Question:

Part I: What were your thoughts and feeling during the games today in class?

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Silent Directions/Instructions

Predator/Protector

Tag

Name Tag (duck)

 

Part II: Can you make more connections between the games we play and the text?

 

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):

 

Black Magic

Kitty in the Corner

Gibberish

Silent Directions/Instructions

Predator/Protector

Tag

Name Tag/Naming (yellow star, clock tower, fur coat, duck)

 

 

 

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Student #1 Today in class we played the game “Predator and Protector.” During this game Mrs. Schick would call out something like “your predator is gaining on you.” When she did this I was confused on if we were supposed to change our pace or just listen to her and do nothing. It really confused me. Also during the silent directions I understood what she was saying pretty quickly. I didn’t really have a problem with that game. We didn’t finish reading yet, but one connection I made to the text was with the duck name tags. In the story Peter calls Anne “Ms. Quack Quack,” because that’s what the kids at school called her. I think that is the reason for the duck name tags.

 

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Student #4

Today when we played predator and protector it was fun, but a bit awkward. I have no idea why we played it, but my best guess would be the jews hiding from the Germans or something like that. Right now i can't think of how it would relate to the story today. Although, we didn't finish reading just yet. What i CAN relate to is the duck name tags we recieved today in class. These probably have something to do with how Anne was always made fun of in school because she talked too much so the kids would all say, "Quak Quack Quack"! When we played tag, i think it may have had something to do with the text because it was kind of like how the Germans and Jews chased(tracked,followed) eachother and neither one knew the other was doing so. Today was fun, but i was still very confused on why we did it. It felt like there was no obvious purpose. Also when Mrs. Schick gave the silent directions i was really confused...i had no idea why we were doing this or how it related to anything. In fact, i am still discombobulated.

Responses to Student #4:

1. I like what you said about the tag game relating to the text. I never thought about it that way and after I read your responce, I started to think about the games and the story in a whole new way. (#1)

 

 

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§tudent #5

Even though I wasn’t here, I will answer this question the best I can. I have no idea what the duck name tag had to do with the Anne Frank’s story, absolutely no clue. Maybe the tag game showed that you can get caught by the German troops easily and quickly, and possibly without warning if you aren’t paying attention. During the tag game I was always thinking, “this is easy.” But then again, it is easy for the person who is “it” too. All he/she has to do is just tag one person in a little classroom filled with about 30 people (including Mrs. Schick). And that would connect with the story because the Germans caught more and more Jewish people every day, and sent them to death camps.

 

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Student #6

I thought the games were fun, but one was a little weird. The Predator and Protector game was weird to me because there was no point to the game except walking around. I would start to get the game and then all of a sudden it didn't make sense to me. I thought for a second that you chased your predator and then I realized he chased you even though he didn't know it. Then I thought the person was supposed to find out, which is what I still think. I thought this connected to Anne Frank because all of the Jews new they were being chased, but the Germans didn't know who they were chasing. They just had the big idea just like us. The silent directions was also a little weird at first as well. Then I thought of the connections and thought they went with the story. I thought these connected to story because like the Franks, we had to be very quiet and talk to each other through our motions. The tag was fun and had interesting way to play. I thoght that tag related to the story because the Jews were caught or "tagged", and then had to wait for someone like the Americans to save them. The nametag was funny at first, but it is starting to get a little repetitive. I didn't understand what the duck was for until after class and then I realized how weird, but funny it was. The was supposed to relate to Peter calling Anne Ms. Quack Quack Quack, I think. I can't make any more connections with the other games so far, but we haven't finished the story yet so I'll see.

 

Responses to Student #6:

1. #23 I totally agree with what your saying about the Predator and Prey game, with the exception that there was a purpose for the game we are just unsure of it at this point. I understand what you mean when you say that the directions were confusing, I barely understood them also. I wrote something else down for the hand motions stuff but I think that your perspective on this subject is a great way to look at it.

