Finales

Question 1

Name the order for grammatical writing

Answer 1

1. Topic (including sub topics)
2. Research question
3. Resource discovery (web sites, books, articles, etc)
4. Data collection/information gathering (using research cards for this data)
5. Working bibliography (this can be created as soon as you find web sites for your research)
6. Communicate your information (essay, paragraph, presentation, etc)

Question 2

a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz

Answer 2

Concentration Camp

Question 3

An industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Polish name Oświęcim. Auschwitz in Culture Expand. Auschwitz An infamous concentration camp established by the Nazis in Poland

Answer 3

Auschwitz

Question 4

hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

Answer 4

Anti-Semitism

Question 5

Also known as The Night of the Broken Glass. On this night, November 9, 1938, almost 200 synagogues were destroyed, over 8,000 Jewish shops were sacked and looted, and tens of thousands of Jews were removed to concentration camps.

Answer 5

Kristanllnacht

Question 6

The Nazi dictatorship during World War II.

Answer 6

Nazi Regime

Question 7

German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) Synonyms: Der Fuhrer, Hitler Example of: dictator, potentate. a ruler who is unconstrained by law. German Nazi, Nazi. a German member of Adolf Hitler’s political party.

Answer 7

Adolf Hitler

Question 8

A Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar.

Answer 8

holocaust

Question 9

Soldiers that marched the streets supporting Adolf Hitler patrolling streets and Ghettos. The consistently wear of a large leather military boot reaching to the knee giving them the name “jackboots.”

Answer 9

Jackboots

Question 10

name the author who wrote the novel Milkweed

Answer 10

Jerry Spinelli

Question 11

name the author who wrote the novel The Upstairs Room

Answer 11

Johanna Reiss

Question 12

Why did the Nazis single out the Jewish people and place them in concentration camps?

Answer 12

During World War I Germany lost the war against the United States. Many blamed the Jewish peoples of loosing World War I. Adolf Hitler, the supreme dictator of the Nazis had concentration camps and ghettos set up to round up Jewish peoples and burn them leading to the start of the holocaust.

Question 13

Describe the Polish Ghettos. Why were the Jews placed there?

Answer 13

Polish Ghettos were not fine places to live. Ghettos usually held a lot of Jews at a time who are given little to eat and respect. From the Ghetto they are shipped off to concentration camps in order to reach their end. Ghettos are dirty cramped places where Jews are watched around the clock by Jackboots and are given very little freedom.

Question 14

Describe the character Moose from the book Al Capone does my shirts.

Answer 14

A twelve year old boy who lives on Alcatraz island with his parents and his “older” sister. Moose wishes he could live a normal life not next door to some of the most wanted criminals and convicts. He wishes his sister was not so odd. Moose must look after his older sister Natalie who suffers from autism and cannot care for herself. Natalie is trying to get into Esther P. Marinoff for kids like her but cannot get in due to that she is sixteen and acts as if she were ten. (which her mother has convinced her every year that she is) Moose meets many children on Alcatraz who decides to run an illegal laundry business featuring laundry cleaned by the man Al Capone himself. Moose must watch his sister, stay out of his friend’s Piper’s way, and handle a lot of responsibility.

Question 15

Describe the character Piper from the book Al Capone does my shirts.

Answer 15

The Warden’s daughter on Alcatraz and takes a great liking in making lots of mischief. She is as slippery as a bar of soap. Piper comes up with the idea of the laundry business and uses Moose to help her with the business (in which he does not want to) Piper never gets in trouble and is never caught, she is always scheming and plotting trying to find a way to meet the notorious convict and mobster Al Capone. Piper later finds a friendship with Moose and they together along with Annie, Jimmy, and Theresa to find a way in getting Natalie into Esther P. Marinoff.

Question 16

Describe the character Natalie from the book Al Capone does my shirts.

Answer 16

Natalie is Moose Flanagan sister who suffers a bad condition of autism. She is sixteen years old but her mother has convinced her she is ten for six years in the running. Natalie is trying to get into Esther P. Marinoff for kids like her, she got in but was kicked out because the headmaster thinks she is older than ten. (which Mrs. Flanagan tells Mr. Purdy she is older than ten) Moose must watch Natalie everyday because both of his parent work. Natalie follows Moose wherever he goes giving them a strong relationship.

Question 17

Describe the character Scout from the book Al Capone does my shirts.

Answer 17

Scout goes to the new school Moose goes to and befriends him by letting Moose play baseball with him and his gang. Scout and Moose eventually become good friends and they want to play baseball together every Monday. Moose must watch his sister everyday but cannot which makes Scout mad. They soon make up and Scout asked Moose for a convict baseball. Moose then goes on a wild hunt and eventually gets Scout a convict baseball from a mysterious stranger named Onion.

Question 18

Describe the character Onion from the book Al Capone does my shirts.

Answer 18

Onion is a convict who lives on Alcatraz. He only has six months left with the convict number 105. Onion meets Moose’s sister Natalie and takes great liking to her. Onion was said to have greasy hair giving him the name Onion by the other convicts. Onion does not play a big role in this book, he gives Moose the baseball to give to Scout. Moose does not trust Onion for he is a convict and holding hands with his sister. He never knows what happens.

Question 19

Describe the character Warden from the book Al Capone does my shirts.

Answer 19

The Warden on Alcatraz is Warden Williams, Piper’s dad. He runs Alcatraz and makes sure everything is in order. He is very stern and has always wanted a son. The Warden catches Piper and her gang selling laundry and gets very mad. The Warden is a proud man and takes a great deal of time making sure Alcatraz is on order.

Question 20

What is a simile?

Answer 20

a simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. a simile uses the words like or as to identify a simile.
(ex: she is sly as a fox)

Question 21

What is a metaphor?

Answer 21

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. (he drowned on a sea of grief)

Question 22

What is a hyperbole

Answer 22

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. (It was so cold the polar bears were wearing jackets)