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Transcript of Zlata's Diary
In April 1992, the government of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia. Over the next several years, Bosnian Serb forces, with the backing of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army, targeted both Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) and Croatian civilians for atrocious crimes resulting in the deaths of some 100,000 people (80 percent Bosniak) by 1995. It was the worst act of genocide since the Nazi regime’s destruction of some 6 million European Jews during World War II.
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Zlata's Diary silent reading
Open your literature books to page 351. Take 7-8 minutes to read from the beginning of the story to the end of the Saturday, May 2, 1992 diary entry.
Get out a blank piece of paper.
Use context clues to figure out what word in bold means. These are sentences from Zlata's Diary, a story we will read today about the Bosnian war.
Write what you think it means on your paper.
It was the only way we could defend ourselves against all of this terrible shooting. We heard glass
on the street.
He said they (pictures) wouldn't come out because I had been
with something on the camera.
The shooting seems to be dying down. I guess they've caused enough
Now, you will get in groups and summarize one diary entry. Your summary needs to be short (2-3 sentences) because you will be walking around and reading 3 other summaries and you will only have 1 minute to read each summary!
Group 1- Summarize Monday, March 30th
Group 2- Summarize Sunday, April 12th
Group 3-Summarize Tuesday, April 14th
Group 4- Summarize Saturday, May 2nd
Now, we are going to rotate so that you can read the other summaries and compare them to your own. You have one minute to look at each summary.
Make a prediction: What will happen next?
Video diary entry
I can use context clues to determine meanings of words including figurative and connotative language. (RL 6.4)
I can compare and contrast different forms or genres in how they address similar topics or themes. (RL 6.9)