed, and passed from one person to another, and books that are gifts, like the ones given to Pim on his birthday. Why are books so important to the people in the Secret Annexe?
  
  Vocabulary: Whitsun

  12/15/2008 4:31:08 PM
• Lauren Vagnoni

  Vocabulary
  upholstering~ To supply (furniture) with stuffing, springs, cushions, and covering fabric.

  12/16/2008 5:24:56 PM
• LAuren Vagnoni o<:~ D(party hat happy face, copied Ashley)

  Question: Throughout the diary, Anne mentions many different books. Books that are borrowed, and passed from one person to another, and books that are gifts, like the ones given to Pim on his birthday. Why are books so important to the people in the Secret Annexe?
  
  ANswer: Books are so important because Anne and Margot and Peter were bored and had nothing to do. They could barely go outside, and during the time they could mummy and Pim probably wouldn't let them because they are Jewish and it is dangerous.

  12/16/2008 5:48:12 PM
• Thomas Wissman

  Before he gained power in Germany, Hitler was in the Army and won the Iron Cross, Second and First Class. He joined the National Socialist German Worker's party (Nazi Party), and tried to overthrow the government. He went to prison for this and that's where he wrote "Mein Kampf" which told about his political ambitions. After being released he and the Nazi party kept a low profile, but kept getting more and more seats in elections. He ran for president, but lost to von Hindenburg. Finally, Hitler was made chancellor of Germany where he could make laws. After having leaders of the SA murdered and Hindenburg died, Hilter declared himself the leader (Fuhrer) of Germany. He was also a very smooth talker who impressed people.

  12/16/2008 7:30:41 PM
• Tyler Montgomery

  I think books are so important because they don't have any other entertainment.
  
  
  

  12/17/2008 11:24:41 AM
• Tyler Montgomery

  Who thinks that Hitler thought that he was doing things right?

  12/17/2008 11:25:22 AM
• Sam Cook

  VocabHe: hemmorage

  12/17/2008 4:13:32 PM
• Sam Cook

  Will Anne ever go and get some new clothes?

  12/17/2008 4:14:43 PM
• Daine Van de Wall (im dreaming of a white christmas!! merry x mas)

  Before hitler was the ruler of germany he did serve in the army as thomas said but, even before that he was a very por man once his parents died. He wanted to become and art student. he also hated jews because he thought that they where the cause for democracy, communism, as well as germanys defeat in wwr 1.
  
  Does peter also like anne back or is it only one way?
  
  Thomas: the reason that they had so many books and it was important to them was because they had nothing better to do besides ist there and be quite.
  
  I cant really think of a vocabular word right now... sorry
  
  

  12/17/2008 4:33:52 PM
• Garrett Thrush

  Who was Adolf Hitler before he ran for office? I mean,how could he be in a position for it? Was he an important person at the time,or just a smooth talker?
  A:Before Hitler ran for office he just really believed in what he thought. He talked a lot about his feelings agenst Jews.

  12/17/2008 5:05:56 PM
• Garrett Thrush

  Do you kind of feel that Anne likes living in the Annex more then she did in the beginning of the story?
  

  12/17/2008 5:09:13 PM
• Garrett Thrush ;-)

  I might of already asked this but why do they call it the secret Annex, does it have anything to do with Anne?

  12/17/2008 5:11:09 PM
• Nick Morton

  On e question I have is, I know Adolf Hitler was very bad but did he ever have a heart and was kind to people.

  12/17/2008 5:26:22 PM
• Nick Morton

  Pedestal:
  
  I found that this means basically furniture.

  12/17/2008 5:36:03 PM
• Zachary Wolf

  I am going to respond to Mr. Wissman's question. So here we go:
  
  I think that books were valued and common to the Annexe because it was one of the only ways the people in the Annexe could learn. It must have been pretty boring sitting around all day and you couldn't learn too much because you weren't allowed to go to school. So when you read you can get away from everyhing and learn about some interesting stuff. Also, Anne loved learning about new things and as she got older, she became more interested in different things. Some books that were being kept in the Annexe inspired her to learn more and not being allowed to read certain books just made her more curious. The diary of Anne Frank is just like a book. Anne always wanted to be a writer so maybe writing into her diary helped her to live her dream as she was young. So reading more books not only helped her learn more, see what is going on outside the annexe, but help her with her writing too. I think that Anne thought that she could learn plenty, plenty things by reading just a single book. That is why books were valued.

