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Question: How are the games we play and the text connected?
Connect the text with our games. Make as many connections as you can, and explain them enough so that we can understand your idea. Remember how it felt to play. What you were thinking about? What were you pretending? And then connect this to the text.
Here are a list of games that we've played so far (please note that some have been played more than one time):
Name Yourself/Name Tag (yellow star, fur coat, clock face)
Gibberish
Kitty Wants A Corner
Black Magic
HERE'S A BIG HINT...THERE ARE A MILLION CORRECT ANSWERS. IT IS LIKE THAT WHEN WE ANALYZE LITERATURE. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE WILLING TO PROVE YOUR POINT.
Student #1
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Student #2I think that the game kitty in the corner was like the Jews having to move from house to house to hide from the nazi’s. In Black Magic, I think it was the same as the text because the Jews kept secrets from the nazi’s. In the gibberish game I thin that’s how the nazi’s talked to the Jews and how the Jews didn’t understand what was going on. The name tags were the Star of David.
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1. I think the coat nametag represented Mrs. Van Daam’s fur coat that Anne spilled milk on that made Mrs. Van Daam really mad. I think the Black Magic game is hard and makes me feel like the Jews feel being less smart than the Germans. #16
Student #3
I think the nametags all have a significant meaning. First, I think the star that we wore represents the Star of David. The Fur Coat represents when the Frank family put as many close on themselves as they could. I can’t really connect the circle with anything yet. Next, Kitty in the Corner represents that people could try to do things behind your back, but you could stop them in an instant. The person in the middle represents the Nazi’s because they can force you to move too. Gibberish represents Jews not being able to relate to the Nazi’s. Even though we didn’t understand what Mrs. Schick was trying to speak, we followed up her commands. I think black magic had significant meaning too. The people who run the game can be like the Nazi’s running the country. The people who were being deceived could maybe represent the Jews not knowing why the Nazi’s had taken control or what they were trying to prove.
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1. (#18) I never realized that the person in the middle during kitty in the corner was a nazi, and i never made the connection that both the person in the middle and the nazi could make you move by force. I also never thought that gibberish meant the nazi's but i get how it could now because they probably didnt understand them, but still had to follow the commands.
Student #4 I think that kitty in the corner is like the Jews having to move around and hid without the Germans getting them. Gibberish is like the Germans talking to the Jews and the Jews not understanding. Black magic is like the Jews keeping secrets from the Germans. I don’t know what the name tags had to do with text.
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1.(#21) I totally agree with you on the fact that the Jews couldnt understand the Gremans. And keeping secrets from them.
Student #5
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Student #6 I think I see a few connections with the text and the games. Gibberish might refer to the Germans talking to the Frank and the Van Dan families. Since they do not understand German, it would sound Gibberish to them. Black Magic might refer to a password of some kind. The password would signify if you were a friend or a foe of the Germans. I think kitty in the corner might be a metafore of the Jews having to move from place to place while the Germans wearnt looking. The star would resemble the star of David. The star of David would show that you were a Jew. I can't see a connection with the fur coat and the clock, so I hope that maybe you can see some connections!
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1. [#24] I agree with the gibberish part with them not understanding the Germans. Black magic might refer to a code but I'm not sure. I also agree with Kitty Wants a Corner being a metafore. And the star as the Star of David, the fur coat and the clock face confuses me too.
2.(20) I never thought of kitty in the corner being like that. Thats a good point and it makes sense to me.The fur coats could because they had to wear the star on there coats or it could be because when they were going into hiding they had to wear all those clothes. I dont why we had the clock face though.
3. (9) That is like so like me too. I think the same way. It's like we think the same way. Strange.
4. (23) I concur(agree) about the jewish community not understanding the german drill sergants. I agree with 20 about the fur coat could because they did wear the star of David over there coats I still don't understand the clock.
Student #7I think that the game “Black Magic” is related to the text because Anne’s family had to hide and in the game you didn’t know how they knew so it’s sort of like the Nazi does not know where the family was. The game “Gibberish” related to the text because they were and are going to have to use more body language to understand what each other were thinking since they can only whisper. I think that the game “Kitty in the Corner” is related to the text because the story is a little bit jumpy and Anne’s family now has to fit in without being seen. I think that the game of the name tags is like Anne’s family pretty much changing identities (ripping off they’re Star of David) in order to fit in and not be seen.
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1. #3 Interesting point of view for black magic. I half agree with your point of view on kitty in the corner. I agree that they have to fit in without being seen. But I also believe that the Nazi's can step in at anytime.
2. ~32~ I understand exactly where you are coming from on the ‘Black Magic’ part. It makes a lot of sense because the Jews have to be secretive and so was ‘Black Magic’.
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Student #9I think that the connection between kitty in the corner is the franks having ot move around alot. I don't know what the black magic is for. I know that the gibberish was for the franks and the germans cause it sounded like gibberish to them.
Responses to Student #9: I agree with you for your example for kitty in the corner and gibberish. We may think alike, but I think I know what the games black magic and name youself stand for. -- #10
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Student #10 Gibberish is like the Jews trying to understand the Germans. Kitty in the corner is the Jew trying to run away/hide from the Germans. Name/ yourself was the Star of David the Jews had to wear. And black magic was a secret the Jews kept from the Germans.
