Seating arrangement

Joel Madison Gabrielle Daniel

Robyn Bailie Quentin Zan Miranda Sam

Dylan Courtney Liam Kailey Sidney Austin

Door

Chalkboard

O Canada!O Canada!

Our home and native land!Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command.True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

The True North strong and free!The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,From far and wide,

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Today’s Checklist

SMGS Quick quiz Intro note Patty’s growth chart Chapter 1 summary Chapter 3 reading Chapter

Quick quiz checkKey word Letter Definition

Arkansas F A. Treating someone differently because they belond to a certain group or category

POW (prisoner of war) D A. The forces of the British Commonwealth, French, Polish, and U.S.A. united in WWII

Allies B A. Began as a political party, led by German Adolf Hitler

Nazis C A. A person who is held by an enemy power during or after a conflict, such as a war

Discrimination A A. Making a judgment about someone or something before having enough knowledge to be able to do so

Prejudice E A. State in the U.S.A.

Before reading

Examine the cover of the novel

What do you recognize? What do these images tell

you? What is unfamiliar to you?

Spoiler alert!

Without giving too much away, the novel Summer of My German Soldier is about a young girl growing up in Arkansas during WWII

She goes through many “growing pains”, both physically and emotionally

We will chart her growth as we follow her journey

Growth chart

How much have you changed over the years?

Complete the “growth chart”

We will chart our main character’s (Patty’s) growth throughout the novel

Key words

Key word Definition Quotation

Arkansas oState in the U.S.A.

POW (prisoner of war)

oA person (civilian or soldier) who is held by an enemy power during or after a conflict, such as a war

Allies oThe forces of the British Commonwealth, French, Polish, and U.S.A. united in WWII

Nazis o Began as a political party, led by German Adolf Hitler

o Believes in anti-

Semitism

Discrimination o Treating someone differently because they belong to a certain group or category

Prejudice o Making a judgment about someone or something before having enough knowledge to be able to do so

o Judging a book by its cover

Pearl Harbour, Hawaii

Attacked by the Japanese, Bringing the U.S.A. into WWII

Swastika – symbol

of the Nazi party

Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi

party during WWII

Background information

What do you know about the following people? Symbols? Events?

Summer of My German Soldier

The novel takes its inspiration in part from the author's own childhood.

Like her heroine, Greene grew up in a small Arkansas town at the end of World War II.

Her parents owned a country store, and they were the only Jewish family in a Protestant community.

The story explores the tensions created by these kinds of ethnic and religious differences.

Published the year that the Vietnam conflict ended, her book also acts as an allegory about the prejudices and fears of late 1960s and early 1970s America.

Chapter One Patty's life changes when a group of German POWs

arrives by train to be taken to the new prison camp just outside of town.

She is struck by the fact that they look no different from anyone else. When the soldiers are brought into town to purchase hats to shield them from the "formidable Arkansas sun," Patty hurries to her parents' store to help out.

There is one prisoner who speaks English, and he is singled out to make their purchases. After procuring hats for the men to wear while working in the fields, he approaches the stationery counter to buy writing supplies. Patty is at the counter, and he introduces himself to her. His name is Frederick Anton Reiker. Besides the stationery, he also buys a piece of costume jewelry, seemingly on a whim.

Chapter One Summary TableDescription Quotation (with page #)

What is the setting of the novel?

Who are the main characters that have been introduced?

What conflicts are already established?

What prediction can you make about events that will take place in the following chapter?

Journal Entry

Imagine that everyone you knew was telling you not to follow your heart, not to do the

right thing…what would you do?