Final Romek Post

1. The part that I found the most horrifying was when David Faber found the little baby girl in the gas chamber and tried to get her to the woman camp so that the baby could be saved. Then the Nazi officer saw him and threw the poor baby into the oven. After he killed the baby he beat up David. I found that so horrifying. I couldn't understand that a man grown man would kill a poor baby. I feel so sad thinking that the baby never was able to to grow up or take her first steps.

2. At Krawinkel Camp David was in charge of feeding the dogs. The good thing was that we was able to eat the dog food so that helped make him stronger also the job kept him out of the coal mines and other hard jobs.

3.It was terrible. When David got there he had to pick up dead bodies and put them into the oven. And his pay was a tiny bit of cold soup. Soon David starts to get sick and he begins to bleed and get really high fevers. To his lucky he met a doctor in the camp that told him a remedy that stopped him for bleeding, but that was the only good thing. Soon people started to eating the flesh of the dead bodies, yet David could not bring himself to do it.

4. When the troops invaded the camp David finally was free. He was able to fullfill his promise to his mother. So that made him feel a little bit happy. Also the fact that he was really living didn't hurt either. I think he was proud when robbed the german family because he was able to hurt a germans a little bit.

5. I think that because of Romek is a must read for middle school and high schools. This book shows you the horrors of the Holocaust in a completly different ways. When Mr. David Faber came to my school he said that many people try to deny that millions of Jews were killed. But thanks to him he's is able to tell the truth. When David Faber talked to my school I felt that I was really there during the Holocuast. He even decribes it even better in the book. I feel that this book should be required to read, but I also think that they can have the choice to not read a certain part.

Numbering the Stars

Numbering the Stars is about a girl named Annemarie and her family trying to save her best freind Ellen and her family from the Nazis since they are jewish. They did everything they could. They pretended that Ellen was Annemarie's sister so theat the Nazis wouldn't supect her. Then they found out the the Nazis wouldn't invade Sweden. So an antiNazi underground were smuguling jews into Sweden. Almost all of Annemarie's family was part of the undergroud. Especialy her older sister and her fiance. Unfortnly they were killed. Still they were able to smugul Ellen and her family to Sweden because Annemarie was able to get the special cloth to her uncle.

I really liked this book. It was sad, but it was a happy ending in the end. They were able to get Elen and her family to Sweden. Still it was sad that Annemarie's sister died and Peter her fiance was murdered. He even asked if coule get buried next to Annemarie's sister,but he didn't so that was sad. Also it was sacry when the Nazis caught Annemarie running to get the cloth to her uncle. Still everything turned out alright.

Reflection

Project Reflection: Post on your Blog
Project Title: Renaissance Ball
Class: CD Dates: Wednesday June, 4 2008
*You may type directly in this document and copy and paste into blog, or simply address each of the following in a post. It should be approx. 2 pages worth of writingJ.
PURPOSE: In this section, explain what you were supposed to learn and what you were supposed to do.
The purpose of this project was to become an expert on the person that we were researching on as well as the different types of cultures during that time. Like the different styles of dances and fashions and clothes. Also we had to write a biography about our person as well. At the end of the project we had a renaissance ball. That's when we had to put our research to good use. We had to actually become that person. At the ball we would have to talk as if was that person. We had to talk to other people at the ball and ask them questions about their person and then tell them a little about ourselves.
WHAT I LEARNED
In this section, tell what information or skills you learned or improved.
In this project I learned a lot about my person. My person was Joan of Arc. I learned so much about her. I didn't know that her hometown of Domremy, France was invaded by the British. I also didn't know that she captured by the Burgundian troops was sold to the Duke of Burgandy for ten thousand francs. In this project I learned how to write a paper in diary form and write it from a first person point of view.

REFLECTION
In this section, reflect on your experience. Did you like the project? Why or why not? How did you do? What would you do differently next time?
What I would do next is time I try to put my eleven page biography and try to pack it into five pages. Still I did like this project. I loved writing the diary. I felt as though I could use my creativity and writing skills. I also loved that I could feel like Joan of Arc.