Rena's+Promise

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Ivan Hitler went outside and made fervored speeches about threatining other countries and jews what is the authors purpose of this sentence ? A( Hitler was making very threating speeches B( Hitler was making nice speeches about other countries C( Hitler tried helping other countries D( Hitler was being cruel to other countries and wanted to overcome them

Ivan What are the main ideas about Rena and her dad's relationship? A(She loves her dad and would step in anytime for him B( She does not really care about her dad C(She sometimes talks to her dad D( She really is not worried about her father.

Holocoust- takes a big part of my book with world war 2 and the nazi's and how they treated jews and also what they did to them. Consentration camp- is the main event in my story when her friend goes to the consentration camp

April 18, 2012

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Today I read about how Rena started to talk about how she used to look at pictures and they brought back some of her memories about her old life. It also said how Rena was was having a hard time getting her mid set back together.

What the result would be if Rena didn't meet her friends and they choose to tell their parts of the story separately?

A( They would have told their story differently B( would have been the same C(The story may not be that good D( telling the story from to sides might have been a goo idea April 17th Today the book talked about Reenas chicldhood and how she misses all of those good memories she used to have a child. Like haveing good holidays and how her mom would always take good care of her.

Pan\ge1 talks about the g how they met

(Friday,30th 7:50)A woman named Rena, a survivor of the Holocaust still has her nightmare on her arm,the number she was given by the Nazi soldier 1716 this was the number that denied her humanity and made her a package something without human features this was one nightmare on her arm that made her remember that she was thought of one as a thing not a human. A docter, a Jewish docter surgically removed the tattoo and stated "you were there I was not" everyone kept asking was it her address,was it her phone number, and what do those numbers mean?. What could she she say? This was the name that made me not human.

(Friday,30th 7:57) A woman named Heather has come to meet with Heather but is concerned she feel like she was apart of the people that did this to her becuase Heather is American. Once Heather gets there she noticed that Rena lives in a cottage with cows grazing away at the grass she knocked on the door and her husband, John came then callded Rena to come here John was invited to see Rena's linen closest Rena said no and that John was embarrissing her she started getting at him, she was speaking in Dutch.

What can be concluded about Rena's lifestyle as a kid? A. She had a terrible chilhood B. She was always sad cause her sister Danka died C. She loved her childhood because it was filled with good and joyous memories

Rena talks about her childhood and a best friend Frania she once had she also talks about how a frien she used to play with when she was younger kissed her and she ran all the way home not daring to tell her mama because he was a Gentile and she was an Orthadox Jew so they couldn't be together. Rena was afraid of cutiing her hair because she thought she would be ugly but as an Orthadox Jew she has to when she is married so that she cannot be attractive to other men she of ten had to shave her moma's head her mom would close her eyes as if wishing she didn't have to. Her mom wore a wig and when she walked past papa he wouls brush he slightly and she wouls have an affectionate smile then she would shave papa's head.

__Toni's Thoughts__ I feel like this is a good question, because it would require you to look back at what Rena says about her past and try to get to what she really feels, but there isn't supposed to be like any obvious right or wrong answers and to me c is either the right answer or the one that is really wrong. I think the word lifestyle is not such a good word to use in the question, since the answer choices are more about how she feels and not the way she was living.

Summarize how her life is going to be now that the Germans are taking over. A. There is going to be much suffering. B. There is going to be happiness because they have protection. C. Some jews are going to be happy and some are not.

Summary Rena is still telling her story and right now she has gotton to the part about the Germans taking over and making them do hard labor the Orthadox have no respect for the Germans but they fear the Germans Rena's whole face expression has from happy and joyful now her face expression is sad and depressed you tell this is not a subject she wants to be on.

What can be concluded about Reena and her friend? A)They are good friends and have been threw many harsh things in life? B) They are ok friends and they dont talk to each other C)They have diffrent sides of the story

Sumarry Today my book talked about how Rena and her friend went threw many troubles. Also about how painful it was to tell thier story all over again they said it was like a normal and then all of a sudden people are getting killed and thier is a problem starting. They go to a camp and thier is how they met and what they sw and how bad it was.

Summary The chapter i am readind is AUSCHWITZ and the things the girls are going through are horrible there heads are being shaved, they have hands with rubber gloves on them go inside them even there pubic hair is being shaved, now they have been been walking around nude ashamed of themselves not even speaking to one another until there clothes are back on. Once there clothes are back on they are so worried about the way the clothes fit they do not notice where they are being taken soon all they know is that the door closed and bolts are put on they look on the ground and they see and feel blood in the straw, they can feel lice crawling hungarily between there toes, and bedbugs are jumping on any bare skin they see.

Summary Rena has three sisters Gurtrude, Zosia and Danka. One day Rena's mother Sara went up to Danka's room (when Danka was young) and found Danka not breathing in her bed. Sara was devistated,so Sara put a sheet on top of Danka's face and she left her room. Rena and Sara heard crying so they rushed up-stairs to see what it was it was Danka crying. She was alive. Heather relized that Rena didn't want to talk about her experience at the consentation camps in Auschwitz. I dont think she wanted that memory back in her mind so she continued talking about her family, friend and childhood. When she was young, Rena had a close friend named Frania

__Briana Perry__ - Generating Question - Why do you think the author separated the fonts in italics and normal font? A) to let the reader know who is speaking in the book B) to let the reader know what information in the book is important C) to let the reader know what information is not important D) to let the reader know about the author's emotion

What evidence can you give about how Rena felt about her seeing her sister at the work camp? A. She was sad and upset becuase her sister would have to bare hard labors. B. She was glad to seee her sister becuase she hadn't seen her in a long time. C. She was both sad and upset becuase her sister had to work with her in the camp and she she wouls have to try to keep her promise and protect her sister.

What relationship do you see between Rena and Heather? A) they both want the book writting process to be over B) they dont like each other C) they enjoy each others company D) Rena likes Heather but Heather just wants her money for writting the book

Ivan How can you explain what rena is going threw ? A(She is going threw a hard time B(She is living a good lfe with no worries C( she is used to going outside and dealing with the nazis D(She struggles to get where she is at now

What meaning is the author trying to convey by using this metephor ?/ My mind taste these circumstances like strange food. A: The author wanted you to understan the seriosness of the life changes B: The author pointed out this metephor because she felt it was important to know how Rena felt about her situation C: The author wanted you to read the metephor and go deeper into the meaning and reasoning of why and how she felt this way D: The author didn't want you know Rena's feelings so the author made it difficult for you to understand.