24
December
2006

English Project Write-up…5

 Pictures of our project:

Annes desk that is in the memorial.

This is the railway tracks that people walk on in the memorial.

 

One of the walls in the memorial. This wall has facts about the war on it.

Another wall in the memorial. This wall has quotes from Annes diary.

This is the entrance of the memorial. It is ment to be like the gas chambers with the shower heads.

this is a top view of the memorial.

Eslrs that we achieved while doing the project on Anne Frank. 

Effective communicator 

Collaborate with others in appropriate learning situations to achieve group goal.Example:We all worked together to get all work done in school, in class, and out side of school.  We did this for English but we made the model to improve our model building skills.Evaluation:Excellent 

Demonstrate the skills of effective collaborationExample:We communicated after school to get more work done and reach our goal. We talked about our ideas, and got what we had to get done, done!Evaluation: Good 

Self directed learner. 

Demonstrate competency in goal setting, time management, and organizational skills.Example:We planned out a Blue print, and we organized a time to meet after school so we could get things done. We made sure t that we had a majority of the project done by Monday.  We also organized who would do what when, so we new what every one had to do.Evaluation:Good 

Academic achiever  

Demonstrate the ability to work both independently and collaborativelyExample:We all took on our own responsibilities with the writing work, but we all worked together on the visual, and putting it together. Evaluation:Excellent  

Critical thinker 

Solve problems using a variety of strategiesExample:The Silver paint pen sank into the styrofoam, so then we decided to say that it was engraved like the Vietnam war memorial in
Washington D.C. Then for the other wall we changed pens. We had to do what we could!Evaluation:Good 

We all worked together very well from the very beginning. We all pitched in ideas for our memorial, and we all helped assemble it in and out of school hours. Mitchell and Taylor brought all the things to make the model, and Laurent and brought the lap top and assembled the model with Taylor and Mitchell. We all put our heads together to get the model figured out. We had many ideas and great ones at that, so it was hard to know what to do. In the end we finally got some ideas down and all agreed on them. It was the little things that we all came up with, like
Taylor suggested we put down train tracks as you walk through the memorial. Laurent gave us all the idea to put in the gas chambers (showers) in as you walked in. Mitchell came up with the brilliant thing of putting in the desk, and actually making it stay up.  Every one wrote something for the written part as well. We all had about 2 things to write about, so it was fair and no one person did all the work, because sometimes that does happen.We all worked really well and we all feel that as a team we were exceptionally strong. 

When we first got the choice of the two different projects, our group thought almost straight away that we should do a memorial. In this spectacular memorial we have put many things all with different meanings that all just happen to have something to do with Anne Frank. To be able to create such an extravagant display we have used many things including tooth picks, Styrofoam, paint, paper, and even a laptop. After we had all the materials, it was time to get building. First we got the (already painted) floor and glued the (already painted) walls on it, next we made train tracks with toothpicks, then we made a desk, and finally we put shower heads up to represent the gas chambers.After all the craftsmanship was finished we decided to designate who would write what and who would do certain things over the weekend, for a paradigm we told Taylor to do the ESLR’s, Laurent to do the symbols, and Mitchell to do the summary/grade write up.Since we all (Taylor, Laurent and Mitchell) put such hard work in to this we would definitely give ourselves a good grade. We believe this because we did all the ESLR’s (at least one bullet from each) and put our hearts and souls into completing it. Overall on this project, because of the above reasons, we as a group definitely deserve an A- if not an A. 

What it says on the walls:

Black wall:

Who would ever think that so much can go on in the soul of a young girl? I don’t think my opinions are stupid and others do; so it is better to keep them to myself. 

I wonder whether you can tell me why it is important that people always try so hard to hide their real feelings? 

White wall:  

Approximately Six Million Jews were killed.About 220,000 Roma were murdered  

Holocaust victims at 9 to 11 million, are just a rough approximate of the number killed 

It is estimated that is
Berlin alone, 1600 Jews killed themselves rather then face the feared camps. 

1.5 million Children were exterminated in the holocaust.

26
November
2006

A Place Unknown4

You could be in a country with four walls, four sides, four different points of view.

You fled this place, to get away, from what you thought was a disgrace.

You could live there and never know what the outside brings.

If I called you and asked you… what it was like? What would you say? What would you tell me now…?

Is the tea as sweet?

Is the grass as green?

Do people smile as much as they do here?

You couldn’t say… you wouldn’t know… you would just have to say… 

I’m in a war, with hundreds of souls dieing every day.

He sends them off, to a place unknown, and I wish I will never go.

The small black box said a year or two but it has been three what can we do.

Sit. Wait. Anticipate.

Cry. Weep. Hold ours heads high.

They called for us, our names all four, they took us away.

I feared this moment from the start

I’m going to a place unknown.

No one could tell me. No one could comfort me.

Daddy don’t go.

Mother don’t die.

Sister you can not leave me.

In this place unknown.

Written by: Taylor - written for Anne Frank in WWII

17
November
2006

Information on WWII…1

Here are some websites that I came across while researching that may help you understand the war a little more.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm

http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/wwii.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html

http://www.besthistorysites.net/WWII.shtml

They have time lines and some have in depth information on the war. Enjoy.