 

2. I didn't understand the duck name tag earlier, but now you have cleared it all up for me. Thanks! And I completely agree with you about the tag game. I think that the person who was "it" were the germans, but I don't think the Americans would be coming anytime soon! §tudent #5

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Student #7

When we were playing the Silent Directions/Instructions game, it made me a little frustrated since Mrs. Shick wouldn’t talk and although we got what she wanted us to do by looking at her hand gestures, it was so hard to keep your mouth shut when she was doing it. And even though we did know what she wanted, it made me quite annoyed that we weren’t supposed to talk and that Mrs. Shick wouldn’t speak either. It’s kind of hard. When we were playing Predator and Protector, I felt kind of confused. I knew to stay away from the enemy and to stay close to the protector but it was still a little confusing because the protector stayed close to my predator. I mainly just walked around, following the protector everywhere but I don’t know why, I was just a little confused. In the game of Slow Motion Tag, we were all trying to get away from the person and I felt kind of frantic and wanted to get away every time the person got close because I didn’t want to be tagged. The new duck name tag confused me at first but after we read the text, I knew right away that the duck was supposed to have something to do with how at school the kids call Anne, “Mrs. Quack Quack” I think the Silent Instructions game, again, has something to do with how they weren’t allowed to talk during the day when workers were around. In Act I Scene III, there was a part when Anne was really mad because her mom wanted her to act dignified and she didn’t want to act ladylike and sit still because it was hard to sit through a whole day quietly and she had said that she had to have some fun. There was also a part when she says WHEEEE really loud because she’s glad they can stop being quiet and finally walk around. I think that relates to how we were frustrated that we couldn’t talk and Mrs. Shick refused to speak to us. In Predator/ Protector, we had to get away from our enemies but stay close to protectors just like Anne and her family had to stay together and stay hidden from enemies. The game of tag was probably also how they had to get away from the people that would report Anne’s family and friends. The nametag shaped like a duck was to show that Anne was called Mrs. Quack Quack in school although I don’t see much significance there but at least I know that’s where the duck relates to the text.

 

Responses to Student #7:

1.) #13 That's what I thought,I am still a little confused on this whole thing.

 

2.)I totally agree with you about the Predator/Protector game. I still don’t know what the duck, clock, and coat represent though. (#15)

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Student #8 I had fun playing the games. The silence was probably to reenact the silence needed during the time in the office. I'm pretty sure i know why we played the pred/protect game. The jews knew who was after them and what they looked like but the Germans didn't really know who they were and where they were. the protecter was known by the Jews, or the student chosen but the predator didn't know who was protecting them. This is like the Germans trying to find the Jews while the protector hides and protects the Jew. The tag game I thought was not related to the story and just for fun. Why would you run around in slo-mo backwards or just slo-mo tag? I think it's pointless.

 

Responses to Student #8:

1. I thought the relation from tag to Anne Franks diary was also a little uneven i didn't get it. student #24

 

 

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Student #9 Today we played the silence game and I got a little frustrated because at some points I couldn’t figure out what she was doing. And when we played the predator/protector game I was confused cause I had no idea what I was doing or what I was suppose to do. When we played tag I didn’t understand what that had to do with Anne Frank but I’m sure I’ll find out. I figured out that the fur coat tag had something to do with the women in the attic and the fur coat from her father and how Anne spilled milk on it too. The duck I thought of the nickname for Anne and how peter found out that people used to call her “Quack Quack” and so peter started calling her that too. I think the clock might have done something with the people not knowing what time it is or if they’re running out of time till the Germans find them. Most of the games I have seen related to the text somehow but I’m still not sure about the silent one and the predator one too.

 

 

Responses to Student #9:

1. I got frusturated because of the lack of sound once, but i was pretty much all right. i felt the same way in the Pred/Protect game too and i agree about the game of tag. that's right, the duck does relate to anne frank along with the coat she spilled milk on.

