MASSEY HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR READER A COLLECTION OF READINGS FOR MASSEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. My name:____________________________________________________ How to use this reader: 1. Choose an article. 2. Read the vocabulary list carefully. 3. Read the article. 4. Answer the questions. 5. Talk to whānau about your new learning. 1 MASSEY HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR READER TABLE OF CONTENTS: PAGE TITLE OF ARTICLE: TOPIC: NUMBER: Pg 3-7 Famous Jewish girl struggled to enter the US Anne Frank; Judaism; just as refugees do today. WWII Pg 8-1​2 Dulce et Decorum Est. WWII; Poetry Pg 13-1​8 Young messengers keep Japan’s atomic Japan; WWII bomb memory alive. Pg 19-2​3 Scientists study huge patch of trash in the Climate change; ocean. environmentalism Pg 24-2​8 Legends of the Māori in the Waitakere Te Ao Māori; Ranges. Waitakere. Pg 29-3​4 How did our local beaches get their names? Waitakere; History; Beaches. Pg 35-​40 Stephen Adams: A second chance. Stephen Adams; Basketball. Pg 41-4​8 The History of Massey. Massey; Waitakere. Pg 49 - 5​4 White Sunday. Pasific Culture; Family; Samoa. 2 School subjects: History, Geography, English & Maths ANNE FRANK FAMOUS JEWISH GIRL STRUGGLED TO ENTER THE US JUST AS REFUGEES DO TODAY Taken from the Washington Post 12/01/15 Vocabulary Meaning 1. Jew/Jewish R​elating to the Jewish religion. 2. Jobs A paid position of regular employment. 3. Professor Someone who works for a university. 4. Refugee Is a person who ​has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. 3 5. Similar Very close to being the same. 6. Sneak To creep up on, or into somewhere undetected. 7. Spies People employed by a government to secretly obtain information on an enemy. President Barack Obama promised to let 10,000 Syrians come to America. Their country is at war. Millions of Syrians have left. They are trying to find safety in other countries. Some people in the United States do not want the Syrians to come. About 75 years ago, there was another war. It was called World War II. There was also another group of ​refugees​, the ​Jews​. They also faced terrible danger in their home countries. During the war, ​Jews ​were killed and badly treated because of their religion. Like the Syrians today, the ​Jews ​wanted to come to the U.S. Also like today, people did not want to let them in. Otto Frank and his family were ​Jewish​. They lived in the Netherlands. His wife was Edith and his daughters were named Anne and Margot. Anne wrote her thoughts and feelings in a ​diary​. After the war, her father made it into a book. He called it "The ​Diary ​of Anne Frank." Papers Tell Frank Family's Story Richard Breitman is a history ​professor​. In 2007, he wrote about some old papers. They tell how the Franks tried to come to the U.S. Breitman said government rules kept the family from coming to the U.S. If the rules were different, Anne Frank might be alive today. She would be 77 years old. Instead, she died when she was 15 years old. At the time, people thought these rules would make the country safe. They also wanted to keep out people from other countries. Some people worried the Jews were ​spies​. Many people are against the Syrians today for ​similar ​reasons. The Islamic State is a violent 4 group. It has taken over parts of Syria and Iraq. People think their fighters could hide among the Syrians. They worry that they could ​sneak ​into the United States and make trouble. Refugees Tried To Enter U.S. Many Years Ago Too In 1939, the German army took over the Netherlands. They did not allow ​Jews ​to be teachers or be in government ​jobs​. ​Jews ​could not own businesses. Their children had to go to special schools for ​Jews​. Otto Frank tried to come to the U.S. with his family. The government did not let them. He lived through the war but his wife and two daughters died. In 1944, Anne Frank wrote in her ​diary ​that terrible things were happening."I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." On the lines 1. How would you describe a “​diary​”? Write one sentence. 2. Anne Frank was a ​Jew​ living in The Netherlands, this meant she believed in the Jewish​ religion. The article also mentions the ​Islamic​ Religion. Indicate which of the nouns below describes someone who follows the religion of Islam? A Muslim An Islam A Christian A Hindu 3. What is the ​singular noun​ for the word “​spies​”? 4. The University Papers were written in ​2007​. Anne Frank would have been ​77 years old. From this information, can you work out the year she was born? She died when she was just ​15​ years old. In what year did she pass away? 5 Between the lines 1. There are three countries mentioned in this article; ​Syria​, the ​USA​ and ​The Netherlands​. Can you find these countries on the map of the world? 2. If someone “​sneaks​” into a country, what sort of things might they do / not do? Discuss or list some ideas. 3. A ​refugee​ ​is a person who ​has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Can you think of any examples where this is happening in the world today? 6 Beyond the lines - Whānau Korero How easy is it for a refugee to move to NZ? Do you have any family members who experienced WWII? What are their memories? https://bit.ly/2xkPsTl Read the Washington Post article written by Read ​The Diary of Anne Frank. Richard Breitman: https://tinyurl.com/ouux62t What perspective do you think Richard Breitman has with regards to ‘American Immigration policies’? Give reasons for your answer. 7 School subjects: History, Social Studies, Geography. DULCE ET DECORUM EST By Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) Vocabulary Meaning 1. Ardent Having or showing very strong feelings. 2. Cud The food that an animal (such as a cow) brings back up from its stomach into its mouth to be chewed again. 3. Dim Not bright or clear. 4. Ecstasy A trance-like frenzy (as the men quickly put on their helmets). 5. Fatigue Very tired. 6. Fumbling To search for something by reaching or touching with your fingers in an awkward or clumsy way. 9. Hags An unpleasant old woman. 10. Knock- Having legs that curve inward at the knees. Kneed 11. Lame Having an injured leg or foot that makes walking difficult. 12. Lime A chemical compound that can burn through the human body. 13. Limp To walk in a slow and awkward way because of an​ injury. 14. Trudge To walk slowly and heavily because you are tired or working very hard. 8 Dulce et Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed​, coughing like ​hags​, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to ​trudge​. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But ​limped ​on, blood-shod. All went ​lame​; all blind; Drunk with ​fatigue​; deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping softly behind. Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ​ecstasy ​of ​fumbling Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time, But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And flound’ring like a man in fire or ​lime​.— Dim ​through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the ​cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,— My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ​ardent ​for some desperate glory, The old Lie: ​Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.* 9 Glossary​: *Latin phrase is from the Roman poet Horace: ​“It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country​.” (Viking Press, 1921) On the lines 1. What two similes (a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar) are used in the opening lines of the poem? 2. What does the title of the poem mean? ​(Hint: look at the glossary) 3. Do you think the poet believes what the title is saying? Why or why not? 4. What is the main theme (idea) of the poem? 5. Where do you think the battle happened? 6. In the third stanza (paragraph) Owen chose the word “guttering” to describe what? 10 Between the Lines 1. Wilfred Owen was a ​British​ soldier that fought in ​France​ against the ​Germans during World War I. Locate these three countries on the map: ​Britain, France and Germany​. 2. What words or phrases does Wilfred Owen use to describe soldiers in the poem? What does this tell you about the effect war/ fighting has on the men? 3. World War I started on 28​th ​ July 1914 and ended on 11​th ​ November 1918. How many years and months did the war last? 4. Wilfred Owen wrote:​ “Dim through the misty panes and thick​ ​green light/ As under a green sea, I saw him drowning​.” He is referring to chemical warfare known as a ​gas attack​.