| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
| Because of Romek #3 |
1) I think that he was a very good speaker, and I was surprised that the main commons was very quiet. I also was surprised that he remembered everything that happened. His speech is very emotional and powerful, which got you into the story. He has taught me to be very lucky and thankful for what I have.
2) I think that the Russian Partisans took good care of David, even though he was put to work. David was pretty lucky that he escaped and took out the screws of the rail road tracks. I think that Romek is proud of David because he survived and made it on his own, and David was growing up.
3) Gestapo probably saved David's life to let him suffer that he had to go through witnessing the murder of his brother. Knowing that your brother got murdered in front of you, would most likely haunt you, which is pretty sad. I also think he spared him because David was a young boy, and they probably thought he wasn't worth killing. |
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| Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
| Because of Romek #2 |
1. David's pigeon helped the family. If it wasn't for the pigeons, the Faber family could've gotten killed. The idea of keeping a pigeon was weird at first, but it helped warn the family. Since the family hid, they didn't get murdered and was safe.
2. The conditions at the "Puskow Vacation Camp" isn't much of a vacation. I thought that the old name of the camp was called "Puskow Vacation Camp" and the Nazis' must of took over the camp or something. The conditions were very bad. The prisoners were tired and the Nazis didn't really care about the prisoners. They were underfed and the Nazis' made them work extremely hard.
3. My questions:
1) What would you say the scariest part was throughout the World War II experience?
2) How do you remember every detail of the book? |
| posted by charisse @ 9:17 AM |
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| Sunday, May 18, 2008 |
| Because of Romek #1 |
1) So far in this book, I've learned that the Nazis were extremely cruel to the Jews. For example, they made the Jews dig a trench. When it was deep enough, the Nazis shot all of the Jews that dug the trench. The Nazis didn't really care about them and treated them harshly. It's really sad and hard to believe that it's a true story.
2) The Fabers' is a very kind and caring family. They are like a normal family trying to make the best out of things. The family looks out for each other and just makes sure that they are safe. If it wasn't for David, his father might've never escaped and would've been dead like the Clapers' father.
2b) I think it's pretty surprising of how much David Faber remembers in this book. He probably remembers every detail because it is very life-changing. It's a very hard time to go through and it's something that you should remember, but you don't want to.
3) David seems very brave and caring. David left the rest of his family to look for his father, since it was bugging him that he didn't have a clue of what happened to his father. He took a big risk to slip out of the back door. David could've gotten captured when he went out. Thankfully, he got to rescue his father and the Faber family is together again. |
| posted by charisse @ 11:11 AM |
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| Monday, May 5, 2008 |
| Aztec Mural Project Reflection: AC |
 In this project, a group and I had to create a mural about the Aztecs. We needed to learn about Aztec culture and the importance of murals in the Latin culture. The mural was based on a topic of the Aztecs such as clothing, social classes, education, food, marriage, sacrifices, and Gods. Our group chose to make our mural based on Gods.
I learned more about the Aztecs especially the Gods. I learned that there were many different Gods with long (and hard to pronounce) names. The Aztecs were very religious and would sacrifice their self for a God. The Aztecs believed that there was a God for something, such as there was a God of the sun, and there was a God of the earth. I also learned that the Aztecs sacraficed themselves because they believed that the Gods needed "precious water"--which was blood from animals and humans.
I liked this project because we got to paint. It was pretty fun but kind of hard to keep everybody in the group focused. I guess that you shouldn't be lazy in projects because you wouldn't know if you have the time to finish later. Next time, I would try to get everybody focused and doing something so that the group would finish it in time, instead of having to finish at mornings and such. I think that I should've spent more time on the story of the mural, because the mural doesn't really show a story, it's just a painting. In conclusion, this project taught me many things about the Aztecs in a fun way. |
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