boy in the striped pyjamas - representation of bruno's father
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War- Concentration Camps.
MISS GEMMELL
Brain in gear. Title for today: Concentration camps.
How has the representation of a concentration camp changed over time?Write anything based on the question above.
Think wider than just these two images.
Learning objectives. Must:
Be able to select appropriate descriptions and describe the five senses. Should:
Be able to produce your own interpretations and perspectives about German soldiers including a range of sophisticated vocabulary.
Could: Be able to construct a descriptive piece which includes a range of
sentence types.
Quick thinkThroughout the book ‘ The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Bruno’s sister calls the concentration camp ‘Out-with’ why has the reader done this? What connotations can you take from the word ‘Out-with’?
Paired taskTask: Working together in pairs try to write a description of what you feel Bruno’s father will be like.
Challenge: Can you make any comparisons between this man and the sergeant Majors from the poem ‘Base Details’.
Set in 1944, we see the story through the eyes of Bruno, a nine-year-old German boy whose father has a mysterious but prestigious position within the German army. We gradually come to understand the true horror of ‘Out-With’, and the full implications of his father’s job as Commandant.
Hook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLAGPnE6jPA Task: Spend the next 5 minutes
adding to your description and re-drafting your impressions of
this man.
Has your impression changed?
Has it stayed the same?
How could you add more description?
Making connections between sources. o Now we have understood that Bruno’s father played a huge role in the concentration camp. o We will try to understand what it was really like to live in a concentration camp.
oListen carefully to the description used in the text.
Write your own experience of how YOU would feel in a concentration camp.
Write from the perspective of a Jewish captive or an important German soldier.
Challenge: Include the use of the 5 senses and the sophisticated vocabulary that we
have learnt for this topic. Struggle: Write how Shmuel and his family
would have experienced in the concentration camp.
Challenge 2: Include all 7 types of sentences.
Simple Compound Compound-complex
Fronted complex
Rear complex Embedded clause
Fragment/
Post those things on the wallI can understand
some of it but not all of it…
I found this difficult today or I don’t
understand…
I fully understood this lesson.
The task I understood the most was…
Choose ONE statement to comment on and post your post-it note on the correct section.
You must state your name.
E.g. The discussions were a little confusing.
E.g. I understood the concentration camp but I didn’t understand the text.
E.g. I understood everything. I really understood the impressions made of the German soldiers.
Key words. Representations- the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way.
Prestigious- inspiring respect and admiration; having high status.
Implications- a likely consequence of something.
Impression- an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence.
Perspectives- a view or prospect. (the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring).
Antisemitism- hostility to or prejudice against Jews. (a pre-judgement).
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