The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne Summer Holiday Assignment

BRUNO, KARL, MARTIN AND DANIEL (his hand)

BRUNO

SHMUEL

TWO UNLIKELY FRIENDS PLAYING AT THE MOST UNLIKELY PLACE – CONCENTRATION CAMP

Grade 6 Summer Vacation Assignment All Grade 6 students are required to do Project 1: Poster Project 2: Written diary entry and audio diary entry

First Project: Poster Choose one Chapter to focus on creating an advertisement poster. Students can select one event from that chapter as the focus of their poster. Audience: teenagers years old

Poster Choose one Chapter Chapter 9: (i) Bruno the explorer, adventurer (ii) Contrast pyjamas clad people and Nazi soldiers Chapter 10: I. first meeting Shmuel and Bruno II. Different cultural backgrounds – Shmuel, a Polish Jew; Bruno, a Nazi German

Poster Choose one Chapter Chapter 11: The Fury I. The Fury is coming to dinner II. Bruno meets the Fury and Eva Chapter 15: I. Lieutenant Kotler, the ideal Nazi II. Shmuel, a precious Jewish boy III. Bruno, an innocent Nazi boy

Poster Choose one Chapter Chapter 16: I. Bruno’s grandmother’s funeral II. Jewish prisoners in the concentration camp III. Shmuel laughs at Bruno’s shaved head

Requirements for Poster A4; it will be laminated Clear image(s)/ message Colour (strong) Write citations of where you obtained your visuals from at the back of your poster Only visual images, no written text Communicate summary of the particular chapter

Requirements for Poster  The following poster samples have text. Your posters will only have visual images, no written text.  Cite where you obtained your images from.

Citations in your poster and written diary  Identify website(s) used for your poster, write at the back of your poster  For poster, write citations on the back of your poster.  For the written diary entry, type or write it at the end of your work – concentration camp photos

Bright colours, black and white if appropriate, simplicity, relevance

Symbolism – hand reaching out, simplicity, slogan that supports what the hand is getting ready to do - SHOP

Again example where you don’t need to be great at art – colour, smart ideas that are relevant and glue

1.Advertising Poster assessment criteria  Effective use of visual text(s) to to replace written text(s)  Use of colour to add to the message  Relevant and accurate message Relevant to the novel.  Connects message to the audience  How can I encourage young people to get interested in my message? balance youth pop culture with educati on Your work will be graded according to the above details

Effective use of colour to help enhance the message

Connects message to the audience

Connects images to the relevant novel event and chapter

Project 2: Audio Diary Entries Select one event from one Chapter to prepare a written [1pg] and one audio diary entry[2mins]. First person perspective - Bruno  Chapter 9  Chapter 10  Chapter 11  Chapter 15  Chapter 16

Audio Diary Entries Choose one event from one Chapter Chapter 9: (i) Bruno the explorer, adventurer (ii) Contrast pyjamas clad people and Nazi soldiers Chapter 10: I. first meeting Shmuel and Bruno II. Different cultural backgrounds – Shmuel, a Polish Jew; Bruno, a Nazi German

Audio Diary Entries Choose one Chapter Chapter 11: The Fury I. The Fury is coming to dinner II. Bruno meets the Fury and Eva Chapter 15: I. Lieutenant Kotler, the ideal Nazi II. Shmuel, a precious Jewish boy III. Bruno, an innocent Nazi boy

Audio Diary Entries Choose one Chapter Chapter 16: I. Bruno’s grandmother’s funeral II. Jewish prisoners in the concentration camp III. Shmuel laughs at Bruno’s shaved head

Sample: Chapter 1 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  Maria’s packing: pp1-3  My father: pp4-5  Leaving Berlin: pp6-8  Our Berlin home: pp9-10 I have divided Chapter one into four smaller diary entries

Chapter 1 TBSP sample of a written diary entry for only part 1 of 4 parts  Maria’s packing: pp1-3 After playing airplanes with Karl, Martin and Daniel, I was surprised to find Maria – our housemaid going through my clothes. “Excuse me, Maria, what are you doing with my things?”

Chapter 1 TBSP sample of a written diary entry for only part 1 of 4 parts  Maria’s packing: pp1-3 Maria, didn’t say anything to me, she just pointed. Why do adults do that anyway – why is it acceptable for them to do that, but we need to look adults in the eyes and speak calmly. My eyes followed the direction Maria was pointing. She was pointing at mother. What does Maria packing my things, have to do with mother? I am going to find out….

Audio Diary Entries  After you have written the diary entries – self edit, before recording.  Things to remember: tone, volume, sound effects, allow your voice to express what people cannot see visually

Audio Diary Entries Assessment criteria  Written diary entries: 1.word choice, 2.sentence fluency, 3.convention and 4. presentation  Audio record your diary entries: 1. tone 2. volume 3. sound effects – relevant 4. word choice 5. expression in your voice 6. presentation

Audio There are two audio samples: 1. Audio diary for Chapter 1: Maria’s packing 2. Audio diary for ‘The Diary of Anne Frank To give you ideas