 

2. I understand what you're saying. I was confused about the predator/protecttor game too. It took me a while to figure it out. I got a little frustrated in the silent direction game too. I couldn't find the connection for a lot the games either at first. I agree with you on the duck representing the name "Quack Quack" for Anne. I think the silent game is supposed to represent how the Franks had to be silent during the day and I think the predator protector game probably represented like the Germans going after the Jews and people hiding them. I agree with you on your feelings during the game though. At first I was completely confused. You have to ponder the games for a while before you get the connection. #17

 

3. I agree that the Silent Directions Game was frustrating because it was too silent in the room for too long. I was confused during the Predator and Protector Game too because I didn't know where to walk either. And I agree with the fur coat thing too. I used to think of it a different way but now that we read even more of the story, I think every tag has to do mostly with Anne. I still don't have a strong understanding between the text and the clock face but now I understand the fur coat even more clearly with what you are saying. I’m starting to think that our nicknames on the tag don’t really matter as much as the shape of our name tags because each one has to do with Anne. Because after I read about the fur coat thing and the Mrs. Quack Quack, I realized that the Star was the logo on Anne's clothing, the fur coat was what she spilled milk on, and the duck was her nickname but I still don't get the clock. Before, I thought it was like we had codenames or something but now I think that after reading your response, I have a more clear image in my head of this connection. (From Student #7)

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Student #11 I think that the predator/protector game had to do with Jews not knowing who would help them and who would report them. The silent directions may have to do with the Franks not being able to talk in hiding. The tag might have to do with the Germans trying to find the Jews that were hidden.

 

Responses to Student #11:

1. This makes a lot of sense. I hadn’t thought of it that way before but now it makes sense. - Student 12

 

 

 

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Student #12 Part 1: I was very annoyed because Mrs. Schick was making us move desks and i really didn’t want to be moving desks. but the other games we played in class were fun. Predator/protector was fun because at one point, on purpose I picked my predator as my protector.

Part 2: Some of the games were easy to make connections with. For example the kitty wants a corner game. It was easy to see that the people running around were representing the Jewish families that had to move around from hiding place to hiding place. And the Duck. This was more funny than related to the text. The Duck Represented the boy (peter Van Daan) making The noise “Quack Quack”. He made this noise because in school Anne frank talked a lot and the teacher made her write the word Quack many times. Other games such as black magic didn’t make as much sense.

 

 

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Student #13 The games we played today in class were fun. Yet some were confusing. The game called Predator/Protector was very confusing. I did not understand it at all! But I think we played it because it resembled the Jews being chased by the Germans but the Germans did not know that they were chasing the Jews. The silent instructions made sense because it was showing how the Frank’s had to communicate, which was by motions to they were not heard by the Germans. The tag game made sense after I talked with my friends about it and then it was obvious. The Jews would be “tagged” or captured and then be taken hostage until Americans or someone else rescued them. Lastly the Duck nametag was understood after we read some of the story. It was Peter saying to Anne “Quack, Quack, Quack.” That’s all I have that I can relate to.

 

Responses to Student #13:

1. I agree with the Predator/Protector game. I still don't get it as well. I thought there was no point to it and it was quite weird. You're right about how it resembled the Anne Frank story. That is what I think too. The silent instructions also made sense to me and is easy to resemble I think. I agree with you on the tag game as well. That is a good way to put it. I didn't get the duck think until right after class. That was about all I could relate as well. ~#6~

 

 

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Student #15

I was feeling a little weird when we were receiving silent directions. At first I thought that Mrs. Schick had lost here mind. But when I saw here use hand motions I got it right away that we were supposed to put the desks on top of one another. When I first realized what this meant after reading the text I was amazed. It means that the people living in the attic of the office building had to communicate without talking using silent clues and hand motions. When we were playing Predator/Protector I had a little bit of fun but it was kind of boring. After a while I realized that the Jews followed without making it obvious the people that were helping them. At the same time they were staying away from the Nazi’s. When we were playing tag I thought that it was really boring. I think that it means that the Jews had to move silently and very slowly if they were going to move at all in the attic. They also could not yell down or up the stairs. I have no idea what the duck means but it looks really cute.

