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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Vocab- school week of 3/28-4/1

Word #1-regime

What I Thought It Meant: group

What It Does Mean: a ruling or prevailing system

Word #2-liberal

What I Thought It Meant: ????????

What It Does Mean: favorable to progress or reform

Word #3-arpeggio

What I Thought It Meant: ????????

What It Does Mean: the notes of a chord played in rapid succession instead of simultaneously

Reader's Response 1 (school week of 3/28-4/1)

The Boy Who Dared
pg.1-30
30 minutes read

This is kind of an introductory part of the book. It explains what's going on and talks about the characters. Helmuth is around 8 years old right now and Hitler is running for chancellor. Then, there's a flash-forward to Helmuth in death row at a prison (the reason why is yet to be known), and back again. It then talks about when it was announced that Hitler had been elected, etc. Helmuth's mom and especially his grandparents are critical of Hitler, but he likes Hitler's policies. Helmuth is young (I guess, but he is almost our age), so I don't blame him. However, I'm pretty sure anyone these days (with so much information hanging around),  nobody would be voting for him.