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Type: Open-Ended
Category: Compare and Contrast
Level: Grade 7
Standards: CCRA.R.9, CCRA.W.9, RL.7.9, W.7.9
Tags: ELA-Literacy.RL.7.9
Author: szeiger
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Papa opened the front door for the soldiers. A German voice said, "The Rosens' apartment is empty. We are wondering if they might be visiting their good friends, the Johansens."
"Well," said Papa, moving slightly so that he was standing in front of Annemarie's bedroom door. "As you see, you are mistaken. There's no one here but my family."
"You will not object if we look around." The voice was harsh, and it was not a question.
"It seems we have no choice," Papa replied.
"Please don't wake my children," Mama requested.
The heavy-booted feet moved across the floor and into the other bedroom. A closet door opened and closed with a bang. Annemarie eased her bedroom door closed silently. She stumbled through the darkness to the bed. "Ellen," she whispered urgently, "take your necklace off!" She knew if the soldiers caught sight of the Star of David hanging around Ellen's neck, they would know she was Jewish and all would be lost.
"I can't get it open!" Ellen said frantically. "I never take it off. I can't even remember how to open it!" Annemarie heard a voice just outside the door.
"What is here?" demanded the soldier.
"Shh," her mother replied. "My daughters' bedroom. They are sound asleep."
"What should we do?" Ellen asked her friend in a panic.
Annemarie didn't hesitate. "Hold still," she whispered. "This will hurt." She grabbed the little gold chain, yanked with all her strength . . . and broke it.
The two girls heaved a collective sigh of relief as Annemarie crumpled the necklace into her hand and closed her fingers tightly around it. Maybe now, if they were very, very quiet, they'd be safe.
Annemarie and Ellen closed their eyes and pretended to sleep. Just then, the door burst open. Heavy boots thudded across the floor. They could feel the piercing eyes of a soldier as he scoured the room. After three minutes of eternity, the soldier marched out of the room and slammed the door shut behind him.
The girls held each other tightly. They were safe . . . for now.

Grade 7 Compare and Contrast CCSS: CCRA.R.9, CCRA.W.9, RL.7.9, W.7.9

Read the following passage about the Holocaust:

Exact numbers never will be known, but an estimated eleven million people died between 1933 and 1945 as a direct result of the Holocaust. About five million were among various groups of people who refused to acknowledge the leadership of Adolf Hitler or those whom the German Fuehrer disliked €”political dissenters; artists; homosexuals; the mentally and physically handicapped; priests; the Roma and Sinti; Jehovah's Witnesses; and Freemasons are just a few examples. Over half of the victims, nearly 6 million, were people of the Jewish faith.

After reading this informational text, do you think the fictional passage above accurately represents the Holocaust?