Anne Frank & Kitty

BY: Mei Twano and Iker Reyes

 Essential Question
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Thesis Statement

Essential Question:
What was Anne Frank’s relationship with her diary
(Kitty)?

Thesis Statement:
Anne’s relationship with her diary, Kitty, is that they are
best friends because, Anne expresses herself when
they talk, every secret they had was always told and
Anne wrote to Kitty as a reflection of her life within
each page and entry written.

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 Key Terms 1

● Kitty- When Anne began to write in her diary, she

wrote in it as if she was talking to someone. That
“someone” was her diary named Kitty.

● Nazis- Members of the National Socialist German

Workers' Party that was formed on February 24,
1920.

● Anne in the Annex- Once Hitler rose into power,

Anne and her family hid in a annex behind their
family store.
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 Key Terms 2

● Concentration Camp a place where large numbers

of people, especially political prisoners or members
of persecuted minorities, are deliberately
imprisoned in a relatively small area with
inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced
labor or to await mass execution.

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 Map

● Germany - Anne lived with her Grandmother shortly

before moving to the netherlands with her family
once Hitler rose to power.

● Netherlands -They moved to the netherlands

where they also spent 2 years in hiding inside of the
annex.

● Northern Germany Bergen-Belsen(camp) - After

being captured Anne was to taken to a
concentration camp.
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 Background Information

● The Frank family were a German-born Jewish

family.

● Their family hid from Hitler and the Nazis by hiding

in their family’s annex

● Otto Frank was the only survivor of the family. Otto

recovered Anne’s diary and later published it to
share her story.

● In Anne’s diary, every entry was wrote out to Kitty.

Talking about what happened in Anne’s life
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 Reasoning/Evidence #1

“Anne expresses herself when they talk”

● Anne Frank wrote in her diary that “Paper has more

patience than people.” Anne talked about the things
that she wouldn’t tell anyone. She wrote/talked to
her diary as if Kitty was a real person.

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 Reasoning/Evidence #2

“every secret they had was always told”

● Anne shared a lot of secrets and stories with Kitty

that she would normally not tell anyone else.
Anne wrote “I have an even greater need to get all
kinds of things off my chest.” Anne used her diary
as a way to let out her feelings and share her
secrets and thoughts.

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 Reasoning/Evidence #3 (Part 1)

“Anne wrote to Kitty as a reflection of her life within

each page and entry written.“

● In all of Anne’s entries, she writes to “Kitty” which is

her diary. Anne wrote to Kitty about her daily life and
all her thoughts. Anne’s whole dairy is a reflection of
what her day was like everyday.

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 Reasoning/Evidence #3 (Part 2)

“Anne wrote to Kitty as a reflection of her life within

each page and entry written.“

● In one of her entries she wrote “J.R. - I could write a

whole book about her. J. is a detestable, sneaky,
stuck-up, two-faced gossip who thinks she’s all
grown up.” Anne wrote about everything. Every
moment, every thought, and every feeling she had.

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 Music Video

Cross Our Hearts "Genius" Lyrics By: Iker Reyes &

Mei Twano

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 MLA Citations

● “Authors: Anne Frank.” Newsela,

newsela.com/read/bio-author-anne-frank/id/19471
/.

● Goodrich, Frances, et al. Anne Frank: the Diary of

Anne Frank ; Excerpts from Anne Frank: the Diary of a
Young Girl. Houghton-Mifflin, 1989.

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