The Advanced English 8 students read the play, "The Diary of Anne
Frank" and the novel, The Diary of a
Young Girl. As a culminating activity, the students selected from
six quotes from Anne's diary. The quotes were based on the themes of
freedom, goodness, giving, courage, happiness, and humanity. Each
student wrote an essay about the ways that he or she had been inspired
by the life of Anne Frank to value that specific theme in his or her own
life. The students also created a leaf based on one of the six themes.
Each student wrote Anne's quote on one side of the leaf and his or her
own original quote on the other side of the leaf. This project was based
on the Anne Frank Tree Interactive Monument. Anne Frank often admired
the chestnut tree in the courtyard behind the secret annex and wrote
about the tree in her diary.
For more information, you
can visit the Anne
Frank Tree Interactive Monument. You can also leave your own quote
or message on the virtual tree.