 

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Student #16 Well I thought that predator/protector game was kind of weird because u had someone following you and then u had your protector didn’t know who u were and u had to follow them so they kept moving faster because they though that you were the predator which made it very hard to keep up. And the silent Directions/Instructions thing was actually very easy to follow because even though you couldn’t speak you could still tell what you were supposed to do by watching the hand signals. And the duck was to symbolize how Anne’s nick name was Mrs. Quack Quack. Also the silent directions thing was symbolizing how the franks had to be quiet the whole time during the day and could only talk during the night. The tag game symbolized how the germens had to catch the Jews and how the Americans would “flush” them out of the camps. I also got kind of freaked out when Mrs. Schick was saying things like “your predator is coming at you with a knife and you can feel them breathe.”

 

Responses to Student #16:

1. I agree very much. The Protector game was interesting. Staying close to the protector without being obvious was hard. I definitely agree on the whole Quack thing. I thought that was obvious. I think that your Predator game might be a tad off. I don't think that the Jews could get other Jews out of the camps. I thought it showed that the Jews helped out other Jews. I agree with being afraid with the your predator has a knife thing. Great response! #31

 

 

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Student #17 During silent directions I was a little frustrated because it was hard to understand what to do. In predator/protector I was a little scared when I pictured the things that Mrs.Schick described. During tag it was hard. I got angry easily at people who didn't follow directions. The duck nametag I didn't get at first but the reading helped clear things up. In the reading the duck represented "Quack Quack" Anne's nickname for talking so much. Silent directions was like how the people in the attic couldn't talk to each other during the day. Predator/Protector I think represented the Germans as the predator and the people like Miep and Mr.Kraler as the protector. In tag I think it was like the Germans playing "tag" with the Jews except that if the Germans caught you there would be more serious consequences than sitting down.

 

Responses to Student #17:

1. Yes, all of that makes a lot more sense to me now. I think that the predator/protector thing makes since cause those two are protecting them of their secret and the Germans are out to get them. Plus the tag thing makes sense too and I was also a little scared when I thought of the consequences. ~#9~

 

2. Great response! you really cleared up some things in my head that I had been confused about before. Before, I didn't fully understand the nametag, but you made it make sense. I agree with you that Miep and Mr. Kraler were the protectors. I also agree with you that Mrs. Schick made the game predator and protector kind of scary. I like how well you were able to connect the text with the games. The tag game didn't really make all that much sense, but it is scary to think about the consequences the Jews had to face.

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Student #20

 

Responses to Student #20:I felt a little confused when we played protector and predator. Then again, so did everyone else. Silent tag was fun, not only because was it in slow motion, but we knew what we were doing. The silence connected to the diary of Anne Frank because it was like the occupants of the secret annex had to remain still until everyone left. The duck-shaped nametag represented Anne’s nickname Mrs. Quack Quack.

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Student #21 Umm... well the game that we played today was really weird because I didn’t get it. All we really did was walk around in circles unless I herd it wrong and wasn’t paying attention. But the only way that I think that I could connect that to the story. The Frank’s had to go around and be totally quite (which I couldn’t ever do) the whole day. And then could talk only at night. In this game we went around trying to stay by our protector and farther away from our predator. It was hard for me because my protector was right next to my predator a couple of times! I bet that it was even harder for Mrs. Schick because she had to give directions without even talking. Man I thought I was good at the silent game when I beet my friends after five minutes! I could never be quite for a whole day. Also, we all know that the duck stood for Anne. That was her nick name when she was in school.

