The Book Thief is such an amazing story. Set in Nazi Germany and follows the life of a young German girl as she navigates this time in her country. With Death as the narrator, who knows what could happen! Why is she called a book thief? What does she learn through the experiences she has in daily life? Why does she meet such unique people? What happens to the people in her life that we grow to love and connect with? Through this class, we will break this book apart, section by section to dissect the book, themes, characters, and much more. Each week, you will be given a list of short answer questions to respond to while reading. You can either write the answers on a printed version of the worksheet or type the answers (but please add the questions before your answers if you type it). Either way, it will need to be submitted by the end of the week, preferably before you complete the final week's assignment. At the end of each week, there will be a "quiz" of sorts to ensure understanding with multiple choice questions, matching, and short answers. Both the short answer questions during the week and the "quiz" at the end of the week will be checked and returned with comments. There will also be questions given in the classroom throughout the week to be discussed and students can discuss the short answer questions as well in the classroom.

Before we begin reading, we will take a walk through the unit topics and chapter titles to see what we think will happen in the story. We will make our predictions which we will refer back to at the end of the book. As we go through the book, we will answer comprehension questions through a classroom discussion and throughout each section to ensure our understanding. We will also check understanding each week with questions for the group for students to respond to each other. At the end of the book, we will complete an essay to explain our take on this amazing novel and discuss if our predictions came true. There will be choices for the essays and you will only have to pick one and write it (please write your essay question at the top of your answer page). This will be turned in and "graded" (revised with notes) at the end of class.

Week 1: Chapter Title walk and Prologue -A Mountain Range of Rubble
Week 2: Part One - The Grave Digger's Handbook
Week 3: Part Two - The Shoulder Shrug
Week 4: Part Three - Mein Kampf
Week 5: Part Four - The Standover Man
Week 6: Part Five - The Whistler
Week 7: Part Six - The Dream Catcher
Week 8: Part Seven - The Complete Duden Dictionary and Thesaurus
Week 9: Part Eight - The Word Shaker
Week 10: Part Nine - The Last Human Stranger
Week 11: Part Ten - The Book Thief
Week 12: Epilogue - The Last Color ... and Final Essay