  12/17/2008 6:05:06 PM
• Zachary Wolf

  There are a few words that I'm not familiar with. Does anyone know what quelled, impudence, reproached, scandalous, psuedonym, jocular, and epistle mean? Write back quickly!

  12/17/2008 6:13:16 PM
• Zachary Wolf

  Alex:
  Adolf was a great talker and convinced many people to follow him and to give into him. Not all ways did he have to talk one person into doing something for him. Somethimes he threatened them and so that person automatically gave in. He was in jail before he became chancelor so he mustn't have been the nicest or kindest person then too.

  12/18/2008 6:56:45 AM
• shawn :P (peace out)

  vocab:Bijenkorf's= it is a large store[like Cosco's] in amsterdam.

  12/18/2008 3:01:20 PM
• Brandon Barajas :::::)

  Vocab word: grousing Pg.235

  12/18/2008 3:01:21 PM
• shawn ;P (peace out)

  Why is Anne happy about Dday? Plz write!!!!!! Garret, I think Annexe is a word for hiding place and they put secret in front of it because it is secret!

  12/18/2008 3:04:19 PM
• Jay Bucci

  Why isn't Anne talking that much about Hitler? She seems to be focusing on the big topic, the war, but she doesn't talk about the main man, Hitler.

  12/18/2008 3:07:57 PM
• Brandon Barajas (merry christmas says :::::::::::::::::) )

  Vocab Word: dregs PG.239

  12/18/2008 3:08:20 PM
• Jay Bucci

  How did Hitler become such a good speaker, did he just get a very good education?

  12/18/2008 3:09:17 PM
• Jay Bucci

  Nick's question:
  I'm not so sure about this but I do think that Hitler had a heart, but when he was a child. I think but do not know, that Hitler was neglected as a child which made him such a terrible person when he grew up. I think that if he wasn't neglected as a child that he still would a little bad but he wouldn't be the near as baad as he really was.

  12/18/2008 3:13:54 PM
• Alex Girgis

  Q:Why are books so important to the people in the Secret Annexe?
  A:I think Books are important to the annexe because it is the Annexe's only connection to the outside world.I mean,think about it. Entertainment is NONEXISTENT. The only think they have is books.Even if they did have entertainment, it wouldn't be a Wii or a PS2. I think in this time period,the only thing around was books.

  12/18/2008 3:33:00 PM
• Anthony Bowman

  Zach the word pseudonym means a fake name or pen name for a writer. Dr. Seuss is one example. His real name is Theodore Geisel, however his pseudoym was Dr. Suess. Anne wants to be an author so when and if she ever published a book she would need to do it under a pseudoyn because the Franks are in Hiding.

  12/18/2008 3:35:11 PM
• Anthony Bowman

  Why does Anne never talk about what would happen if they got captured? I think she just didn't think that could happen so she didn't talk about , but I'm not sure.

  12/18/2008 3:38:37 PM
• Brandon Barajas

  Vocab Word. supercilious PG.267

  12/18/2008 3:46:33 PM
• Brandon Barajas

  Alex
  Before Adolf Hitler took office he was the leader of a small political party called the German Worker's Party later known as the Nazi Party. He convinced more people to join the party using his talent of influential speaking. He was able to draw enogh people into the party to create a movement which would overpower the government.Then he wrote an Enabling Bill to give him the powers as a dictator for 4 years. Also before the day of the voting of the Enabling bill his party murdered other political party members that were against the bill. When there was only 1 significant party left Hitler made a deal with them to get them to pass the enabling bill, which he later turned his back on and imprisioned members of that party once he was dictator.

  12/18/2008 4:04:39 PM
• Brandon Barajas

  Why do you think Anne never wants other people to see her true thoughts inside herself?

  12/18/2008 4:08:13 PM
• Daniel Shin

  Nicole Duran
  
  Q:Vocab word: Pedestal pg.227
  
  A:Something you stand on, or something given for support is what I think it means.

  12/18/2008 6:34:07 PM
• Daniel Shin

  Q: How does Anne write her last entry? Does she do it with more emotion or just like regular?