 

Responses to Student #22:I agree that the duck-shaped nametag was related to Anne’s nickname as well. (#20)

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Student #23 The games we have previously played have been quite interesting. Some fun but others dull and confusing. The silent directions were pretty easy to understand the hand gestures that Mrs. Schick was giving us but I thought that it would be much easier to simply say what she was trying to say. Again I think that this relates to how the Jews didn't always understand what the Germans were saying and why they were treating them like that. The duck name tag had to do with how they were saying that because Anne talks so much she's like a duck... Mrs. Quack Quack! The Predator and Prey game did not make much sense to me. The way Mrs. Schick told us the directions and let us go about the way we did it did not help me understand. The only thing that I can think of, that is somewhat connected to our story, is that our predators were the Germans seeking us and trying to put us into the horrible camps, and we were they're prey. Our protectors were the people that brought us food when we were in hiding and kept us safe. : )

 

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Student #24 From the games we played in class it was hard for me to realize what was and wasn't a game I didn't realize that the silent directions were a game or even that the name tags were. What I did feel though was out of all the games we played so far that the hardest to understand was the predator game at first i thought it was just a simple tag game. It was quite obvious of the relation from the predator prey game to Anne Frank. They were trying to escape the non jews trying to kill them. So we had to pretend they were chasing us and we didn't know who they were. In the begining I didn't get the game after a while I kind of got the hang of it. Finally at the very end of class I had figured out why our name tags were in the shapes of ducks. It was because of the Mrs. Quack Quack from what they called her at school.

 

Responses to Student #24:

1. I totaly agree with what you are saying about the Mrs. Quack Quack thing and the predator protecter game too and i also felt it was hard at first to understand #16

 

2. Yeah, I totally agree too! I thought that it was just a simple game at first but then we had to stay away from our predator and close to our pretector. And then I think that we all got why we were wearing ducks today. I dont understand why she was called Mrs. Quack Quack though *21*

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Student #25 Todays game of predator and pretector was very confusing for me. I was not able to understand what to do or how it related to the book. I did understand though how the silent directions related. In the secret attic, they were not able to talk during the day, so the parents would have to give "silent directions" in order to relay to the children what they were trying to say. I also undetrstood that the game of tag was to represent the germans chasing the jews and the duck name tags were when Peter called Anne Mrs. Quack Quack

 

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Student #26 Today when we were playing predator and protecter, I really didn't understand how to lay it. We really all just stayed in one big group and walked around the classroom. The silent instruction thing was annoying because even though you understood it would have been easier to talk. I think this relates to the text because when the workmen were there the Franks could not move or talk or they might be found. The duck name tag probably had something to do with Anne being called Mrs. Quack Quack and Peter teasing her.

 

Responses to Student #26:

1. I agreed with what you said about the duck name tags. I didn't say what you said on the silent instruction game but I can see where you came from. #25

 

 

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Student #31 To me, the reason we had a duck as a nametag was clear. Anne’s nickname was “Quack” which is the sound a duck makes. Predator/ protector was a game that would represent how the Franks felt when they heard the sounds of the German’s. The Franks felt very scared. If my predator was lunging at me with a knife, I would be scared. Silent directions was probably representing how the Franks couldn’t talk until the night. If people were coming, the parents would have to tell the kids what to do without talking. Tag makes no sense to me. The only thing I could think of is if tag, specifically flush tag, represents the German’s finding Jews and other Jews help them to escape.

 

Responses to Student #31

1. I agree with what you are saying here..but i don't quite understand how you are relating it to the text when you talk about the Predetor Pretector game. But what i do understand is your point of view on the tag game we played. I dont understand why we did it either. (#4)

 

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Student 32

When we first started the silent game I was wondering what we were doing but I soon realized that we were pretending to be Anne’s family when they had to be quiet all day and when they had to tip toe around. The predator protector was a weird game but I think the predators were the Nazis looking for the Jews and the protectors were the places the Jews were hiding away in. Since you had to stay away from your predator and near your protector this makes sense. Today the tag was really random at first but then it became known. I think the tag game represented the Nazis looking for the Jews. I think the slow motion part was the Jews ‘waiting’ to be found and waiting all day in fright made it feel like time passed slower. Then when you got tagged it seemed sudden and that was when the Nazis find the Jews. When ever Peter called Anne “Ms. Quack Quack” (personally that was hilarious) that was what the duck was suppose to represent.

 

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1. (#26) I never thought of the slow motion part like that.

 

 

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