Responses to Student #10:(#4) I agree to everything you said. The Gibberish game, the jews couldn't understand the Germans. In Kitty in the corner the big kitty was the natzis. Black majic the jews used a code.
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Student #11The games and the story are alike because in the name tag game it is just like when they had to where yellow stars to identify that they are Jewish. In the game black magic the people who know how they always got it right had to not tell anyone. In the story it is like the girl and the dad that works at the place had to not tell the other people that they were living up above the office. In the game gibberish you had to be really quit so they didn’t know you were changing spots. In the story they had to be really quit so that the people below couldent hear them.
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1.[#7] Yeah, I agree with that the name tag was the same as the identifying themselves with their stars. I also agree that the people had to not tell anyone about they're hiding, and I think that the way you put the description for the Kitty in the Corner game they had to be really quiet so that noone heard them was really good since it realated really really well.
Student #12I think that there is a connection with the yellow stars that we had with our names on. The Jewish people had to where the star of David. The clock and the coat I can’t figure out. But with the game kitty in the corner I think that the student that was asking for a corner was a German. Black Magic might be a code for the Jews and the person hiding them.
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1. I agree what you said about the star how they had to wear it since they were Jewish. The coat maybe could be when the walked down the street to get to the house they had to wear everything they owned and maybe that was the coat, just a thought. Maybe the clock was how they had to wait upstairs all day waiting. I totally agree with you about the Kitty in the Corner how they had the "bigger kitty" is the nazi. Same with Black Magic how it is a Code.
Student #13
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Student #14
I think the games we played all had to do with the Jews hiding from the nazis. I'm not really sure how yet but I'll figure it out
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Student #18
I think the star that we had to write our name son, on the first day represented the stars that every jew had to wear. I think the coat was when the Van Daans were walking through the streets with their fur coats on. I think the clock we had to draw on the circle represented that they always looked at the clock waiting for the workment to leave the office. I think black magic relates to the families and when meip and her dad would come upstairs maybe they'd use a password no one selse new so that the families would now that they were friendly and now a natzi. Kitty in the corner probably represents how they had to walk very quietly upstairs which is that same as when you had to switch wuickly and quietly so you dont lose your spot. Jibberish probably represented that while they were upstairs during the day, they couldnt even whisper so they had to use hand gestures to help eachother understand what they were saying.
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1. (14) I agree with you except for kitty in the corner. I think that was about the nazis forcing them to move places or something like that
Student #19
I think that the star of David that the Jews had to wear was the star that Mrs.Schick made us wear in class. Also the Fur coat could be when they had to walk down the street and wear as much of their things as they could. The clock that we had to where could be how they had to wait up stairs for the whole day untill dark. Also Kitty in the Corner could be how they had move quickly and quietly up in the attic to make sure that know one found them. Black Magic could be some sort of password to see if there friend or enemy. Gibberish is how the Jews got moved to Camps on different countries and how they didn't know th land or the language.
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1. (6) I totaly forgot about how they had to wear layers and stay upstairs for the whole day untill dark! I do agree with you about the star of David, I feel that that is the star that Mrs. Schick had us wear. I think kitty in the corner might have actually meant how they were avoiding the Germans, but we do have similiar answers. I feel the same way about Black Magic as you do. I also agree about how the Gibberish game is how they didn't know the language.
Student #20
The star i think is kind of like star of david that the jews had to wear during hilters rule. Also the came Gibberish could be that when some of the jews were taken to other counties in the camps they didnt know what the lanuage was there but from the hand motions that people where during they might have been able to see what was going on.
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1. 11Agree the star was like the Jews had to wear when Hitler ruled. I forgot about how they were sent to other countries and they did not know the language. So they would have had to use hand motions to talk to people.
Student #21 The games we played are related to Annes Diary because Kitty in the corner you had to find a place to survive, and if you didnt find a place in time then you would be left out in the cold. Just like Anne she had to find a place to live and fast so she could survive, and if she didnt find a place in time then she would have to go door to door asking to live there with them until further noticer. Gibberish was the game of no return. You couldnt figure out what she was saying. Just like the Jews when they were sent off to consentration camps. They couldnt figure out what the germans were saying. Black magic was trying to figure out the secret of the game. Anne had to find out the secret of what was happening. Why things were happening the way they were. Why things were scary.
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Student #22
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Student #23 I think that the the star, the circle, and the brown arrow thing was like the star of david that the jewish community had to wear. Anne Frank didn't realize what "hiding" meant until she was told to stay in the secret annex. Also gibberish could be like what the jewish people felt when they went into other countries but, Mrs. Schick was probably a lot nicer then must drill sergants were.
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1. I also think that Kitty In A Corner is how the Franks and Van Daam’s might have felt about moving from hiding place to hiding place. The star nametag that we wore is like the Star of David that Peter and Anne took off their clothing. #16
Student #24The Gibberish refers to the Jewish families not understanding the Germans. The name tags refer to the Star of David they wear. Kitty Wants a Corner refers to the Jews having to move from place to place with the Germans looking for them. I do not know what the connection woth black magic was.