  12/18/2008 6:37:25 PM
• Nicole Duran(o<3:-D it's a santa hat smiley.Merry x-mas people)

  Thomas: Books were important because they didn't really have much to do.They had to be quiet so the people working wouldn't hear them.The books would allow them to, in a way, visit another world or learn about something new and interesting.

  12/18/2008 7:48:08 PM
• Nicole Duran(o<3:-D )

  Zack:Jocular is means something like criticizing someone.I think, I'm not a 100% sure.

  12/18/2008 7:52:52 PM
• Annika Stricker

  What does municipal mean? PG: 241

  12/19/2008 4:29:51 PM
• Annika Stricker :o)

  Thomas,
  I think that Whitsun means of, relating to, or observed on Whitsunday or at Whitsuntide.

  12/19/2008 4:34:41 PM
• Mark Moody

  On Friday,28 April, 1944, Anne says that she and Peter were sitting on the divan.
  What is the definition of divan?

  12/19/2008 5:58:59 PM
• Lydia Nou

  VOCAB: incalculable (pg. 236)

  12/19/2008 6:11:52 PM
• Lydia Nou

  Annika,
  i think municipal means having local self government, i'm not sure if that is the right definition though! happy winter break! YEAH!!!

  12/19/2008 6:21:07 PM
• Lydia Nou

  Daniel Shin, Anne writes her last entry pretty normal because she doesn't really know that this was her last entry,she didn't know she was going to be taken away soon.

  12/19/2008 6:30:27 PM
• Mark Moody

  Nicole Duran
  
  Q: What does pedestal mean?
  
  A: Whe Anne says that she has been taken down from her inaccessable pedestal, she means that she is no longer in a position of esteem (high regard). She has come to realize that she is not always right. On page 227, the word pedestal means a position of esteem.

  12/19/2008 6:46:58 PM
• Ryan Romano >|< - P

  When Anne writes the letter to her dad on pages 224-225, why does she feel so much like this? Does this have to do with the fact that the parent-child relationship wasn't as close then as it is now; this leads to my question, which is: if this situation were happening in modern times, would Anne say the things she said?

  12/19/2008 9:39:05 PM
• Ryan Romano >|< - P

  Zach: Scandalous means to have caused a scandal, or be shameful. A scandal is, by definition, "anything that offends moral feelings and leads to disgrace." (Source: Webster's New World Dictionary.)

  12/19/2008 9:48:43 PM
• Julia Nardone

  I think for this week I may have posted on the wrong blog. I think I accidentally posted on December 8.
  
  The afterward to me was kind of interesting. It gave a lot of extra information that helped clarify the story.
  
  Question: What hapened to Lies at the camp? [I did no really understand]
  

  12/21/2008 8:39:55 AM
• Julia Nardone

  VOCAB WORD!
  
  serialize: to broadcast, televise, or film in serial form

  12/21/2008 8:44:22 AM
• Zach Rodriguez

  Here are the definitions to some of the words:
  
  Quell- to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
  
  impudence- the quality or state of being
  
  scandalous- offensived to propriety or morality

  12/21/2008 11:48:04 AM
• Lauren Roche

  Vocab Word: asylum (pg. 238)
  
  Definition: an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance

  12/27/2008 12:01:07 PM
• Lauren Roche

  Mark:
  Divan means a sofa or couch, usually without arms or back, often usable as a bed.

  12/27/2008 12:03:41 PM
• Victoria A.

  Reply to Thomas's question-
  
  I think books are important in the Annexe, because they are pretty much the only source of knownedge that the members of the Annexe have. For example, Anne and Margot need them for studying, because they cant go to school. They don't have internet or anything like that to help them, so books would be their only choice.

  12/28/2008 3:56:35 PM
• Victoria A.

  vocabulary- strenuously (pg.226)

  12/28/2008 4:11:41 PM
• Zach Rodriguez

  Jay,
  Maybe the reason why Anne is more focused on the war instead of hitler because the waris more of the big picture that is affecting them greatly in their daily lives. Theres no use worrying about hitler because there trapped in the secret annexe and if hitler people dicovered them they would be taken to a concentration camp so they can't stop hitler but they can worry about the war.

