Anne Frank Year 9 Extra English

We will read, listen and discuss the book Anne Frank; The Dairy of a Young Girl Listen and read. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlq7iBRSLwk

Anne Frank; The dairy of a Young Girl 

Year 9  

 

Pages 1-40 

 

Vocabulary Words: 
 
 

 

absurd  agony  albeit  ardent  barbarism  blithely  booty  capitulation  chattels  cheeky  clutches  cubicle

cum laude  detest  devour  emigrated  enthralling  frock  gaudy  gawky  glimpse  helter-skelter  hence  hypochondria

ingenious  inventiveness  loathe  ludicrous  lumbago  melancholy  monotonous  obstinate  piqued  placard  prude  rations

reprimands  sabotage  satchel  scrounging  scullery  seclusion  stifled  succession  superfluous  surreptitiously  urchins  veranda

 
 
Comprehension Questions: 
 
1. Who was the first to greet Anne on her birthday? 
 
2. Anne states that paper is more patient than man. What does she mean? 
 
3. Why does Anne begin a diary? 

 
 
4. What does Anne name her diary and why? 
 
5. Why do the Franks emigrate to Holland? 
 
6. Why does Harry end his relationship with Fanny? 
 
7. Why does Mr. Frank talk about going into hiding? 
 
8. Anne packs things to go into hiding. She makes the statement, "Memories mean more to me than dresses." Why did she say this? 
 
9. What is Anne worried about at night? 
 

Pages 40-81 

 

Vocabulary Words: 

 

accusations  aloof  calamity  catty  chink  cognac  congenial  dejected  entail

evading  fascist  fatalistic  genteel  hoist  ingenuity  mirth  oblige  optimism

persevere  pious  plied  pretext  procured  rebuke  remnant  rendezvous  rheumatism

saboteurs  sarcasm  staid  stodgy  superficial  swathed  tincture  veritable  vile

 
 
 

 

 

Comprehension Questions: 
 
1. How does Anne feel about her mother? 
 
2. What discovery does Anne make about her father in relationship to her? 
 
3. Who is the first to allow Mr. Dussel to work on their teeth? 
 
4. What does Anne secretly want to do to Mr. Dussel? 
 
5. Anne says she hasn't mentioned their rows in a good while. What does she mean by "rows?" 
 
6. Who are the soup eaters? 
 
7. The members in the secret annexe tend to get on each other's nerves. Why? 

8. What happens to Peter in the attic? 
 
9. How does Mummy feel when Anne says she doesn't want her to say prayers with her? 
 
10. Page 79 details some of the hardships everyone is facing. List them. 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

 

Pages 82-135 

 

Vocabulary Words: 
 
 

 

aloof  barrage  beseeched  brusquely  capitulated  celluloid  clandestine  communal  concertina-bed  condole  consolation  coquetry  correspondence

cremated  cubicle  delousing  diphtheria  divan  droning  duodenal  ecstasies  fatuous  fondants  grouser  het  horrid

imp  imploring  incessantly  indignant  irrevocable  loincloth  morale  obliged  oculist  palpitations  patronage  peal  pedantic

perturbed  petrified  proficient  prospectus  rebukes  reproachfully  seething  shamming  stifle  torrent  trifling  tumult  wanton

 
 
Comprehension Questions: 
 
1. On page 83, Anne states, "As the Benjamin of the family..." What is she saying? 
 
2. Anne says she found that she gets on better when she is shamming. What does she mean? 
 
3. What is an oculist? 
 
 

 

 

4. Why does Dussel say no to Anne's request to use the table twice a week in the evenings? 
 
5. Anne mentions that Dussel is 54 years old. Why do you think she mentions this? 
 
6. What does Mouschie give them? 
 
7. What is one reason the Van Daan's are arguing? 
 
8. Why does Anne sleep on the divan more now according to page 113? 
 
9. Margot asks Daddy if he would like to give Anne a children's Bible for Chanuka so Anne could find out more about the New Testament. What does this imply about the Frank's religious convictions? 
 
10. On page 117, Anne talks about her fountain pen being cremated and says that is just what she wants later. What is she saying? 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extra Activities: 

1. Learn about WWII. Who were the Allies? Who was with Germany? Color code a map showing the two forces. (See the video below for a synopsis of the changing German occupation.) 

2. Compare and contrast Margot and Anne then compare and contrast Anne and Peter. 

3. Write a birthday poem for Daddy just as Anne. 

 

https://youtu.be/D9ZLcHkYark 

http://www.annefrank.org/ 

 

 

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