Friday, January 15, 2016

HW Mr. Padill 1-15-16


Homework: Parent/guardians. Please assist your child with today’s homework.

* ALL THE SKILLED WORKERS had already been sent to other camps. Only about a hundred of us, simple laborers, were left…
At ten o'clock, we were handed our daily ration of bread. A dozen or so SS surrounded us. At the gate, the sign proclaimed that work meant freedom. We were counted. And there we were, in the countryside, on a sunny road…
We were walking slowly. The guards were in no hurry. We were glad of it. As we were passing through some of the villages, many Germans watched us, showing no surprise. No doubt they had seen quite a few of these processions...
On the way, we saw some young German girls. The guards began to tease them. The girls giggled. They allowed themselves to be kissed and tickled, bursting with laughter. They all were laughing, joking, and passing love notes to one another. At least, during all that time, we endured neither shouting nor blows.
After four hours, we arrived at the new camp: Buna. The irongate closed behind us.

Task: Compare and contrast the MOOD of the Jewish prisoners and the Germans in this passage. Give evidence from the text to back up your points.


** ALL THE SKILLED WORKERS had already been sent to other camps. Only about a hundred of us, simple laborers, were left…
At ten o'clock, we were handed our daily ration of bread. A dozen or so SS surrounded us. At the gate, the sign proclaimed that work meant freedom. We were counted. And there we were, in the countryside, on a sunny road…
We were walking slowly. The guards were in no hurry. We were glad of it. As we were passing through some of the villages, many Germans watched us, showing no surprise. ..
On the way, we saw some young German girls. The guards began to tease them. The girls giggled. They allowed themselves to be kissed and tickled, bursting with laughter. They all were laughing, joking, and passing love notes to one another. At least, during all that time, we endured neither shouting nor blows.
After four hours, we arrived at the new camp: Buna. The irongate closed behind us.

Task: While the Jewish people are being tormented the German people are going on with their lives as if nothing is happening.

Find examples in the reading that show how the Jewish people are being mistreated.

Find example in the reading that show how the Germans are going on as if nothing is happening.


*** ALL THE SKILLED WORKERS had already been sent to other camps. Only about a hundred of us, simple laborers, were left…
At ten o'clock, we were handed our daily ration of bread. …At the gate, the sign proclaimed that work meant freedom. We were counted. And there we were, in the countryside, on a sunny road…
We were walking slowly. The guards were in no hurry. We were glad of it. As we were passing through some of the villages, many Germans watched us, showing no surprise. ..
On the way, we saw some young German girls. The guards began to tease them. The girls giggled… bursting with laughter. They all were laughing, joking, and passing love notes to one another. At least, during all that time, we endured neither shouting nor blows.
After four hours, we arrived at the new camp: Buna. The irongate closed behind us.

Task 3:
1.     What was the difference between the skilled workers and the laborers?
2.     Take an educated guess, why do you thin the prisoners were happy when the guards were not in a hurry?
3.     How were the German people behaving or acting as the prisoners walked? Make a list of examples.


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