1. Press F5 To Begin
Analyzing Literature
M. Wagner

2. Essential Question
How can reading about the courage of real people inform our understanding of determined characters in literature?
Before We Preview The Text:
Whose courage do you think we will be exploring as we read?

3. Before we begin, It’s important to remember…

4. These were real people…
It’s More Than Just A Story
Miep Gies
Mr. Frank
These were real people…

5. More Than Just A Story
Anne

6. What can we learn from the experiences of these real people?

7. Predictions What text features do you expect to see?
Before We Preview The Text:
What text features do you expect to see?
How will this text differ from the texts we have read thus far?

8. Individual Preview
Use the following questions to guide you:
What text features are you able to find within the text?
What do you notice about the overall layout of the text?
Who is the intended audience?
Whole Group Debrief

9. Partner Preview Independently read the Description of Set (pages 4-6).
With your partner, describe the 4 rooms that make up the set using 1-2 sentences per room.
How will these scenes/sets affect the overall mood of the drama?
Whole Group Debrief

10. Analyzing An Excerpt The Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Scene 1
At Rise: The stage is dark. Slowly the lights fade up on the cyclorama revealing the rooftops of Amsterdam and the belfry tower. It is late afternoon November, 1945.
The cyclorama is a cloth stretched tight in an arc around the back of a stage set, often used to depict the sky.

11. That’s the city in Holland where Anne Frank’s family hid.
Analyzing An Excerpt
The Diary of Anne Frank
Act 1
Scene 1
At Rise: The stage is dark. Slowly the lights fade up on the cyclorama revealing the rooftops of Amsterdam and the belfry tower. It is late afternoon November, 1945.
That’s the city in Holland where Anne Frank’s family hid.

12. Analyzing An Excerpt The Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Scene 1
At Rise: The stage is dark. Slowly the lights fade up on the cyclorama revealing the rooftops of Amsterdam and the belfry tower. It is late afternoon November, 1945.

13. Analyzing An Excerpt The Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Scene 1
At Rise: The stage is dark. Slowly the lights fade up on the cyclorama revealing the rooftops of Amsterdam and the belfry tower. It is late afternoon November, 1945.

14. Read Act 1, Scene 1 (pages 7-10).
Analyzing An Excerpt
The Diary of Anne Frank
Act 1
Scene 1
At Rise: The stage is dark. Slowly the lights fade up on the cyclorama revealing the rooftops of Amsterdam and the belfry tower. It is late afternoon November, 1945.
Read Act 1, Scene 1 (pages 7-10).

15. As you read, consider the Essential Question…
How can reading about the courage of real people inform our understanding of determined literary characters?
Who is showing courage in Act 1, Scene 1?

16. The Stage Has Been Set… When in history is this scene set?
Use explicit evidence to support your answers:
When in history is this scene set?
How is Mr. Frank feeling?
Is Miep Jewish?

17. The Mood
How do you think the author intended the audience to feel at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
What effects were included that help this mood?

18. What alerts the audience that the story is going to flashback to a time before Anne’s death?