Diary of a Young Girl Readings from Anne Frank’s Diary

Make a Diary! Using the construction paper provided and at least 10 pieces of notebook paper, you will create a diary to use to answer each diary entry assigned in class. Decorate the cover of this diary to reflect what you have learned about Anne Frank and life during World War II. This diary will be required for entry to the Learning Through Discussion Days.

Diary Entry #1 « Saturday, 20 June, 1942 » on pgs. 2-4 Write a paragraph about your impressions of Anne and the world in which she lives. What do you think of Anne as a person and a writer? What do you think of the events that occurred while she was alive? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #2 « Sunday morning, July 5, 1942 » on pgs « Wednesday, July 8, 1942 » on pgs Write a paragraph about your feelings of going into hiding during World War II. How would you react? What or whom would you take with you? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #3 « Thursday, July 9, 1942 » on pgs « Friday, August 14, 1942 » on pgs Write a paragraph about how you think it must have felt for Jews to go from being free to being limited to the point of hiding for their lives. How would you have felt about this experience? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #4 « Wednesday, September 2, 1942 » pgs « Monday, September 28, 1942 » pgs Write a paragraph about the way the adults of the Secret Annex are perceived by Anne. How do the actions and attitudes of adults in your life seem to you? In what ways do you agree or disagree with Anne about adults being “plain barbarism”? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #5 « Friday, July 16, 1943 » pgs « Wednesday, March 1, 1944 » pgs Write a paragraph about the dangers of being in hiding. What would be your greatest fears if you were in this situation? How would you prevent being discovered? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #6 « Thursday, January 6, 1944 » pgs « Friday, March 3, 1944 » pgs Write a paragraph for each question: What kind of relationship do Anne and Peter have and how does it change? Describe. Do you think they would have been together had they not been in the Secret Annex? Why? Do you think, if they had survived, they would have found each other after the war? Elaborate. Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #7 « Friday, January 28, 1944 » pgs Write a paragraph for each question: What kind of people might have fought to help Jews hide from the Nazis? Explain. Do you believe that people like Miep are brave? Why or why not? Would you have chosen to help a Jewish friend, even if it meant great personal risk to your own life? Why or why not? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #8 « Wednesday, March 29, 1944 » pgs Write a paragraph for each question. What influence did Anne’s diary have on the world when it was first published? Why? What did the world learn? What influence does Anne’s diary have on the world today? Why? What does the world learn? Do you think Anne could have imagined the impact of her words on the world? Why do you believe Anne’s diary became and still is today so popular? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #9 « Monday, May 22, 1944 » pgs « Tuesday, June 6, 1944 » pgs Write a paragraph for each question. What have you learned about the Holocaust by reading Anne’s diary? How do you think it might have felt to be in Anne’s position, in hiding, during a war? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.

Diary Entry #10 « Afterword » pgs Write a paragraph for each question. Why is Anne’s story important or significant to your life today? What did you learn from Anne’s story that will make a change or difference in your life? Explain. After reading more of Anne’s diary, what do you think of Anne as a writer? How would you describe her style of writing? If Anne was described as having difficulty in school, did you see it in her writing? Why or why not? Create 1 discussion question for this diary entry.