Activity 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o8jSbCanv0

Watch and listen to the film footage about Anne Frank.  

Answer the following questions about Anne Frank:

  • What was Anne’s sister called?
  • What were her parents called?
  • What were some of the rules that the Jewish people had to abide by?
  • How many people went into hiding with Anne?
  • Where were she and her family deported to?
  • What did she die from?
  • How old was she?
  • Who survived the experience and made sure her diary was published?

SPAG Links:

When to use a colon: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zr6bxyc/articles/zxpfydm

When to use a semicolon:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zr6bxyc/articles/z6w6cqt 

How to use a semicolon in a list:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zr6bxyc/articles/zhntng8 

How to proofread your work:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zr6bxyc/articles/z7vhsrd 

Activity 2

Read the diary up to Wednesday 8th July 1942.

Answer the following questions:

  1. What is the name of Anne’s diary?
  2. What happens to make the family go into hiding? 
  3. How old is Anne when they go into hiding?
  4. Why does Anne wear so many clothes when they go into hiding?
  5. List three other things that Anne takes with her.
  6. What arrangements are made for Anne’s cat?

Activity 3

Read the diary up to 9th July 1942.

  • Read Anne’s description of the secret annex.
  • Draw a floor plan of the place described, including where the annex is and the rooms that are in it.
  • Label your floor plan with the details mentioned in the text.

 

Explore Anne’s hiding place

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/ 

Activity 4

Read the diary up to October 9th 1942

  1. Highlight the adjectives that Anne uses to describe her feelings about the situation of the Jewish people.
  2. Find out where Westerbork is on a map.
  3. Identify 3 facts about the way of life in a concentration camp.
  4. Explain why escape from a concentration camp is almost impossible.

 

SPAG Links:

When to use a colon: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zr6bxyc/articles/zxpfydm

When to use a semicolon:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zr6bxyc/articles/z6w6cqt 

How to use a semicolon in a list:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zr6bxyc/articles/zhntng8 

How to proofread your work:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zr6bxyc/articles/z7vhsrd