Each chapter you will be required to complete a short activity that is designed to help you develop your reading comprehension skills. Some of these activities will be completed at the end of the chapter, and some will be done as you go through the chapter with your teacher.
1. Activating and Connecting (text-to-self).
Graphically show the important people in Bruno’s life and his connection to them.
Who are the important people in your life? What is your connection to them?
2. Visualising.
Mental images change as we read, in the four boxes provided draw what you think Bruno’s new house looks like as we
read.
3. Activating and Connecting (text-to-world).
Have your ever heard the phrase ‘hopeless case’? What type of person does is it usually refer to? What does Bruno mean when he calls his sister a Hopeless Case? What words in the text help you with this?
What would you have named this chapter if you wrote the novel?
Have a written conversation with a partner regarding this question.
4. Visualising (sketch to stretch).
Using the table write what you visualise whilst reading. Take this information and using the sketch to stretch tool draw what Bruno and Gretel could see from the window.
5. Activating and Connecting (text to self).
If you were making the movie version of this novel, who would you cast as the members of Bruno and his family? You can choose actors or people from your own life, like friends and family. Use exivence from the tex to help explain why you have made this connection.
6. Activating and Connecting (text to self)
How does what happened in this chapter remind you of things that have happened in your life? Write about something your parents have done that you weren’t happy about, but it turned out alright in the end. (50 words)
7. Inferring
Why do you think Mother took credit for something she didn’t do? See if you can work it out by using clues from the text to ‘read between the lines’. What have you found out from your reading so far that helped you come to this conclusion? Use the making inferences handout to record your ideas.
8. Synthesising
Do you think Bruno's grandmother is happy with her son (Bruno's father)? Does what you have read in this chapter change your opinion of Ralph? How has it done this? Fill in the two column notes to show what sort of person Ralph is and the parts from the story (evidence) that helped you form an opinion about his character.
9. Predicting and Visualising
Use your five senses to predict what Out-With camp looked like. Complete a Five Senses Chart firstly for the camp. Write or draw what you see, hear, smell, touch and taste. How did “stepping into the story” help you understand how different life was on the other side of the fence?
10. Questioning
At the end of chapter 10, Bruno has some questions for Schmuel. Bruno asks, “Why are there so many people on that side of the fence... and what they are doing there?” What are your wonderings about what is happening on the other side of the fence and the countries that the two boys come from? Record your wonderings on the Questioning Web.
11. Visualising
Draw The two dinner guests from the descriptions provided in the chapter. Who do you think these guests are? What evidence from the text supports this?
12. Questioning
Record both thin and thick questions you may have whilst reading this chapter. Use the template to do so.
13. Inferring
Using evidence and clues from the text infer what you think may have happened to Pavel at dinner that night. (50 words)
14. Synthesising
Complete the table (template). Infer what the quotes mean in relation to the text. How do they show Bruno as Naïve?
15. Activating and connecting
Bruno made a list of the reasons he didn't like Lieutenant Kotler. What do you think would be on the list? Write your own version.
16 – Predicting
Bruno questions Gretel about why there is a fence between them and the camp. He is told that his people don’t like Jews and that they need to be kept away. What effect do you think this will have on Bruno’s opinion of Shmuel? Will he want to see him again? What have you read so far that helped you make your prediction? (50 words)
17 – Questioning
Imagine you are interviewing Gretel about her time at Out-With. What questions would you ask her? Think of two thin and two thick questions. Send the questions to a partner in an email. Ask your partner to email you their response to the questions. Forward the questions and answers to your teacher.
18 – Inferring
“All in all, it seemed like a sensible plan and a good way to say goodbye.”
The two boys are pleased with their plan for Bruno to disguise himself and visit Shmuel on the other side of the fence. Think about what you have read so far. Do you think it is a good plan? Using evidence and clues from the story, suggest why the plan is or isn’t a good idea. (50 words)
19 – Visualising
Out-With was nothing like Bruno imagined. What does it look like in your head? With a partner, describe the pictures that you each created in your head. What was different about your own and your partner’s mind pictures? (30 words) Draw what you think he saw.
20 – Questioning
“...nothing like that could ever happen again. Not in this day and age.” Do you agree with what is said at end of the book? Have a written conversation with a partner to discuss your thoughts.