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1. [#30] I think that you are right about the gibberish, kitty in the corner and the name tags. I am kind of confused about the connection between the story and black magic.
Student #25
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Student #26
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Student #27The name yourself game is connected to the text because the name yourself tags were the yellow star, the fur coat, and the clock face. These are objects used/talked about in the text. One thing I don't know is how the naming yourself part connects to the text. I think it might have to do with Anne sort've having to make a new secret identity in hiding. Jibberish connects to the text because Mrs. Schick was giving commands to us in a foreign language, like nazis giving commands to the jewish people at concentration camps. Not all jewish people would have known the language they were given commands in, and wouldn't know what to do. They would have to figure out what they nazis were saying. Kitty Wants A Corner relates to the text because we were trying to sneak around and deceive the Kitty. We had to be quick enough to get away. This relates to the text because the Kitty was the nazis and the jewish had to be able to sneak around and deceive the Kitty. Black Magic relates to the text because we had to figure out how they were guessing the right object. The jewish people had to figure out how nazis found out about certain hiding places, and what they could do to prevent that from happening.
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Student #28
When we "black magic" in a corner it reminded me of an other game I used to play in music. It's simmilar to the game we played but I for got what it was called. kittie in a corner is sort of like tag. You have to run around befor you get taged. In kittie in a corner you have to try to run in a nother persons spot befor they do. I think the game Giberish is like sheraids. In sheraids you have to try and geus what they are playing as and in the Giberish game you have to see what Mrs.Schick is doing. That's what made that game confusing, so is the game sheraids.
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Student #29
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I see a little connection with the three games we played. I think that in the gibberish game the gibberish refers to the Germans speaking German, yet the jews knew what they wanted, and their fate if they were found. I think in the kitty in the corner game the big kitty is referred to the Nazis and the little kitties are the jews. If the little kitties get caught by the big kitty switching then they become a big kitty, whereas in real life if a jew was caught moving they were sent to concentration camps. I think in the black magic game the black object pointed to before the actual object stood for the people that helped any of the jews and the object that the guesser was trying to find were the jews. I think the guesser was Hitler and his army. In general the game represented how the Nazis systematically found the jews by knowing who would help them just like the guesser in the game knew what the object was by knowing to look for a black object before it.
1. [#31] I agree that Kitty in the Corner had to do with the jews switching to different houses and trying not to get caught. I also think Gibberish had to do with the Jews not knowing how to speak German but like figuring it out through hand signals.
Student #30 I think that the game gibberish is connected to the story because the families that are in hiding don’t understand the Germans. Black Magic refers to people that deceive the Jews. And kitty in the corner is like how the Jews have to travel and live in secrecy.
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1. I think the giberish game is like the story to. the kids don't understand why they they have to go into hidding. The Giberish game is confusing becaues you don't know what Mrs.Schick is talking about. I think the game kittie in the corner is like the Jews traving and living in secrecy.
2.I agree that the gibberish game refers to the jews unable to speak German. I never thought of black magic that way, would the black object before the actual object be Hitler’s spies, that makes sense. I also agree with the kitty in the corner game, except I didn’t think about how it could be the jews in hiding could that be like the little kitties have to sneak into the other spots without the big kitty noticing. Before I had only thought of it being like the jews having to move not also living in hiding. (Student#29)
Student #31
I think the connection between the name tags and the text is the star had to do with the Star of David, but I have no clue what the coat and clock meant. I think the game Kitty in the corner had to do with the Germans moving from different places to hide, and sometimes getting caught. Black Magic might have had to do with the Germans keeping secrets from the Jews. I think Gibberish had to do with the Jews not understanding the Germans language, but they knew what it meant through hand motions.
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1. 3 I agree, I think that the name tags were used to show the Star of David. I also think that the kitty in the corner game had something to do with the Jews going from house to house to hide. But I think that the Black Magic game was the Jews keeping secrets from the nazi's. I also think that with the gibberish game was the Jews not knowing what the nazis were talking about but they understood by what they were useing as their props.
2. 27 I think the coat was the coats they wore through the streets going to their hiding place. I don't remember where the clock fits into the story either. I think kitty in the corner was about places to hide too, and trying to not get caught by the nazis. In Black Magic I thought it was like the jews trying to figure out how nazis were finding them and how to outsmart the nazis. I think jibberish also had to do with a language barrier between the jewish and nazis. It would be scary if someone was yelling at you in a different language you didn't understand! I think it would be harder to figure out what the nazis wanted the jewish to do because they didn't expect what they would say, like we did with Mrs. Schick.
Student # 32
The clock nametag to me represented the time that Anne and her family had to live in hiding. How they were always thinking about Nazis because they never knew how much time was left for them to live or have to hide away. Also I think Black Magic represents the Jews hiding and escaping from the Nazis. I think this because in Black Magic there was a secret to the game that you had to figure out and the Nazis were always looking for the hiding Jews such as Anne’s family.
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