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This term in English we are studying a book called 'I am David'.

Background homework. 01/05/09**
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We have to answer the following questions  1. Roughly how many people died as a result of World War II? 2.What is a “dictator”? (Look up the word in your dictionary and write its definition here.) 3. List the two dictators mentioned in this selection, and the countries of which they were the leaders. 4.Who first used the expression “iron curtain”? What is meant by an “iron curtain” ? 5.What is a “labour camp”? Who was put into labour camps? By whom? Why is David in a labour camp? 6. Make up one question of your own about something you think is important to know from reading this selection.Then answer your question.

1. Over 50 million died as a result of World War II. 2. A dictator is someone exercising their power and has complete control in a government. 3. The two dictators metioned in the text are Adolph Hitler of Germany and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. 4. The first person to use the expression was Winston Churchill. The Soviet Union taking control of eastern Europe, separating it from the rest of Europe is what he meant by this. 5. A labor camp is a place where the Jews were taken by the Soviet Union to do hard labour. I beleive David is in a labour camp because him and his family were taken there when he was very young because they had their own beleif's and dissagreed with their government. 6. Why do you think the Soviet Union broke their promise to withdraw their forces after the war? Because they wanted control of eastern Europe and wanted to enforce their own beleifs upon other's.
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 * __CHAPTER ONE - __** **__DUE 04/06/09 __**
 * __Vocabulary __****: ****Look up the following words and give the dictionary definitions **repulsive - thicket - grating - catastrophe - dwell - dozed - 

  Repulsive- causing repugnance or aversion  Thicket- a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Grating- a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Catastrophe- a sudden and widespread disaster <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Dwell- <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Dozed- to sleep lightly or fitfully. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">1. As in most novels, the first chapter introduces the character and sets the scene for what is to follow. But what you are told in the first chapter of I Am David is some- what mysterious, even outright confusing. A snippet of information here, a tantali- zing bit there. Why does the author do that? Why doesn't she tell you outright who David is and where he is? <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The author wants you to figure that out yourself, make you want to know so you would want to read more or she may want you to see David’s point of view. <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 2. Why does David hate the man? Does this hatred seem justified, considering what the man is doing for him? Explain. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The man is a guard and would have made David’s life miserable by (along with the other guards) making him do the labour and physically hurting him for ‘mistakes’ David might have made. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The hatred is justified by what he would have done to David during his life and not justified because he helped David escape. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> I’m not sure if the hatred is justified or not <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 3. Look up the word paranoid. Would you call David paranoid? Explain by giving examples that might explain David's odd behaviour. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> I would not call David paranoid. He is afraid and does not understand the world because he has lived their most if not all his life. He did not know much about food and that is why he had no Idea what a banana was. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 4. In the truck, on his way to Salonica, David experiences a moment of intense fear. How does this sudden fear come about? How does David conquer it? Who is Johannes? What does he symbolize? Why does Johannes "stay behind in Salonica"?
 * __<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Questions: __**<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 5. Geographically, David has moved from wherever the camp is, to Italy. From where has he moved emotionally? <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> To hating life and not caring whether he dies or lives to wanting to live life. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 6. Make a short list, in point form, of the bits of information you have thus far received about David. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 1. He has spent most of his life in the camp. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 2. He has had a sad life and doesn’t care if he dies. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 3. He doesn’t understand much about the world. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

**__<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0909b9; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">CHAPTER TWO - __****__<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">DUE 04/06/09 __****<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vocabulary: Look up the following words and give the definitions ** <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> intermingled - lithe - irresolutely - irksome - intervals - spurs - verge - clamber - credit - arancia - apfelsinen - intricate - passionate <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> intermingled – <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> to mingle, one with another; intermix. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> lithe - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: //the lithe body of a ballerina.//  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> irresolutely - <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> irksome – <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome: //irksome restrictions.//  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> intervals - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> a space between things, points, limits, etc.; interspace: //an interval of ten feet between posts.//  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> spurs - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> verge – <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs; brink: //on the verge of a nervous breakdown.//  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> clamber - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> credit - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: //Give credit where it is due.//  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Arancia- None (wrong spelling) <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> apfelsinen – None. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> intricate - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: //an intricate maze.//  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> passionate- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: //a passionate advocate of socialism.//  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 1. The Chapter begins with a descriptive paragraph. List the descriptive words. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 1. Long <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 2. Beautiful <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 3. Blueness <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 4. Far <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 5. Over <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 2. David gives himself a good scrubbing. But he is doing more than just washing himself. Re-check the meaning of the word symbolic and explain what is symbolic about David cleansing himself. Why is it so important to him? What effect does it have on his relationships with his surroundings? List the words that indicate a change in David.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Questions: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 3. Why had David thought at one time that he might be Jewish?

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Not sure, considering he might not have known about the war. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 4. Why had there been scarcely any difference between the men and the women in the camp? Find an image showing what people in the concentration camps looked like and upload it to your wiki site.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Everyone was dirty, thin from not enough food, not healthy at all.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 5. What is strange about David's eyes? <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">??????????????