Michael F. Refugee Padlet by Michael Fragola https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp Refugee Unit 2018-2019 en-us 2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC 2026-01-30 08:09:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Notice & Note: Memory Moment mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931739 2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931739 Notice & Note: Memory Moment Video mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931743 2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931743 Exit Ticket #1 (3/11/19) mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931744 Why do you think the author included the flashback in Chapter 2? What does it add/reveal? ]]> 2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931744 Chapter 1 Significant Events mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931746
  • Nazis break into Joseph's house. (page 1)
  • Joseph's father gets arrested. (page 3-4)
  •  Landau family is told to leave within 14 days. (page 6)
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  • Isabel has little food to give to herself or her stolen kitten. (page 6-start of 7)
  • Ivan is trying to build a boat to leave Cuba and escape to the US.(page 9)
  • Cuba is in a depression. (page 8)
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  • Mahmoud sees a boy getting beat up and tries to stay hidden. (page 17)
  • The city is destroyed. (page 13, 14)
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  • Josef is on the boat with his family and has his armband on. (page 18)
  • Josef is used as an example of what a Jew looks like compared to a real German. (page 20)
  • Josef decided to remove his armband and see if people would look at him as a Jew. (page 20-end of chapter)
  • Josef realizes he is not what people see him as. (page 21)
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  • The attack of Isabel's father in the street. (page 28)
  • The calling off of the police officers. (page 28)
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  • The explosion of Mahmoud's house. (page 32)
  • Mahmoud looking for his mother, sister and brother in the midst of the turmoil. (page 33)
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  • The Nazi setting Josef free. (page 34-35)
  • The rediscovery of Josef's father. (page 36)
    • ]]>     2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931760     Homework: Vocabulary Words for 3/11-3/15 mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931761 Complete the posts for the five words below. The posts have already been made for you. Your posts need to include: 
    1. Dictionary definition 
    2. Sentence from the book 
    3. Your own sentence using the word
    4. An image/picture that helps you remember the MEANING of the word. 

    *There is an example post below.

    § Chapter 1 – Dismissive (p.4)
    § Chapter 2 – Intently (p.11)
    § Chapter 3 – Indignation (p.17)
    § Chapter 4 – Inferior (p.23)
    § Chapter 5 – Turmoil (p.28)

    *Use the link below to get to the words in the sentences from the book. 

    ]]>     2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931761     Chapter 1: Dismissive mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931763 Dictionary Definition: Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration.

    Sentence from the Book: "The Brownshirt scowled at the noise and gave the men carrying Aaron Landau a dismissive wave".

    Your Own Sentence Using the Word: Someone was being very dismissive to everything I said.

    An Image/Picture that Helps You Remember the MEANING of the Word: 
    ]]>     2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931763     Chapter 2: Intently mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931765 Dictionary Definition: With earnest and eager attention.

    Sentence from the Book: "    She listened now, intently, trying to hear the heartbeat of Cuba in her own music".

    Your Own Sentence Using the Word:

    An Image/Picture that Helps You Remember the MEANING of the Word:    ]]>     2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931765     Chapter 3: Indignation mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931766 Dictionary Definition: Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

    Sentence from the Book: "    Mahmoud watched as these two boys attacked the boy with the bread, a boy he didn’t even know. He felt the stirrings of indignation, of anger, of sympathy".

    Your Own Sentence Using the Word:     Padlet was moving posts around when I didn't want them to be moved. I was filled with indignation and stress. (True story).

    An Image/Picture that Helps You Remember the MEANING of the Word:    ]]>     2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931766     Chapter 4: Inferior mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931768 Dictionary Definition: Lower in rank, status, or quality.

    Sentence from the Book:     "After Herr Meier had called him in front of the class to show how Jews were inferior to real Germans, Josef had returned to his seat next to Klaus...".

    Your Own Sentence Using the Word: I was inferior to the first chair players at All County Band.

    An Image/Picture that Helps You Remember the MEANING of the Word:

    ]]>     2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931768     Chapter 5: Turmoil mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931771 Dictionary Definition: A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

    Sentence from the Book:     "In all the turmoil, a policeman caught up with her father and grabbed him by the arm".

    Your Own Sentence Using the Word:     I was in turmoil when I was first learning to use a sound board.

    An Image/Picture that Helps You Remember the MEANING of the Word:    ]]>     2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931771     Example Vocabulary Post mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931773
  • Word: Synagogue
  • Dictionary definition: A building where Jewish people meet for religious worship.
  • Sentence from the book: "Other Jewish homes and businesses and synagogues were destroyed all over Germany," pg. 5
  • My sentence: When I was in middle school, my best friend went to her synagogue every Friday for her Jewish service. 


