The Diary of Anne Frank the play adapted from Anne Frank's famous diary
by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
ACTIVATING STRATEGY:
What’s in my head about the
HOLOCAUST?
DOAF- Act 1, Sc. 1-2
EQ: What is a flashback?
Vocabulary1) Capitulation 2) Conspicuous 3) Mercurial
4) Unabashed 5) Pantomime
---------------------------------------------------------Family Tree- Van Daans/Franks/Other
Characters
Assignment- Make a family tree for the
characters of DOAF. Label the
relationships.
FLASHBACK-Rewrite these events into the
actual sequence of events as the play describes.
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1. Miep gives Anne’s diary to Mr. Frank.
2. Anne begins writing in her diary.
3. Hitler becomes ruler of Germany.
4. The Franks emigrate to Holland.
5. The Van Daans await the Franks at the hiding
place.
• 6. The Franks arrive at the hiding place.
• 7. Mr. Frank sends food/supplies to the hiding
place.
DOAF Act 1, Sc. 1-2 Check Test
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What is the setting of the play?
What does Miep give Mr. Frank?
How will the people in hiding get food?
Describe the rules that must be followed
during the day for the people in hiding.
5. What surprise does Anne’s father bring
for her?
DOAF- ACT1, Sc. 3
EQ: How is conflict developed in the plot?
ACTIVATING: NEW VOCABULARY- 1) dignified
2) indignantly
3) domestic 4) deport 5) fortify
---------------------------------------------------------Assignment-Draw a T-chart to compare traits of
the Frank and the Van Daan families.
---------------------------------------------------------Writing Prompt: Tensions build up between the
families. Describe these and compare how
people can cope with tensions in their own
households.
DOAF- ACT 1, Sc. 3
EQ: How can I distinguish between internal and external
conflicts?
• Chart how Anne’s external conflicts with
other characters affects conflicts within
herself (internal conflicts).
EXTERNAL CONFLICT---INTERNAL
DOAF Act 1, Sc. 3 Check Test
1. How long have the families been in hiding?
2. What does Peter do when Anne teases him?
3. What do Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan quarrel
about?
4. What dreams for the future does Anne have?
5. What news from the outside does Dussel
bring?
DOAF Act 1, Sc. 4-5EQ: What is foreshadowing?
ACTIVATING: NEW VOCABULARY1) makeshift 2) tyranny
3) sustenance 4) ostentatiously
5) reproachfully
----------------------------------------------------------INFER- How do the sounds from the outside
help to establish a mood?
DOAF Act 1, Sc. 4
Brainstorm a list of possible reasons Mr. Van Daan
was downstairs, even those you consider
unlikely or implausible.
Chart character traits/examples of Mr. Van Daan’s
behavior to support this assumption. Divide your
paper into 2 sections as seen below:
-----------------------------------------------------------What Mr. Van Daan ___ Supporting Facts
was probably doing
DOAF Act 1, Sc. 4-5
Writing Prompt: How do Anne’s feelings
about her mother and her father compare
to your feelings about your parents? How
are they alike and different?
• What is difficult about trying to change
your behavior at home?
• What behavioral goals have you set?
What makes it difficult to achieve them?
DOAF Act 1, Sc. 4-5
Make a cluster/web with “DANGER of
BEING CAUGHT” written in the middle.
List these characters around the web- Mr.
Frank, Mrs. Frank, Anne, Mrs. Van Daan.
Chart how each character reacts to the
threat of discovery.
DOAF Act 1, Sc. 4-5
CHECK TEST
1. What is Anne’s nightmare about?
2. Whom does she choose to comfort her
after the nightmare?
3. What Hanukkah gift does Anne give
each person in the annex?
4. What crisis occurs in Scene 5?
5. What does Dussel predict will be the
outcome of the crisis?
ACT 1, Sc. 4-5 Vocabulary Study- Synonyms or
Antonyms?
Copy each list and write whether the words are
synonyms or antonyms. Use a dictionary if needed.
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reproachfully- approvingly
Sustenance- food
Tyranny- oppression
Ostentatiously- furtively
Makeshift- improvised
DOAF ACT 2, Sc. 1-2
ACTIVATING: New Vocabulary
Onslaught
Inarticulate
Foreboding
Pretense
Intuition
DOAF Act 2, Sc. 1-2
EQ: How is mood established in this scene of the play?
• During reading ASSIGNMENT- Make 2
columns on your paper1) UNPLEASANT SENSORY DETAILS
2) PLEASANT/HOPEFUL SENSORY
DETAILS
Cite examples from the beginning of Act 2.
DOAF ACT 2, Sc. 1-2
EQ: How is character mood established in this
scene of the play?
• ASSIGNMENT: Draw a web with the
center labeled “DUSSEL’S BRUTAL
HONESTY”.
• Around the center of the web, list
examples with page and column numbers
of Dussel’s actions/things he said to other
characters.
Act 2, Sc. 1
EQ: How can I support my position?
SITUATION: The characters argue about
whether or not Carl is attempting
blackmail.
Task: Draw and label a t-chart and support
each position with details from the play.
Place each statement below as a heading
on the t-chart.
- Carl IS attempting blackmail.
- Carl IS NOT attempting blackmail.
DOAF Act 2, Sc. 1-2
Check Test
1. Why do Miep and Mr. Kraler bring a cake and
flowers to the families in hiding?
2. What has happened to Peter’s cat?
3. Why does Mr. Kraler suspect the man in the
storeroom knows about the hiding place?
4. Who helps Anne get dressed for her meeting
with Peter?
5. Where do Peter and Anne meet to talk
privately?
DOAF Act 2, Sc. 3-5
ACTIVATING: New Vocabulary
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Stealthily
Pandemonium
Insistent
Succession
Ineffectually
DOAF Act 2, Sc. 3-5
EQ: What is the climax of the play?
TASK: Make a t-chart with the following
statements as headings:
I think Mr. Van Daan SHOULD leave
because…
I think Mr. Van Daan SHOULD NOT leave
because…
DOAF Act 2, Sc. 3-5
EQ: How can a character be compared and contrasted?
WRITING PROMPT:
Compare and contrast Anne at age 13 and
Anne at age 15. Write about character
traits and changes that she has gone
through. What do you most admire about
Anne as she changes throughout the
play?
DOAF Act 2, SC. 3-5
CHECK TEST
1. Why does Mr. Van Daan get up in the
middle of the night?
2. In response, what does Mr. Frank tell the
Van Daans?
3. What good news does Miep bring?
4. Why doesn’t Anne take her diary with
her?
5. How did Mr. Frank find out about Anne’s
death?
DOAF- TASKS
• WHO SAID IT? Work with a partner and make
up a QUOTES QUIZ. Find 10 quotes from
various characters and write them down
verbatim, along with who said them and the
page number.
• POSTCARD- Sketch a postcard that you think
would be representative of the events, people,
or ideas of the story. Include the title or Anne’s
name somewhere in the design.