HW Mr. Padilla 1.5.17

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 3

We stood. We were counted. We sat down. We got up again.

Over and over. We waited impatiently to be taken away. What were they waiting for? Finally, the order came:

"Forward! March!"

My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible. As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask, without a word, deep in thought. I looked at my little sister, Tzipora, her blond hair neatly combed, her red coat over her arm: a little girl of seven. On her back a bag too heavy for her. She was clenching her teeth; she already knew it was useless to complain. Here and there, the police were lashing out with their clubs: "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak...

1. What were Eliezer and his family doing before the order came?

2. What does Eliezer say about his father?

3. What does he say about his mother and sister?

4. How were the police treating them?

Option 2:

** We stood. We were counted. We sat down. We got up again.

Over and over. We waited … to be taken away. … Finally, the order came:

"Forward! March!"

My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible. As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask, without a word, deep in thought. I looked at my little sister… her blond hair neatly combed…a little girl of seven. On her back a bag too heavy for her. She was clenching her teeth; she already knew it was useless to complain. Here and there, the police were lashing out with their clubs: "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak...

1.         What did Elier’s family do as they were waiting?

2.         What did Eliezer’s father do?

3.         What did Eliezer think about this?

4.         What was his mother doing? What his sister doing?

5.         How were the police treating them?

Option 3: Read the  passage of Eliezer and his family as they are being deported.

We stood. We were counted. We sat down. We got up again.

Over and over. We waited … to be taken away. … Finally, the order came:

1.     What did Elier’s family do as they were waiting?

"Forward! March!"

My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible.

2.     What did Eliezer’s father do?

3.     What did Eliezer think about this?

As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask… I looked at my little sister…a little girl of seven. On her back a bag too heavy for her. She was clenching her teeth;

4.     What was his mother doing? What his sister doing?

… Here and there, the police were lashing (beating) out with their clubs: "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak...

5.     How were the police treating them?

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