    • ]]>     2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931773     Warm-Up #1 mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931774 Create a Padlet. ]]> 2019-03-11 13:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/339931774 3/18 Homework: Vocabulary Word mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/342630541 Complete the posts for the word below. Your post needs to include:
    1. Dictionary definition
    2. Sentence from the book
    3. Your own sentence using the word
    4. An image/picture that helps you remember the MEANING of the word

    Word: Instigate (p. 42)

    *There is an example post below. ]]>     2019-03-18 22:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/342630541     Chapter 8 Significant Events mfragola1562 https://padlet.com/mfragola1562/if9vej6n9xdp/wish/344219408
  • Castro"s announcement on TV. (page 43)
  • Isabel trading all of her most valued items and posessions to get gasoline for a boat that she doesn't even know if she will get to ride in. (page 46, 47)
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  • The finding of Mahmoud's mother and siblings. (page 49, 50)
  • The return of Mahmoud's father. (page 53)
  • Mahmoud's father saying that he wants to take his family to Germany to escape Syria. (page 54)
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  • The discovery that everyone aboard the boat was Jewish. (page 57)
  • Josef realizing that he is having fun that he only used to have. (page 59)
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  • Isabel is discovered by the media. (page 61)
  • The 2 police try to escape with them. (page 63)
  • The 2 police are shot at by the non-deserting policemen. (page 64)
  • The boat has a hole in it and is letting on water. (page 65)
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  • The captain discovers that crewmen have been talking about racing other ships because they might not let them in. (page 94-95)
  • One of the crewmen knows that the children are Jewish. (page 97)
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  • Isabel discovers that she has a family in Miami. (page 99-100)
  • A tanker is heading towards Isabel's small boat. (page 103)
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  • Isabel and crew realize that they are sailing in the shipping lanes, without an engine, and without an engine to move them. (page 116)
  • Luis is able to get the little boat's engine to start again, but only enough for them to get out of the way of the tanker because of the waves that the tanker generates. The boat gets filled with seawater and waterloggs the engine. (page 119)
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  • All of the passengers get assembled for a medical inspection. (page 131)
  • The examination is just the doctor looking at the people, not an actual medical examination. (page 134
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  • Shoveling water out of Isabel's boat.
  • Isabel misses her grandmother and compares her life to a symphony.
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  • Mahmoud's dinghy breaks on the rocks of the shore and they start to sink.
  • Mahmoud gives Hana to another dinghy that came up behind them. The rest of them could not get on because they would take up to much room on said dinghy.
  • Mahmoud sees his dad and Walled go underwater.
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  • Josef's father jumps into the sea.
  • His father tells stories about how they would drown someone at roll call everyday.
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  • Isabel and crew believe that they have arrived at Florida, but they have arrived at the Bahamas instead.
  • They offer to drop Isabel's mother off at the Bahamas so that she may get medical treatment, but she refuses because she and her baby would get deported back to Cuba, plus, they have a long journey left until they reach Florida.
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  • Mahmoud's mother is sad because she gave away her baby, Hana to a stranger that she didn't even know.
  • Mahmoud finds a working life jacket on a dead man.
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  • A Cuban Policeman swims after Josef's father.
  • Josef's father says that he would rather die than be with his family.
  • 2 Shark fins appear in the water.
  • A man with a pistol distracts the sharks from the Cuban Policeman and Josef's father.
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  • Isabel's boat is beginning to fall apart.
  • Ivan and Senor Castillo are having an argument about the boat and who built it.
  • They all decide to take turns hanging onto the boat from in the water to keep it afloat longer.
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  • Mahmoud hears an engine in the water in the distance. He yells at it and it comes closer.
  • Mahmoud's father and Waleed are both on that boat. (The boat is a Greek Coast Guard ship).
  • There are may bodies and life jackets laying in piles on the beach when they get there. Hana is also still missing.
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  • Josef's family meets the police officer that saved his father's life.
  • The police officer compliments Josef's mother on her beauty.
  • Josef's mother blames herself for her husband being sedated.
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  • A US Coast Guard ship appears along side the St. Louis. Josef thinks it it to make sure that they cannot land.
  • Josef's mother suddenly is not concerned about anything and only wants to go dancing with Josef in the dancing hall.
  • An announcement is made stating that they will not be able to enter.
  • A passenger wants Josef to help him storm the bridge that night so that the captain will be forced to not take them back.
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  • Something on Isabel's boat breaks as they are approaching Miami.
  • Isabel tries to break off the engine, though the others try to stop her.
  • Amara understands what she is trying to do.
  • The boat becomes level once the engine is gone.
  • The US Coast Guard stops them before they can enter Miami.
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  • The taxi driver threatens to kill Mahmoud and his family if they do not pay 300 euros.
  • Mahmoud's family joins a large group of refugees and slips through a fence.
  • Mahmoud is sprayed with tear gas and is losing air and his eyes burn. He thinks he is going to die.
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  • Josef agrees to help take over the ship.
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