The Butterfly By: Amanda Burleson An integrated literature based unit about the Holocaust

1. The ButterflyBy: Amanda BurlesonAn integrated literature based unit about the Holocaust

2. Science Activities Literature Circles Language Chart Meet the Author Patricia Polacco Holocaust

3. Math Germany’s Role Maps Holocaust Vocabulary Famous People Links

4. Language ChartRead the three following books and complete the chart to compare and contrast the books. Back

5. Discussion Director • Word Wizard • Artful Artist • Passage Picker • Travel Tracer • Character Sketcher Back

6. Patricia Polacco • Write a friendly letter to Patricia Polacco • Go to the Patricia Polacco Website • Submit a form to get a copy of The Butterfly postcard. • Take The Butterfly quiz. • Patricia Polacco Website Back

7. Artful Artist Your job is to draw a picture that illustrates what you liked best about the story. Create your picture with the materials provided by your teacher. After finishing your picture, write about your drawing. Include in your response: -WHO or WHAT is your picture about? -WHERE does your picture take place? -WHEN in the story is your picture represented? -WHY did you draw it? -Did the picture make you think, wonder, or make any connections? Plan for sharing: -Show your picture to the group and let them guess how it fits in the story. -Let your group discuss your picture before you share what you wrote. Back to Literature Circle Jobs

8. Discussion Director Your job is to write down questions that your group can talk about. It is your job to help lead the discussion. Examples: setting inference/conclusion narrator cause/effect character relationships main idea mood sequence figurative language fact/opinion compare/contrast prediction problem/solution Begin questions with words like: Who What When Where Compare Why How Tell Describe Discussion Director Example From The Butterfly Figurative Language Back to Literature Circle Jobs

9. Example Questions for Discussion Director Page 1 paragraph 1 “The moon was so radiant, it seemed almost festive.” Reason Chosen: Descriptive What kind of feelings or connections do you have to this selection? Page 7 paragraph 1 “Their heels clicked like gunshots along the cobblestone path.” Reason Chosen: Figurative Language/Simile How does this selection make you feel? Back to Discussion Director Back to Literature Circle Jobs

10. Word Wizard Your job is to help the others in your group better understand some of the vocabulary and words that the author uses in the story. • Write down the word. • Copy the sentence from the book in which the word appears. • Write down the page and paragraph where the word appears. • Look up the word in the dictionary. • Using your context clues from the sentence and the dictionary definition, write the definition in your own words. • Write down the correct part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb). • Write down a question and answer about the word that will help you teach the word to your group. • After you have finished the above steps make your Wizard Card. Use an index card, and on one side be sure to include your word in large print, and the page and paragraph number, and the definition. On the other side of your card should be the word and a picture illustrating the word. Example Word Wizard Card Vocabulary from The Butterfly French words to know from The Butterfly Working With Words Etymologies Back to Literature Circle Jobs

11. Word Wizard Card Example Page 3 Paragraph 2 yellow jacket Noun-a bee of the wasp family with a strong sting and black and yellow stripes. hornet Back to Word Wizard Back to Literature Circle Jobs

12. Character Sketcher Character Traits/Proof Character Goal Solution/Possible Solution Problem Characters to sketch from The Butterfly Back to Literature Circle Jobs

13. Choose a character from The Butterfly to Sketch -Monique -Marcel Solliliage -Denise -Monsieur Mark -Monsieur Lendormy -Servine -Pe`re Voulliard Back to Character Sketcher Back to Literature Circle Jobs

14. Passage Picker Your job is to locate a few special selections of the text that your group would like to hear read aloud. The purpose is to help your group members remember some interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important sections of the text. You should select passages or paragraphs worth hearing and then jot down plans for how they can be shared. You may read the passages aloud yourself, ask someone else to read them, or have your group members read them silently. Possible reasons for picking a passage: Important Informative Confusing Conversational Surprising Controversial Funny/Amusing Dialect Informative Interesting Descriptive Historical Frightening/Scary Mysterious Persuasive Fantasy Math Moral Entertaining Step-By-Step Intriguing Theme Scientific Illustration and how it relates to passage Well Written Confusing Plan for Sharing: -Pick the passage you would like to share -Write down the page and paragraph number of the passage. -Write down the reason your chose this passage and EXPLAIN WHY! -Ask a question about the chosen passage and give an answer. -Write down the author’s purpose: To describe, To Entertain, To Persuade, To Inform Passage Picker Example from The Butterfly Back to Literature Circle Jobs

15. Passage Picker Example Page 13 paragraph 2 “Sevrine pulled up the door, and they both climbed down a very narrow set of stairs into a part of the cellar that Monique didn’t even know existed. The walls were scraped clean, and there was a small table with a tiny tray and supper dishes on it. Monique could see another small room with cots. It looked like people were sleeping on them.” Reason Chosen: descriptive and frightening I chose this passage because the author creates a picture of the hiding place and it makes me feel scared for Sevrine. Where is the hiding place located in the house? Above or Below Ground? How do you know? The hiding place is located below the house because the author says that they climbed down the stairs and into the cellar. Author’s Purpose: To Inform and Describe Back to Passage Picker Back to Literature Circle Jobs

16. Travel Tracer Your job is to trace characters as they move from scene to scene. Help everyone in your group understand where things are happening and how the setting may have changed. Steps for Sharing: -Track carefully where the action takes place during today’s reading. -Describe each setting in detail. -Write down the page and paragraph where the setting changes. -You may want to create a map to help your group members understand where events happened in the story. Places to trace from The Butterfly Back to Literature Circle Jobs

17. Locate these places in Europe -France -Choisi-le Roi -Paris -Melun Back to Travel Tracer Back to Literature Circle Jobs

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19. Look up the meaning of the following French words from The Butterfly by clicking on the dictionary. Monsieur ma petite shwein cherie vite papillon sacre regarde Back to Word Wizard Back to Literature Circle Jobs

20. Teachers click on a butterfly to find wonderful symmetry and butterfly activities. Back Home

21. A Map of France Back Holocaust Home

22. Germany Takes Over Europe Find out about the Resistance, Germany, Jews, and the Holocaust of WWII. Click here then click on the maps on the next page. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/maps Back Holocaust Home

23. Math Activities Symmetry website which includes great interactive games to help children become familiar with the concept of symmetry. Symmetry Website Back Holocaust Home

24. Holocaust Vocabulary • Resistance • Genocide • Deported • Jews • Star of David • Germany • WWII • Allies • Concentration Camps Back Holocaust Home

25. Famous People Charles Reynaud Adolph Hitler Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill Back Holocaust Home Charles De Gualle

26. Other Links Click Here! http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sci/sci61.txt Teacher Activity Butterfly Kit for your students http://www.ushmm.org/ The Holocaust Museum http://www.annefrank.com/af_life/story_intro.htm Anne Frank scrapbook http://www.annefrank.com/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/frank/index.htm Websites about Anne Frank http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/pp.asp?c=arLPK7PILqF&b=249685 Children of the holocaust http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html Holocaust timeline Back Holocaust HomeHome

27. Charles De Gaulle French general and first president of the Fifth Republic (1958–69), born in Lille, N France. He fought in World War 1, he wanted to make the French Army more modern. With the fall of France (Jun 1940), he left to go to England to raise the standard of the ‘Free French’, and entered Paris in the vanguard of one of the earliest liberation forces (Aug 1944). He became head of the provisional government, then withdrew to the political sidelines. After WWII, Charles De Gaulle became the leader of France during the Kennedy Administration in the 1960’s . Back to Famous People