A In your copy, go investigate. 1. Why was Bruno happy at the beginning of Shmuel’s story? 2. What did people do to try to escape the soldiers? 3. Where was Bruno’s old home? 4. Why didn’t Shmuel and his family get off their train? 5. Describe either Bruno or Shmuel’s journey to this place. 6. What kind of home does Shmuel live in now?
B In your copy, give your opinion. 1. Why do you think Shmuel has to pause before he describes his train journey? 2. How were Bruno and Shmuel’s journeys different and how were they similar? 3. Why do you think their journeys were so different? 4. Does Bruno understand Shmuel’s story completely? Why do you think this is so? 5. Pick a part of Shmuel’s story and describe how you would feel in that situation. 6. Compare Bruno and Shmuel’s personalities. What are their differences and similarities?
C Vocabulary
1. Write ‘true’ or ‘false’ for each of the following statements. (a) Food was served on Bruno’s train. (b) Shmuel cries as he tells his story. (c) Bruno and Shmuel had to leave their homes. (d) There are three members in Shmuel’s family. (e) Bruno was forced to move to Cracow. (f) Shmuel lives with his mother now. (g) The doors of Bruno’s train were at the end. (h) There were a lot of people on Shmuel’s train.
2. In your copy, write a number of the bold words from the text in sentences. Choose a number to challenge yourself. Use your dictionary to help you.
D Cloze procedure: ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’. Fill in the blanks. Nine-year-
Bruno is unaware of the horrors people of Europe. All to do and so camp, country is forcing upon the Jewish is concerned with is the boring new house he has been forced to
to from his beloved home in Berlin. Bruno is fed up with the lack of friends and things to do some exploring of the desolate area in which he now finds a fence enclosing a strange . It is
. Beyond the walls of his garden, Bruno all the campers wear the same uniform of striped here that Bruno meets Shmuel, a the same age as him in a very different circumstance. 51
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