1. ANNE’S BEST FRIEND

2. My best friend

3. Pre-reading
Does a friend always have to be a person? What else can be your friend?

4. Background
This is a true story. It took place in Amsterdam, Holland in the early 1940s after the German Nazis had occupied most of Europe. The Nazi Party ruled Germany from 1933 to One of their key policies was to kill all the Jews in Europe. If any persons known to be Jews were found, they would be sent to concentration camps farther east, mostly in Poland.

5. Hitler at the Beginning of World War II
A Nazi symbol

6. Boycott of Jewish shops in Berlin, 1933.

7. Jewish prisoners

8. Holocaust
During the World War II, over 6 million Jewish people were killed by German Nazi soldiers lead by Adolph Hitler.

9. Scanning The time of the story Fill in the form below.
The place of the story
The heroine of the story
Anne’s best friend
The length of time they hid away
The date of the diary
World War II
Netherlands
Anne
her diary--Kitty
over two years
Thursday 15,June,1944

10. Anne
Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust.
Kitty

11. Anne Frank
1929 Born in Germany

12. 1933
Moved to Amsterdam

13. From 1940
Hidden in a building for two years, writing diary

14. 1944
Discovered and was killed the next year

15. Main idea
Anne made her diary her best friend whom she could tell everything.
Para. One
Having been kept indoors for so long, Anne grew so crazy about everything to do with nature.
Para.Three
Anne’s diary acted as her true friend during the time she and her family had to hide away for a long time.
Para.Two

16. Join the correct part of the sentences
1 Anne kept a diary because
2 She felt very lonely because
3 They had to hide because
4 Anne named her diary Kitty because
5 They were finally caught because
A she couldn't meet her friends.
B Jews were caught by Nazis and put away.
C she could tell everything to it.
D they were discovered.
E she thought it was her best friend. C A B E D

17. Choose the correct answersB
1 Anne Frank and her family hid away for___
A over a year B over two years
C three years C one year and a half
2 According to Anne ,a true friend is a person___
A that would laugh at you B who makes you happy
C whom you can trust D who could save your life
3 Anne said that she had grown crazy about nature because___
A her interest in nature B she had always been so had grown
C she had been outdoors D she had been indoors too long too long C D

18. 4 She didn’t dare open the window when the moon was bright
4 She didn’t dare open the window when the moon was bright .That’s because___
A they might be discovered
B her family might bedisturbed
C it was very cold
D a thief might get into the room
5 Anne and her family were caught by German Nazis___
A about June 1945
B about February 1945
C about December 1944
D about November 1944 A B

19. Discussion Words/phrases What is implied nature outdoors crazy
What do the boldfaced parts imply?
Words/phrases
What is implied
nature
outdoors
crazy
didn’t dare
thundering
entirely
power
the blue sky, the singing birds,
flowers, the bright moon
free
anxious, eager, thirsty
scared, frightened , thrilled
helpless, depressed, lonely

20. Talking
If you are told to live in an isolate island for a year, what are the three things you need most and what you are going to do to kill the time? What / Who will you choose to be your friend?

21. Homework: Write a short story about Anne’s life of hiding away.
Tick out sentences that you think are difficult for you.
3.Surf the Internet to find more information about Anne and to read more about Anne’s diary.