Group Members:
SAVE these pages!
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Play
Literature Anthology pgs. 450-512
Directions: In an effort to incorporate more students in the reading of The Diary of Anne Frank, we
have decided that it would be best for us to divide into smaller groups to read the diary. While you work
in your group (or “cast”), you and your members will complete the reading each day AND complete the
given tasks.
Assessment: Similar to when we worked in SciFi literature circles, your group will occasionally be
graded according to teacher observations throughout each working hour. You will be graded individually
on your “character” work pages. Each group member will also take a quiz after Act I and after Act II.
Teachers’ Expectations:
 All students will work with their group, collaborating, reading, discussing, analyzing, and working
together to understand the play.
 All students will arrive to class promptly ready to begin working with their group.
 All students will incorporate all members of their “cast” in the reading.
 All students will read with effort, in character, and with appropriate voice so others can hear.
 All students will maintain a high level of respect to their peers and interest in the tasks given to
the group.
 All students will equally contribute to the group reading, discussion, and tasks.
 All students will fairly review each other’s performance during each reading/working session.
Group Expectations: Once you are given a group, you should work with other group members to
decide upon expectations that you will have. You should consider how you would answer the following
question:
What do we need to do/act like to ensure that we (1) use our time wisely, (2) stay on task, (3) learn
about Anne Frank, (4) complete all tasks?
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Group Members:
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Tentative Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
friday
23
24
25
26
27
Intro to activities
Research character
Read pgs. 451-457
Read pgs. 458-464
Read pgs. 465-473
30
1
2
3
4
Read pgs. 474-481
Read pgs. 482-488
*Act I quiz
Read pgs. 489-495
Read pgs. 497-502
Read pgs. 504-p.507
7
8
9
10
11
Read pgs. 508-512
*Act II quiz
Finish activities
Watch movie
Watch movie
Start research
Act I and Act II Roles: Complete this before you activities for Day 1. The group must come to a
consensus about who will play which role. The roles that have two characters mean that you will play
both characters. You will complete ONE character page PER character. So, although you have fewer
speaking roles, you will have more writing than the others because you will be writing about two
characters.
Character
Student assigned to this role
Narrator:
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Anne Frank:
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Margot Frank and Meip Gies:
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Mr. Frank:
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Peter Van Daan:
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Mr. Van Daan:
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Mrs. Van Daan and Mrs. Frank:
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Mr. Dussel and Mr. Kraler:
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You will attach the character pages to this packet when you turn the assignments in on
Tuesday, May 9th.
Group Members:
SAVE these pages!
GROUP WORK EVALUATION
As you work and read aloud, your group members must provide a grade for your group each meeting
day. You and your group members must grade yourselves according to the expectations at the front of
the packet. Rate entire group each day depending on how efficient and effectively you used your time.
You should spend the last 2 minutes of your “reading time” evaluating yourselves.
Rating Scale: 1 = most effective and efficient; 5= least effective and efficient
Rationale: Provide at least two bullet-points that justify your response.
*Each group member should take a turn doing this (i.e. we should see
different handwriting on this).
Monday
23
Intro to activities
30
Read pgs. 474-481
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Tuesday
24
Research character
1
Read pgs. 482-488
*Act I quiz
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7
Read pgs. 508-512
*Act II quiz
8
Finish activities
Wednesday
Thursday
friday
25
Read pgs. 451-457
26
Read pgs. 458-464
27
Read pgs. 465-473
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2
Read pgs. 489-495
3
Read pgs. 497-502
4
Read pgs. 504-p.507
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9
Watch movie
10
Watch movie
11
Start research
Overall Evaluation: (1) Rate your group reading/collaboration as you reflect
upon the entire reading experience. (2) Provide a paragraph response as to
why you rated yourselves this way.
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