Alexis+Martzahl

= Lex, Good start, but please add more DETAIL to your summaries! Mrs. W 3/25 =

1st entry 3-17-11 pgs 1-17 Voacb 1.annihilate- to destroy the existence of the whole body 2.crematoriums-to reduce to nonexistence 3.matzos-unleavened bread in the form of large crackers, square, eaten by Jews during Passover. 4.hysteria-an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, oftencharacterized by irrationality 5.veil- a pice of cloth the is warn over the face

On one sunny spring Riva and her mother where outside and Riva mom was sewing clothes. Mrs.Grubers there neighbor came over to see what is going on. Mrs.Grubers daughter had a son name Harry. Harry and Riva where best friend they where like brother and sister. Well one day these people where knocking an the door it turns out that it was Harry and his grandma. Since that Riva and her mom where jews. Harry and his grandma and German ancestors so they where against jew and took away Riva and here mothers stuff.

2.frantically- desperate or wild with pain,fear ect.
===<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">3.Hasidic- a member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century by Baal Shem-Tov ===

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">4.revelation- the act of revealing or disclosing
===<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">5.typhus- a infectious desease by several species,transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache,with red spots on the body. === ===<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Riva and her best friend Saba where walking down the street. Than they both heard a Nazi say "Jews, halt! off the sidewalk!" They where both scared chills where runner down there back. Riva knew she was going some where. she ended up in a shop they made coats for the Germans. She said we are making coats for them so that they can keep warm and healty and all they do is kill kill kill. ===

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">3rd entry 3-23-11 pg 34-51
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">vocab <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">1.caressing-<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">an act <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">expressing affection <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">2.agonizing- something or someone<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">resulting in agony 3.endure- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">to hold against 4.meshuggener-a crazy person 5.malnutrition- when someone gets the<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">lack of proper nutrition

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">In september 1942 Riva and her family where separated. Her and her mom and one brother and two sisters where gone and since Riva was now in charge of the rest of the family. When they where getting separated one of the brothers is deft and the Nazis are trying to take him away but he cant hear him so the Nazis are getting mad. so her deft bother goes with their mom. Riva goes to the ghetto and and she has the job at home to make rugs. One day she could not get up form her bed she ended up having tubercalois.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">4th entry4-4-11 pgs 51-68 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">vocb <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">1.burden-something that is carried <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">2.summons- a command <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">3.deportation- the lawful expulsion <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">4.anticipation-to have hope <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">5.elated- very happy or proud

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">They found some medacin to help Riva tubercalois she can walk agian but sometime she falls. The child welfare comes and says that there brothers can get adoped. All of the childern go to the welfare place and they get the adoption paper for ther two brothers and they get asoped. One the other hand we they get back Shmuelk comes back a good friend of theres that Riva kinds likes and they whant Shmulek to say with them, but Riva thinks its a bad thing to do. She thinks that she should say with the nahboors Harry.

==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">5th entry 4-5-11 pgs 68-85 == ==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">Vocab == ==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">1.earnest- serious in purpose ==

5.pneumonia- inflammation of the lungs
== Knock knock Riva hears at the door she opens it. It is the Jewish police they are looking for Shmulek. The childern are really scared they are trying to tell Harry that they are looking for Shmulek. So one day when Molete gose to get some water he spills it on Harry's door step. Then Molete asks Harry if he would like to comeover for some coffee. Then Harry tell Shmulek to hid and never leave, but then the police leave and Shmulek finds a job in the ghetto. == == Riva one day did not know where Molete when but he help some people knock down an old shed they gave him some of the wood for him to use and he took it. They used it but on the last day of warmth of a fire the police came back but this time it see who knocked down the shed. They where sherching for the left over wood that they hided. When one of the police officers said who is the oldest and Riva said I. ==

6th entery 4-6-11 pgs 85-102 Vocab 1.devotion- dedication 2.forlom-Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely 3.Skif-small boats 4.tranquil- free from commotion 5.caravan- a group of travelers

Since Riva is the oldest of the 3 childern she is the one that has to go but sice Motlete sole the wood they both had to go. They did not whant to leave ther brother behing so all of them whent. As they where getting ready to leave that next morinng Becuse the police let it slid for one day. Moltel sitll had to get a sence for cleaning tolilest. Someone was at the door It was ther good friend named Yulek They let them say with them sice his whole fanily died. So they moved in store. They also fuigered out that they are the last of the family so all that was left was Motele,Moishele and Riva. They whanted to make the store a liabary so they stared building shelves,

7th entry 4-11-11pg 102-119 vocab 1.uproar- a state of violent 2.hysterically- veary emotional 3.caress- to touch or pat gently 4.hastily- moving or acting with s peed 5.shmattea-

Riva was veary sick she had problems with her gall blatter so for the labor camp they moved her to a cutter of the cloth. The police told them that Riva was the mother of the family and the leagle garadian of the 2 brothers. Riva's two brothers bought Riva a coat form there bread that they had.Riva is starting to fell better since Passover is starting and that means holidays and Riva loves holidays.

