Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Week 1 Discussion Question

What advice does Mrs. Rosen give the girls about playing outside after their run-in with the soldiers (Chapter 1)? Why does she tell the girls this advice? What does her advice mean? 

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  1. The advice that Mrs. Rosen gave the girls was “She said to always be one of the crowd be one of many. Blend in. You don't want the soldiers to remember a face. Promise me that you will walk a different route tomorrow and Ellen will promise too. What she meant by that is if they run into them again they could get hurt by them or the soldiers could get mad. She didn’t want them to get hurt or talk to them again. She told them this advice because she DID NOT want them to get hurt or any bad things to happen to them. Also, The Rosen family is jewish so she didn’t want the soldiers to find out about that and capture Ellen.

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    1. I like how you reference the text in your answer. I think she didn't want anything bad to happen to the girl as well. I feel like moms sometimes worry too much about what kids are doing. Do you think Mrs. Rosen was worrying too much, or do you think she was right to make the girls walk a different way?

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  2. Mrs. Rosen told the girls that, next time they went to school, go the other way because the soldiers will remember their faces. I thought she told the girls this because she is Jewish, and the Germans take the Jewish so she was afraid for Ellen and her family. I think she is very smart for doing that .

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    1. If Mrs. Rosen was your mother, would you follow her advice and walk the long way to school all the time, or would you go the shorter way and just tell her you walked the long way? Also, do you think Mrs Rosen was more scared or mad that the soldiers stopped the girls?

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  3. The advice that Mrs. Rosen gave the girls about playing outside after their run-in with the soldiers is that when walking to school the girls should go a different way to avoid the soldiers on the corner of Osterbrogade. They should also take a different way back home from school. The girls should do this because Mrs. Rosen doesn’t want the soldiers to remember them. She also gives the advice of not standing out in the crowd. For example, if the girls stood out in the crowd by running again and the soldiers saw them, it might focus attention on them. On page 5, the soldier says to the girls, “Go home, all of you. Go study your school books. And don’t run. You look like hoodlums when you run.” Since the soldier said this, I know that running might bring danger to the girls. I know that “hoodlum” means “criminal” and if the soldiers think the girls are criminals, they could be sent to jail or worse.
    Mrs. Rosen told the girls this advice because, she’s worried that if they walk the same way to school and draw attention to themselves, then there might be uncertain dangers. When the mothers were talking, they mentioned the “latest Resistance incident.” The Natzi soldiers had to be extra careful so that no one was dangerous to them. Therefore, Mrs. Rosen told the girls to be extra careful so they wouldn’t be noticed. It is more difficult for the Natzis to fight the Resistance because they are secret. If the girls were running, the Natzis could think they were part of the Resistance.
    Mrs. Rosen’s advice means the girls should blend in with the crowd to stay safe. Mrs. Rosen said, “It is important to be one of the crowd, always. Be one of many.” I think if the girls do this, they might be safe. For three years, the Natzis have been in Denmark and the Danish have had to blend in with the crowd. Now Annemarie and Ellen must be careful to stay a part of the crowd.

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    1. This is a really well thought out response Sophie!! Awesome job! Can you imagine living somewhere where it wasn't safe to run and play on the street? It would have been hard to be a ten year old in Denmark at this time.

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  4. The advice that Mr. Rosen gave the girls was to be one of the crowd because the Nazi soldiers will remember their faces and that is never a good thing because they could easily point you out and put you in jail. This would be especially dangerous for Annemarie and Ellen because they are less likely to be put in jail, because they’re younger, so, the other option would be to kill them.

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    1. Hi Lindi,
      I can see from your answer you understand how dangerous it was for the people of Denmark at this time. Do you think that the Nazi soldiers would put the girls in jail, or kill them, just because they were running or for other reasons too? I think Mrs. Rosen was doing a good job of warning the girls without scaring them too badly. Do you think that her warning was scary or just motherly?

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  5. What Mrs. Rosen means with her advice, is if the girls go to school tomorrow the same way they came when the soldiers spotted them, the soldiers might come and talk to them again and eventually find out what their families are up to. They might find out that they support the Resistance and that could be dangerous. Also, maybe Annemarie, Ellen, and Kristi might get killed. The advice means “don’t go by the soldiers or they might find out about Peter, but they might also find out that Ellen in Jewish, and you could get killed.”

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    1. Hi Sarah,
      Good answer! Isn't this an interesting book? Do you think that Annemarie and Ellen know what their families are up to, or do you just think that Mrs. Rosen understands the danger if they get caught? Do you think the girls would be recognized if they walked the same way, but didn't run? I'm not sure if the girls understand the danger, but I'm glad they follow Mrs. Rosen's advice!

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