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Number the StarsVocabulary and IdiomsLEARN the words preceded by a little asterix (*)PREVIEW: INTERNET WORK:1. Number the Stars and Lowry2. Nazi and DenmarkOVERALL QUESTIONS: 1. What time period is it?2. How has life changed since the Nazi occupation? (answers in every chapter)3. Notice Lowrys writing style, her descriptions, and what she chooses to title the chapters, etc. 4. Notice all the references to courage. This is a major theme throughout the book!Chapter lCivilized - decent, normalStocky - short and fatLanky - tall and skinnyHesitated - to stop, to not be sureResidential- neighborhoodSkirted - to run around, to brush byPanting - breathing very hardSkip a beat - to be nervous and feel like your heart has missed a beatHalte - stopPlodding- to move along very slowlyPlanted firmly - to be unmovingGrip - to hold tightlyContempt - hates and disgustTrail away - fade out, become quietProdded - to poke, to pushSneering - evil lookRosy-cheeked - to have red cheeksScowling - mean lookStubborn - unwilling to changeDefiantly - rebelliouslyStroke - to touch tenderlyHoodlums - uncivilized peopleCatch the eye - to look at eye to eyeScurried - to move quicklyChattering- to talk quickly and mindlesslyNazi - the German military in World War 2Incident - event, happeningSlapped - to hit with an open handExaggerating - to make a story more exciting than it really wasEdgy - nervousResistance - rebel fighting, a group of people against the government in powerAbsorbed - to pay total attention to somethingSabotage - to try to ruin someones plansMurmur - complainCupcake- a small-cake likes a dessertGlanced - to look quicklyImpassive- non-emotional1. Describe Ellen, Annemarie, and Kirsti:2. How long have German soldiers been in Denmark?3. Why does Annemaries mother think the soldiers stopped the children?4. What kind of newspaper is De Frie Danske?5. What is the Resistance?6. Why is it important to be one of the crowd? (page 8)Chapter 2pg 11. Snuggle - to get very close toFairy tale - a magical, make-believe storyMermaid- half woman /half fishInterrupting - to speak at same timePretend - not realSprinkled - to add small amountsSuitable- appropriate, goodThrone - the chair a king sits onpg. 13 dim- darkGreeted - to be welcomed, to say hiSurrender - to give up and let someone else have powerAmused - to think that something is funnyBodyguard - someone who protects a person14- shivered - to shake because of the cold or a cold feelingConsidered - to think aboutTrousseau - the things a girl saves or the time she gets marriedIntricate - very involved complicated15 - enormous - bigFiercely - strongly, courageouslyCrushed - smashed16- injured - hurtMourned- to be sadTrunk - 2 wooden boxes that you keep things in17- soft-spoken - someone who doesnt say much.Fiasco- the person you are engaged to be married toPranks - jokesLingered - stayed1. Who is Hans Christian Andersen?2. What kind of story did Kirsti want Annemarie to tell her?3. Why did the people love their king, Christian X?4. Why didnt King Christian need a bodyguard, according to Annemaries father?5. What happened to Lise? Why?6. What countries are the German soldiers in now?7. Why do you think Peter and Annemaries father act differently than before?Chapter 3Dawdled - to move slowly and waste timeScampered - to move quickly like a small animalInstall - to put in*Rationed - to get only a small amount at a time, this often happens during a war. The butter was rationed.*Crib - a bed for a babyHaughtily - proudlykroner - the Danish word for moneyPadlock - big lockStooped - bentSquinting - to narrow your eyes in order to see more clearly*Distracted - to pay attention to some thing other than what you should be paying attention to*Curfew - a time set for people to return to their homesTreat - special*Youre all legs - your legs are so long that it looks like most of your body is legs.Tormenting - to treat cruelly, punishCocoon - a web a caterpillar spins around itself before it becomes a butterfly, some place warm comfortable and safe.1. When Annemaries mother noticed the button missing from Kirstis jacket, what did she ask the girls to do on their way home from school?2. What did the girls discover when they went to Mrs. Hirschs?3. Why do you think that Annemaries mother is upset by the news, and goes immediately over to talk to Mrs. Rosen?4. Why does Peter come to visit in the night?5. Annemaries father said that all of Denmark was the bodyguard for King Christian. Now, for whom must all of Denmark be the bodyguard?6. What are your feelings about courage and ordinary people being courageous? (end of chapter)Chapter 4Ball- a big dance that royalty attendStomp - to walk with very heavy stepsGlowering - angry*Exasperated - frustrated, to no
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