Learning Objectives

 The students should learn to develop an understanding about

Anne Frank—a Jewish girl who witnessed horrors of Nazi rules as a
holocaust victim.
 The students should learn to analyse her relationship that she
shared with her family, teachers, friends and her most beloved
diary.

Characters in Brief
She was an intelligent girl who assessed people correctly.

She had a great sense of humour.

Although she was a chatterbox,

She considered her family to be an she had trouble con ding in people.
important part of her identity.

She had an expressive personality which is visible in her

essays and diary writing.

He was an ideal teacher who appeared

stern but was good at heart.

He was a genuine and warm person He admired Anne's creative writings

who took Anne's jokes very sportingly . but wanted her to be disciplined in life.

He believed in giving silly, creative

essays to write as punishments.

Chapter in Detail
Anne Decides to Write a Diary
• Anne started writing a diary because she did not have a real friend
to share her thoughts with.

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• She had a loving family and a close group of friends with whom she
liked to have fun and talk about ordinary things.
• But she could not open up to them about anything except the
most ordinary things.
• Hence, she decided to pen her thoughts into a diary and named it
‘Kitty’.

Character's Mood
 lonesome; bored

A Brief Sketch of Her Family

• Anne’s father married her mother Edith Hollander Frank when he
was thirty-six and she was twenty-five.
• She had an elder sister, Margot who was three years older than
her.
• When her parents emigrated to Holland in 1933, she and Margot
were sent to live with their grandmother in Aachen.
• Anne and Margot moved to Holland a few months later, and she
started schooling there.
• Anne’s grandmother fell ill in 1941 and died the next year. Anne
still missed her and thought about her often.

Character's Mood
 lonely; melacholy; nostalgic
Example 1. Briefly state why Anne provides a brief sketch of her
life. (Understand)
Evaluation Points
Marks
(As per CBSE Marking Scheme)
Present a reason for Anne writing a brief sketch of her life.
3 ü Content: Write why Anne wanted to describe her life. (2m)
ü Expression: Use words like because, that way, etc. (1m)
Ans. Anne provides a brief sketch of her life in the diary because she
believed that way the readers would understand the characters
and her stories easily.

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Anne at School
• She did her nursery at a Montessori school, and started with first
form when she was six.
• The headmistress Mrs. Kuperus was her class teacher in the sixth
form.
• Both she and Anne were in tears as they bid farewell to each other
at the end of the year.
• She and her classmates awaited results on who would be promoted
to the next class, and this had got the class ‘quaking in its boots’.
• Half the students, including the two boys who sat behind her, had
made bets on who would or would not pass.
• Their endless bickering used to make Anne and her friend laugh,
and also be a cause of annoyance.

Character's Mood
 Anxious; Scared; Confused

Anne and Mr. Keesing

• Anne was caught talking in class by Mr. Keesing, her maths teacher.
• He assigned her to write an essay titled ‘A Chatterbox’ as
punishment.
• Anne wrote a humorous essay arguing that she inherited her
talkativeness from her mother, and hence it is out of her control.
• She was caught talking again in the next lesson and this time she
had to write on ‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox’.
• The third time, Mr. Keesing asked her to write him another essay
titled, ‘Quack, quack, quack, said Mistress Chatterbox.
• Anne used her friend Sanne’s help to write the essay completely in
verse form (poetry).
• The poem was about a father swan who killed his three baby
ducklings because they quacked too much, and hinted at Mr.
Keesing as the villain.
• Mr. Keesing burst out laughing on reading the poem, and read it out
to her class and a few other classes as well.
• Anne says that Mr. Keesing did not bother her anymore, but on the
other hand he was always cracking jokes in the class.

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Dictionary
Word Meaning Synonyms Antonyms
Musings thoughts contemplation, disinterest,
reflection thoughtlessness
Brooding thinking seriously being pensive, carefree, unfocused
pondering
Solemn serious grave, sad funny, playful
Fogey old-fashioned antique, conser- modern, new blood
vative

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 OBJECTIVE Type Questions
[ 1 marks ]
1. Mr. Keesing was annoyed with Anne as:
(a) she was weak in maths.
(b) she had not done her home work.
(c) she was a naughty girl.
(d) she was very talkative. [CBSE Term-1 2021]
Ans. (d) she was very talkative.
Explanation: Anne talked so much in class. Her teacher Mr.
Keesing, was annoyed with her due to her (d) talkative nature.
Hence, (d) is the right answer.

EXTRACT Based Questions

[ 5 marks ]
2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that
follow:
Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-
year-old girl is completely alone in the world And I’m not. I have
loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about
thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a
good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except
my one true friend All I think about when I’m with friends is having
a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary
everyday things. (From the Diary of Anne Frank)
(A) Why does Anne feel the following? ...…no one will
believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in
the world.
(B) Select the most appropriate option for (1) and (2).
(1) …on the surface I seem to have everything, except my
one true friend
(2) Anne doesn’t truly connect with anyone.
(a) (1) is true and (2) is false.
(b) (2) is the opposite of (1).

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 (c) (1) furthers the meaning of (2).
(d) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract.
(C) State True or False :
Anne has a dissatisfied tone in the extract.
(D) According to Anne, what change would a 'true friend' bring
into her life? Elaborate in about 40 words with reference to
the extract.
Ans. (A) In the extract, Anne clearly says that “I have loving parents
and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty
people I can call friends.” She also had a cheerful personality.
Hence, this is why she feels no one will believe her.
(B) (c) (1) furthers the meaning of (2)
[CBSE Marking Scheme Term-1 SQP 2021]
Explanation: It is clear from the extract that Anne says that
she “seemed to have everything- on the surface, except one
true friend.” This shows that she didn’t connect with anyone.
Hence, (c) is the right answer.
(C) True
Explanation: Sentences from the extract like “on the surface
I seem to have everything, except my one true friend.” “I can’t
bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday
things” tell us clearly that Anne wasn’t satisfied in her life.
(D) According to Anne, there was nothing lacking in her life except
a 'true friend'. When she spent time with her other friends,
she could not open up about anything except ordinary,
everyday things. She wanted a 'true friend' who would listen
and understand everything she had to say, from the most
mundane to profound and deeply personal feelings.

SHORT ANSWER Type Questions (SA)

[ 3 marks ]
3. Explain the emotion vested in Anne’s statement, “…I was
plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot.”
[CBSE Question Bank 2021]

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Ans. When Anne’s parents emigrated to Holland in 1933, both Anne and
Margot want to live with their grandmother. Later, in December
that year, Margot joined their parents but Anne joined them on
Margot’s birthday as a surprise. She was the birthday present for
Margot that year.

LONG ANSWER Type Questions (LA)

[ 6 marks ]
4. Anne was different from other girls of her age. Substantiate
the statement with reference to the lesson, “From the Diary of
Anne Frak”. [Diksha]
Ans. She was very intelligent and had a sharp brain. She could think
clearly and insightfully and had deep thoughts and ideas which
she wanted to share with someone. She found that her friends
were unable to understand her completely. Their mental wave
length did not match with that of Anne’s. They could only talk
to Anne about the ordinary everyday matters. She had a loving
family and friends but could not share her deep thoughts with
anyone thus, she got her diary 'kitty'.

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