Author: Loic Dauvillier Illustrator: Marc Lizano Colorist:
Greg Salsedo Translator: Alexis Siegel
Copyright:2014
Publisher: New York, New York: First Second
Reading Level: 2.8
Description: family, historical, tragic, Jewish, Holocaust
Suggested Delivery: Independent
Electronic Resources:
WWII History: World War II
This website has useful explanations of the events of WWII and the Holocaust.
Judaism
This website explains the religion of Judaism to children in a way that they can easily understand.
ELA Teaching Suggestions:
Key Vocabulary-
Jews/Jewish: participate/related to the religion of Judaism (a religion with one God and its sacred text is the Torah)
humiliating: embarrassed
seamstress: a person who sews
ashamed: embarrassed
unbelievably: not believable
horrified: to feel shocked and/or afraid
The Resistance: a movement during World War II dedicated to fighting against German invaders
Before-Ask students what they know about the Holocaust/WWII and ask them to complete a True/False Worksheet on the Holocaust/WWII. (Discuss answers after the reading)
During- Have students engage in choral reading by students reading aloud together as a whole class.
After- Students will create a sequence map about all of the events that happened in the story.
Writing Activity- Students will write about why they think that the grandmother never told her son about the story.
Copyright:2014
Publisher: New York, New York: First Second
Reading Level: 2.8
Description: family, historical, tragic, Jewish, Holocaust
Suggested Delivery: Independent
Electronic Resources:
WWII History: World War II
This website has useful explanations of the events of WWII and the Holocaust.
Judaism
This website explains the religion of Judaism to children in a way that they can easily understand.
ELA Teaching Suggestions:
Key Vocabulary-
Jews/Jewish: participate/related to the religion of Judaism (a religion with one God and its sacred text is the Torah)
humiliating: embarrassed
seamstress: a person who sews
ashamed: embarrassed
unbelievably: not believable
horrified: to feel shocked and/or afraid
The Resistance: a movement during World War II dedicated to fighting against German invaders
Before-Ask students what they know about the Holocaust/WWII and ask them to complete a True/False Worksheet on the Holocaust/WWII. (Discuss answers after the reading)
During- Have students engage in choral reading by students reading aloud together as a whole class.
After- Students will create a sequence map about all of the events that happened in the story.
Writing Activity- Students will write about why they think that the grandmother never told her son about the story.
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