Literature Circle Packet: The Diary Of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank
By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket

Literature Circle Packet

Common Core Objectives:
RL 2 Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot.

RL 10 Read and comprehend dramas.

L 4 Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases

Directions for this packet:

Most of this packet is designed for you, the reader, to read and acknowledge the concepts listed on the beginning of the packet. You will need to follow the reading schedule provided and work with your group on the discussion questions each day needed within class. The vocabulary correlates with the different parts of the novel, so you will
A plot must include a complication, rising action, climax, and a resolution. | | Costuming | Props or clothingused to create a character’s wardrobe.Costuming usuallyfits the personality of the character. | | Sets | The physical location and description of the play. There are usually many backgrounds used on a set. | | Lighting | The effects of light on a stage or set of a play | | Protagonist | The leading character of a drama or play whose rival is the antagonist. | | Antagonist | The character in conflict with another main character in a drama or play. The antagonist is usually considered the villain. | | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces: usually internal or external conflict. | | Internal Conflict | A struggle within the character | | External Conflict | A struggle against another character, idea, organization, etc. | | Complications | Things that the character must consider before solving or dealing with a conflict | | Climax | A high point of the story, such as where a character must make a big decision | | Motivation | The reason characters behave in a certain way. | |

Name Date The Diary of Anne Frank COPY MASTER
Reading
Kraler: A former employee of Mr. Frank
Mr. Van Daan: Father of Peter
Mrs Van Dann: Mother of Peter.
Mr. Dussel: An irritable former dentist

Characterization: * Dynamic: a literary or dramatic character that undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude: Ebeneezer Scrooge is a dynamic character. * Static: a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. * Round: a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author. * Flat: an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.

Character Analysis: The Diary of Anne Frank | Character | Textual Evidence/Quotation describing character and page number | Impact that this character has on the novel. In this section name whether the character is a Dynamic or Static Character. | Characterization: Would you consider this character a Round or Flat character? What evidence can you provide that leads you to this conclusion? | Anne Frank | | | | Mr. Frank | | |