DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Cover:
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Title, Name, Class/#, Date
Table of Contents
JOURNAL ENTRIES
All journal entries must be substantial, at least twenty-four sentences.
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Holocaust Poem: Go to the Online Holocaust Magazine, http://www.kimel.net/poetry.html, browse the site and place a copy of a
Holocaust poem into your journal. Or, place a copy of the poem “First They Came for the Jews”.
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Journal entry 1: Write a reflection about the Holocaust poem on the page opposite the poem. Example: Why did you choose
this poem? What connections did you make? Why is this poem important to the Holocaust?
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Journal entry 2: Write a name poem for one of the characters in hiding. Use the letters of the word to form the first line of each
poem.
Draw the items that you would bring or insert photos of the items that you would bring.
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Draw a picture of the place where you would hide (inside and outside).
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Journal entry 3: If you had to live in hiding and could not make a sound from 9am-6pm every day, except Sunday, and had no
electronic toys to entertain yourself, what would you do? Make up a daily schedule for one of your days, by listing an activity for
every hour from 9-6. Be sure to describe your surroundings and your feelings.
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Your choice
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Journal entry 4: Anne’s father tells her to remember, “There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on
your mind.” Respond to this quote…Do you agree? Disagree? How would you feel if you were locked in to your house by
circumstances rather than locks?
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Journal Entry 5: Current Time: Pretend you had one hour to prepare to go into hiding. You can never return to your home.
You cannot carry a suitcase; it would be obvious you were going into hiding. It is winter, therefore very cold outside and there is
limited food where you are going. What items would you take with you? How would you disguise these items and how would
you carry them? You may only bring six items.
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Journal entry 6: In Scene 4, Anne describes the first thing each of the people in the secret annex would like to do after getting
out of the hidden quarters. If you were free after many months of hiding, what would be the first thing you would like to do?
Why? Be sure to be specific and descriptive.
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Journal entry 7: Everyone has things about themselves that they would like to change. In Act 1, Scene 4, Anne talks about
having a mean side and a nicer, sweeter side. She says she wants to let the nicer side show but is afraid to so she has a difficult
time changing how she acts. What is something you would like to change about yourself?
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Describe your Random Acts of Kindness and the results.
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Final journal entry: This journal entry has four parts and is a double entry.
 What feelings did you experience at the end of the play?
 Anne’s diary was published in more than fifty countries. The play, based on her diary, won a Pulitzer Prize and was made
into a movie. Why do you think Anne’s diary and her story have attracted so much attention?
 At the end of the play, Mr. Frank says Anne was happy at the concentration camp. Why does he think this?
 The last quote that Mr. Frank reads from the diary is, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at
heart.” What does this tell us about Anne’s character? What do you think about this quote?
What I learned from The Diary of Anne Frank…Thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc...
*** Feel free to add additional journal entries.
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 1: Table of Contents
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 2: Holocaust Poem: Go to the Online Holocaust Magazine, http://www.kimel.net/poetry.html, browse the site and place a copy of a
Holocaust poem into your journal. Or, place a copy of the poem “First They Came for the Jews”.
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 3: Journal entry 1: Write a reflection about the Holocaust poem on the page opposite the poem. Example: Why did you choose this
poem? What connections did you make? Why is this poem important to the Holocaust?
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 4: Journal entry 2: Write a name poem for one of the characters in hiding. Use the letters of the word to form the first line of each
poem.
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 5: Draw the items that you would bring or insert photos of the items that you would bring.
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 6: Draw a picture of the place where you would hide (inside and outside).
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 7: Journal entry 3: If you had to live in hiding and could not make a sound from 9am-6pm every day, except Sunday, and had no
electronic toys to entertain yourself, what would you do? Make up a daily schedule for one of your days, by listing an activity for every hour
from 9-6. Be sure to describe your surroundings and your feelings.
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 8: Your choice
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 9: Journal entry 4: Anne’s father tells her to remember, “There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your
mind.” Respond to this quote…Do you agree? Disagree? How would you feel if you were locked in to your house by circumstances rather
than locks?
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 10: Journal Entry 5: Current Time: Pretend you had one hour to prepare to go into hiding. You can never return to your home. You
cannot carry a suitcase; it would be obvious you were going into hiding. It is winter, therefore very cold outside and there is limited food
where you are going. What items would you take with you? How would you disguise these items and how would you carry them? You may
only bring six items.
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 11: Journal entry 6: In Scene 4, Anne describes the first thing each of the people in the secret annex would like to do after getting out
of the hidden quarters. If you were free after many months of hiding, what would be the first thing you would like to do? Why? Be sure to
be specific and descriptive.
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 12: Journal entry 7: Everyone has things about themselves that they would like to change. In Act 1, Scene 4, Anne talks about having
a mean side and a nicer, sweeter side. She says she wants to let the nicer side show but is afraid to so she has a difficult time changing how
she acts. What is something you would like to change about yourself?
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 13: Describe your Random Acts of Kindness and the results.
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
PERSONAL JOURNAL
Page 14: Final journal entry: This journal entry has four parts and is a double entry.
 What feelings did you experience at the end of the play?
 Anne’s diary was published in more than fifty countries. The play, based on her diary, won a Pulitzer Prize and was made
into a movie. Why do you think Anne’s diary and her story have attracted so much attention?
 At the end of the play, Mr. Frank says Anne was happy at the concentration camp. Why does he think this?
 The last quote that Mr. Frank reads from the diary is, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at
heart.” What does this tell us about Anne’s character? What do you think about this quote?
What I learned from The Diary of Anne Frank…Thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc...
Name _______________________________________ Date _______________ Class/# ________