Graphically show the important people in Bruno’s life and his connection to them.
Who are the important people in your life? What is your connection to them?
2. Visualising.
Mental images change as we read, in the four boxes provided draw what you think Bruno’s new house looks like as we
read.
3. Activating and Connecting (text-to-world).
Have your ever heard the phrase ‘hopeless case’? What type of person does is it usually refer to? What does Bruno mean when he calls his sister a Hopeless Case? What words in the text help you with this?
What would you have named this chapter if you wrote the novel?
Have a written conversation with a partner regarding this question.
4. Visualising (sketch to stretch).
Using the table write what you visualise whilst reading. Take this information and using the sketch to stretch tool draw what Bruno and Gretel could see from the window.
5. Activating and Connecting (text to self).
If you were making the movie version of this novel, who would you cast as the members of Bruno and his family? You can choose actors or people from your own life, like friends and family. Use exivence from the tex to help explain why you have made this connection.
6. Activating and Connecting (text to self)
How does what happened in this chapter remind you of things that have happened in your life? Write about something your parents have done that you weren’t happy about, but it turned out alright in the end. (50 words)
7. Inferring
Why do you think Mother took credit for something she didn’t do? See if you can work it out by using clues from the text to ‘read between the lines’. What have you found out from your reading so far that helped you come to this conclusion? Use the making inferences handout to record your ideas.
8. Synthesising
Do you think Bruno's grandmother is happy with her son (Bruno's father)? Does what you have read in this chapter change your opinion of Ralph? How has it done this? Fill in the two column notes to show what sort of person Ralph is and the parts from the story (evidence) that helped you form an opinion about his character.
9. Predicting and Visualising
Use your five senses to predict what Out-With camp looked like. Complete a Five Senses Chart firstly for the camp. Write or draw what you see, hear, smell, touch and taste. How did “stepping into the story” help you understand how different life was on the other side of the fence?
10. Questioning
At the end of chapter 10, Bruno has some questions for Schmuel. Bruno asks, “Why are there so many people on that side of the fence... and what they are doing there?” What are your wonderings about what is happening on the other side of the fence and the countries that the two boys come from? Record your wonderings on the Questioning Web.
11. Visualising
Draw The two dinner guests from the descriptions provided in the chapter. Who do you think these guests are? What evidence from the text supports this?
12. Questioning
Record both thin and thick questions you may have whilst reading this chapter. Use the template to do so.
13. Inferring
Using evidence and clues from the text infer what you think may have happened to Pavel at dinner that night. (50 words)
14. Synthesising
Complete the table (template). Infer what the quotes mean in relation to the text. How do they show Bruno as Naïve?
15. Activating and connecting
Bruno made a list of the reasons he didn't like Lieutenant Kotler. What do you think would be on the list? Write your own version.
16 – Predicting
Bruno questions Gretel about why there is a fence between them and the camp. He is told that his people don’t like Jews and that they need to be kept away. What effect do you think this will have on Bruno’s opinion of Shmuel? Will he want to see him again? What have you read so far that helped you make your prediction? (50 words)
17 – Questioning
Imagine you are interviewing Gretel about her time at Out-With. What questions would you ask her? Think of two thin and two thick questions. Send the questions to a partner in an email. Ask your partner to email you their response to the questions. Forward the questions and answers to your teacher.
18 – Inferring
“All in all, it seemed like a sensible plan and a good way to say goodbye.”
The two boys are pleased with their plan for Bruno to disguise himself and visit Shmuel on the other side of the fence. Think about what you have read so far. Do you think it is a good plan? Using evidence and clues from the story, suggest why the plan is or isn’t a good idea. (50 words)
19 – Visualising
Out-With was nothing like Bruno imagined. What does it look like in your head? With a partner, describe the pictures that you each created in your head. What was different about your own and your partner’s mind pictures? (30 words) Draw what you think he saw.
20 – Questioning
“...nothing like that could ever happen again. Not in this day and age.” Do you agree with what is said at end of the book? Have a written conversation with a partner to discuss your thoughts.
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Chapter 10 Extract ActivityBruno meeting Shmuel is a pivotal section of the novel. Answer these question in relation to the events that occur in chapter 10.
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