3rd and 4th ESO

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS

1st SESSION

The Novel:

Original title:

Author:

Country:

Language:

Genre:

Publication Date:
Argument:

Think about the characters:

1. How would you describe Bruno?  Do you like him?  Would you want to be his friend?  Are there times when he disappoints you? 

2. Do you think Bruno changes during the book?

3. How does Bruno’s limited understanding of the circumstances surrounding him change the way you understand them? 

4. Were you surprised by what you learned about Pavel’s past?  How does that make you see the circumstances differently?

5. Compare and contrast Bruno’s father and Pavel.  What are their differences?  Does Pavel ever act like a father?  Does Bruno’s father ever not act like one?

6. What do Bruno and Shmuel have in common?  What are their differences?

Think about the story:

7. Bruno meets Shmuel.  If you were Bruno would you have talked to him?  Why or why not?

8. Explain the relationship between Gretel and Bruno.   Would you have trusted Gretel enough to tell her about Shmuel?  What might have happened if Bruno had told her?

9. Bruno denies that Shmuel is his friend.  Why do you think he did this?  Would you have done something different?  Shmuel forgives Bruno.  Would you have forgiven him?  Why or why not?
10. Bravery is one of the themes of the novel.  Bruno thinks soldiers and explorers are brave.  Bruno says he feels like a coward when he denies Shmuel is his friend.  What do you think bravery is?  What characters show bravery in the novel?  Which characters aren’t brave?

11. What do you think of the end of the story?  Did it surprise you?  What did you expect to happen? 

12. In the end, the author says, “Of course, this all happened a long time ago and nothing like that could ever happen again.  Not in this day and age.”  Do you think that’s true?  Why or why not?  Why do you think the author ended the book this way?

2nd SESSION

The Holocaust

1-Define The Holocaust
2-Define "The final Solution"
3-Explain Hitler's motives
4-Explain how many people were killed
5-Look for information about a major working camp and its conditions
6-Explain why you think it is important that we remember The Holocaust

Do the following quiz:

Quiz about the film





 3rd SESSION

Prepare a Mural with the information you have been working through.

4th SESSION

Prepare the Oral Exposition about "The boy in the Striped Pajamas".