8th Entry 4-12-11pgs 119-136 vocab 1.agitated- disturbed 2.resist-to withstand 3.turmoil- state of great confusion 4.conceal- to hide 5.reassurance - to restore confidence

Yulek a good friend of the family was liveing with them but they had to leav and Riva was veay sad becuse no one never comeback to the ghetto. The next moring when they all have to work there was the S,S was in front of the taylor shop where Riva works and they where very scared they did not know what was happening what they said was that they where just waching was the owner of the shop will say and he said that they need Riva and they whant her to say with them. That night they heard footsteps out side and they whent in to hinding under the table that has a celler they where scared and they did not know when to come out they someone was knocking at the door they open the celler door and said every thing clear and they did not find anyone.

9th entry 4-13-11 pgs 136-142 vocab 1.prolong- to make longer 2.aghast- struck with amazement 3.optimistically- to take a favorable view 4.ordeal- any extremely severe experience 5.penetrate- to pass into or through

They heard foot steps at the door. It ended up being Mrs.Boruchouich one of there friend that died mother.She is mostly like Riva's mother. It was in the middle of August and Riva and her two brothers where sent on cattel cars to go to a place that they do not know where they are going they where scared that all of them will not be together on the car and where ever they are going.When the cattle car stop they heard a Nazi say "welcome to Auschwitz,Jew.

10th entry 4-18-11 pgs 142-166 voacb avail- to be useful barrack- to shout stupor- suspension famished- extremely hungry feeble- physically weak

Riva and her brothers are seaperated they are getting ready to get checked. The camp that they are at is Auschwits. Riva is scared many people are dieing on the first day becuse they do not know what is going on. They had to strip there clothes down in put them into piles Riva had to get rid of ther glasses she was shur that she will never get those back so she cant see. It was time to eat and what they go was one pice of bread and some watery down coeffe. Her clothes for the day was a pittey coat.

11th entry 4-19-11 pg 166-183 vocab meekly- gentle, kind kapo- a Nazi concentration camp prisoner who was given privileges in return for supervising prisoner work gangs. amid-in the middle of somthing resentment- the feeling of displeasure inhibit- to restrain

Riva get her number and its 55082. She keeps on forgetting it and if she rembers her number she might forget her name. They move them on the cattle cars againg the doors open and they are walking they see a girl standing there with a dog and she says welcome to Mittelsteine. She cant see what is going on since they took away her glasses. Riva is scared and she all alone she says she has no reason for living. One day she found her bunk and she steped on her friend Tola she is so happy she knows someone and in all the end that all of her three best friends for the camp is there Rifkele and Rurola are there too.

12th entry 4-21-11pg166-211vocab 1.cubicles- a small space 2.ironically- pertaining to  3.confinement- the act of confining. 4.pertified-scared 5. comrade-a person that shares

Riva is walking on a march to go to her place to work she meets a friend named Rosa she is very nice. Rosea has a paper bag that she go form a worker and Riva likes to write potery for people Riva fineds a pencile and starts writing for everyone in her bunck place. Everyone loves it one day that Riva whent over to the other buncks and said her pome they all loved it One day Riva was not felling good but there was a new docter where Riva was and she was sacred what will happen to her will she die. The docter was nice and said you have to go to a real hostipal and they will try to help you Riva has blood posining its really bad and they are not shur if she will make it or not.

13th entry 4-25-11 pgs 211-228 1.resent- to feel or show displeasure 2,staggered- to walk unsteadily 3.ushers- a person who places people in there seats 4.incision- a cut 5.amputate- to cut off

Riva is at the hospial she keeps on fainting she is scared becuse the doctor and her gard is very nice to her. She gose back to Mittelstien. She sees the doctor there they say if ther blood posining does not get better they will have to ampuate her arm. In the end she does not have to do that she is very happy.

14 entry 4-25-11 pgs 228-235 1.basin - a bowl for water 2.captors- a person who has captured 3.despair- loss of hope 4.yearn- to whant somthing 5.agitated- excited or disturbed

It was Christmas and the commanet whant to wach the girls do something and Riva speeks her pome. She faints and she goes back to the doctor from the camp. The cammanemt comes in her room thing and says the she loves her pome. She says like you sill belive that you can live you have hope for living you love everyone.So she give her a notebook a little penicl to write pomes in she loves it. Riva says that she will keep it for ever and if she dies she will die with it.

15th entry 4-25-11 pgs 235-end of story 1.disdain- to look upon 2.canvas- heavy cloth 3.defiance- a daring resistance 4.oaf- clumsy person 5.lament- to feel sorrow Riva marches to the factory and one of the gards sees her and takes her to a white buliding and i was the first aid buliding. She meets the doctor that is there and she says that this is your new place to work she cleans toliets and and the bathtubs for the German people. Kitia is very nice that is Riva doctor. One day Kitia gave Riva mashed potatos and green beans and a different day Riva got a nice warm bath but as she got out one of the Nazi said why does she have a towl on her head and Kitia said she fell in the bathtub. One moring the Nizas said Jews out Jews out and they had to move to Grafenory a new camp and they where marchin and a man on a horse said are you Jews you are now free go go go. the war was over they where so happy. Riva whent back home as saw her brothers grave and just sat there.that was the end.

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