  1/2/2009 11:17:07 AM
• Rachel Morin

  Vocabulary Word: dungarees (page 217)
  and
  epistle (page 225)

  1/2/2009 6:21:49 PM
• Rachel Morin

  If Anne survived the war, do you think she would marry Peter Wessel? She seems to have a lot of effection for him!

  1/2/2009 6:24:33 PM
• Rachel Morin

  Tyler, I think Hitler knew what he was doing was wrong, but he probably felt angry and wanted revenge of some sort. He had a verry clever plan, and I dont think he'd kill Jews for no reason!
  - My question on that though would be, what was his reason?

  1/2/2009 6:30:32 PM
• Angela Arensmeier

  I think that it is sad that the diary entries just stop. This means that they were given away and taken away. I think it is sad because there was no writing about a robbery. So I think it was a worker or someone else but a robber that gave them away.

  1/3/2009 3:03:31 PM
• Angela Arensmeier

  I think that pedestal is a support or base. (Nicole)

  1/3/2009 3:05:30 PM
• Caleb Clawson

  Would you try to escape Germany during the Houlocaust or hide like Anne?

  1/3/2009 5:08:44 PM
• Lauren Bae ;]

  Lydia,
  incalculable (pg. 236) means:
  1.that cannot be calculated; too great or too many to be counted
  
  2.too uncertain to be counted on; unpredictable
  
  
  

  1/4/2009 6:15:55 PM
• Lauren Bae ;}

  What does indignation mean?

  1/4/2009 6:18:32 PM
• Kevin O'Brien

  Caleb asks a good question,
  In Germany you had two options, take off and hope to escape or take chances hiding and hope for the best. I would have ran because chances are good they would find you and put you in a concentration camp and your chances of living there are slim.

  1/5/2009 3:24:19 PM
• Kevin O'Brien

  Why does Anne always seem so sad? Shouldn't she be happy she hasn't been caught yet.

  1/5/2009 3:26:14 PM
• Kevin O'Brien

  Lauren,
  Indignation means:
  Anger aroused by something mean or unjust

  1/5/2009 3:28:59 PM
• Matthew Shollenberger

  Why does Anne's diary end so ironically? Her last sentence was about how she would be if there weren't any other people in the world, andthat's the last sentence there before she dies. It seems kind of odd.

  1/5/2009 3:39:26 PM
• Matthew Shollenberger

  Thomas,
  Q: Why are books so important to the people in the Secret Annexe?
  A: I think that books are very important in the Secret Annexe because reading them is the easiest way to pass time in the secret Annexe without making noise. Also, many of the books are educational, so if the girls got back to school, they wouldn't be as far behind.
  

  1/5/2009 3:44:44 PM
• Matthew Shollenberger

  Caleb, based on what happened to Anne, I would probably try to escape.

  1/5/2009 4:50:06 PM
• Chris W.

  Vocab word:Exuberant

  1/5/2009 8:27:36 PM
• Chris W.

  I think a pedestal is a wooden piece of furniture used to display an object of importance.

  1/5/2009 8:29:59 PM
• Chris W.

  Who do you think the more powerful enemy of Anne is exactly? p.267

  1/5/2009 8:32:14 PM
• Ashley Leitner :0))))

  Nicole,
  
  Pedestal-The base or support on whicha statue, obelisk, or column is mounted

  1/6/2009 5:30:53 PM
• Ashley Leitner :0))))

  Lauren,
  
  Indignation-Anger or annoyance provoked by what is percieved as unfair treatment.

  1/6/2009 5:31:59 PM
• Garrett Thrush

  vocab:infuriating page 235

  1/6/2009 6:58:24 PM
• Matthew Shollenberger

  Kevin,
  
  Would you like to stay in a small attic without much exercise, having to be quiet during most of the day, infear of being caught, barely being allowed to open the windows or even look outside, eatin horrible food in small rations, and worst of all being with people you don't get along with, even your own parents( ect. ect. ect.)? I don't think so. If so, get a time machine, go back to that time period, somehow get into the Secret Annexe, and enjoy life.

  1/8/2009 5:57:24 PM
• Elizabeth Oldhouser

  oh this has nothing to do with anne frank, but i'd just like to tell daine that the 'dreaming' part in the white christmas is a definite true! That will never happen! I WISH!!! >:-(

  1/8/2009 8:00:52 PM