About the Author, Markus Zusak |
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Learn about the author of The Book Thief and answer questions on your worksheet by using this link from the Chicago Public Library.
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NOVEL RESOURCES: Character List, Vocabulary, Reading GuideAs you read, you will be recording information about characters, finding definitions to unfamiliar vocabulary words, and answering questions about the plot. Use the Oxford English Dictionary from your online resources for all definitions.
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*Students with adequate annotations may use their novels on their quizzes.
3/6-9 Sections 1-2 (45 pgs) Quiz 3/12 1 (1 - 15); 2 (17 - 45) 3/12-16 Sections 3-4 (34 pgs) Quiz 3/19 3 (46 - 68); 4 (69 - 80) 3/19-23 Sections 5-6 (41 pgs) Quiz 3/26 5 (81 - 100); 6 (101 - 122) 3/26 – 30 Sections 7-8 (47 pgs) Quiz 4/9 7 (123 - 153); 8 (154 - 170) 4/2-6 Sections 9-10 (67 pgs) Quiz 4/9 9 (171 - 196); 10 (197 - 238) 4/9-13 Sections 11-12 (64 pgs) Quiz 4/16 11 (239 - 281); 12 (282-303) 4/16-20 Sections 13-14 (45 pgs) Quiz 4/30 13 (305 - 324); 14 (325 - 350) 4/23-27 Sections 15-16 (52 pgs) Quiz 4/30 15 (351 - 370); 16 (371 - 403) 4/30 – 5/4 Sections 17-18 (48 pgs) Quiz 5/7 17 (407 - 430); 18 (431-455) 5/7-11 Sections 19-20 (56 pgs) Quiz 5/14 19 (459 - 493); 20 (497 - 518) 5/14-16 Section 21 (34 pgs) Quiz 5/16 21 (519 - 550) |
PROLOGUE:
"A Mountain Range of Rubble" 1. Death and Chocolate 3-5 2. Beside the Railway Line 6-8 3. The Eclipse 9-11 4. The Flag 12-15 PART ONE: "The Grave Digger's Handbook" 5. Arrival on Himmel Street 19-29 6. Growing up a Saumensch 30-35 7. The Woman With the Iron Fist 36-45 8. The Kiss 46 - 55 9. The Jesse Owens Incident 56-61 10. The Other Side of Sandpaper 62-68 11. The Smell of Friendship 69-72 12. The Heavyweight Champion of the School-yard 73-80 PART TWO: "The Shoulder Shrug" 13. A Girl Made of Darkness 83-84 14. The Joy of Cigarettes 85-90 15. The Town Walker 91-96 16. Dead Letters 97-100 17. Hitler's Birthday, 1940 101-107 18. 100 Percent Pure German Sweat 108-113 19. The Gates of Thievery 114-117 20. Book of Fire 118-122 PART THREE: "Mein Kampf" 21. The Way Home 125-128 22. The Mayor's Library 129-137 23. Enter the Struggler 138-141 24. The Attributes of Summer 142-153 25. The Aryan Shopkeeper 154-155 26. The Struggler, Continued 157-160 27. Tricksters 161-167 28. The Struggler, Concluded 168-170 |
PART FOUR:
"The Standover Man" 29. The Accordionist 173-184 30. A Good Girl 185-185 31. A Short History of the Jewish Fist Fighter 187-196 32. The Wrath of Rosa 197-198 33. Liesel's Lecture 199-204 34. The Sleeper 205-206 35. The Swapping of Nightmares 207-222 36. Pages From the Basement 223-238 PART FIVE: "The Whistler" 37. The Floating Book (Part I) 241-242 38. The Gamblers 243-256 39. Rudy's Youth 257-271 40. The Losers 272-276 41. Sketchers 277-281 42. The Whistlers and the Shoes 282-292 43. Three Acts of Stupidity by Rudy Steiner 293-299 44. The Floating Book (Part II) 300-303 PART SIX: "The Dream Carrier" 45. Death's Diary: 1942 307-310 46. The Snowman 311-316 47. Thirteen Presents 317-324 48. Fresh Air, an Old Nightmare, and What to do With a Jewish Corpse 325-335 49. Death's Diary: Cologne 336-338 50. The Visitor 339-346 51. The Schmunzeler 347-348 52. Death's Diary: The Parisians 349-350 PART SEVEN: "The Complete Duden Dictionary and Thesaurus" 53. Champagne and Accordians 353-358 54. The Trilogy 359-370 55. The Sound of Sirens 371-378 56. The Sky Stealer 379-384 57. Frau Holtzapfel's Offer 385-388 58. The Long Walk to Dachau 389-395 59. Peace 397-398 60. The Idiot and the Coat Men 399-403 |
PART EIGHT:
"The Word Shaker" 61. Dominoes and Darkness 407-411 62. The Thought of Rudy Naked 412-415 63. Punishment 415-419 64. The Promise Keeper's Wife 420-430 65. The Collector 431-437 66. The Bread Eaters 438-441 67. The Hidden Sketchbook 442-451 68. The Anarchist's Suit Collection 452-455 PART NINE: "The Last Human Stranger" 69. The Next Temptation 459-462 70. The Cardplayer 463-464 71. The Snows of Stalingrad 465-471 72. The Ageless Brother 472-474 73. The Accident 475-478 74. The Bitter Taste of Questions 479-480 75. One Tooolbox, One Bleeder, One Bear 481-491 76. Homecoming 492-493 PART TEN: "The Book Thief" 77. The End of the World (Part I) 497-499 78. The Ninety-eighth Day 500-504 79. The War Maker 506-507 80. Way of the Words 508-514 81. Confessions 515-518 82. Ilsa Hermann's Little Black Book 519-524 83. The Rib-cage Planes 526-528 84. The End of the World (Part II) 529-539 EPILOGUE: "The Last Color" 85. Death and Liesel 543-544 86. Wood in the Afternoon 545-547 87. Max 548 88. The Handover Man 549-550 |
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