Important event Dear Mr Kilmer

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WHAT happened?

WHO was there? Or Who was involved?

WHY did it happen?

WHEN did it happen?

WHERE did it happen?

IMPORTANT EVENTS

(1) Richard purposely missed shooting a buck.

(2) Richard wrote his first letter to Mr Kilmer.

(4) Richard was the only student who signed a sympathy card for the Schermers.

(5) Richard told his family and Mrs Hansen that he wrote poetry and wrote a letter to Mr Kilmer.

(6) Hannah declined the role of Lady Liberty. Richard declined his part as the Doughboy.

(7) Richard wrote a poem as a tribute to Mr Kilmer. In the poem, Richard likened Mr Kilmer to the "world".

(3) Hannah Schermer cried at the school hallway.

THEMES / MORAL VALUES / LESSONS
(TEMA / NILAI MURNI / PENGAJARAN)

FAMILY LOVE (T)

We must love our family. (MV)

We must be protective. (MV)

FRIENDSHIP (T)

We must be kind. (MV)

We must be helpful. (MV)

We must be brave. (MV)


We must stick to our principles to do what is right. (MV)

PATRIOTISM (T)

We must be patriotic. (MV)

We must be fair. (MV)


Dear Mr Kilmer by Anne Schraff
(Notes)

Prepared by [email protected] (SAMBBST)
Understand the following:
Terms
Meaning
Event / Incident
(What happened?)

Peristiwa
Peristiwa / kejadian yang berlaku di dalam sesebuah cerita
Cause
(Why did it happened?)
Penyebab
Mengapa sesuatu peristiwa berlaku.
Effect
Kesan
Apakah kesan-kesan kepada watak-watak yang terlibat apabila sesuatu peristiwa berlaku.
Character
Watak di dalam sesebuah cerita.
Characteristics / Qualities / Personalities
Perwatakan / Sifat / Kualiti seseorang watak.
Richard was the only student who signed a sympathy card for the Schermers.
Mrs Hansen asked her class to sign a card for the Schermers.
Someone vandalised the tavern owned by Hannah's parents.
They painted "Dirty Huns" all over the walls.
Mrs Hansen brought a card to express regret for what had happened.

CAUSES
EVENT
EFFECTS
The troublemakers like Abner, Harry, Blanche and Peggy refused to sign the card.
They warned other classmates not to sign the card.
The boys were afraid Abner and Harry would hit them.
The girls worry that popular girls like Peggy and Blanche would not speak to them.
After school, Richard took the card from Mrs Hansen. He wanted to give the card to Hannah.
On Richard's way to Hannah's home, Abner and Harry was waiting to hit him. They called Richard a Hun lover. Their cruel intention was in vain as Richard fought them back. They promised to leave Richard alone.
Hannah accepted the card reluctantly. Later, Hannah apologised to Richard for being rude.
This was the beginning of their friendship.
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Richard purposely missed shooting a buck.
Richard thought that hunting was not important.
Richard could not kill animals.
CAUSES
EVENT
EFFECTS
Gus, Richard's elder brother, was upset with Richard because Richard purposely misfired.
Richard's father, Pa, was also disappointed with Richard.
Richard told Pa that he had no right to kill it.
Richard told Pa that he felt painful and sad to kill an animal.
Pa told Richard not to go hunting anymore if he did not like it.
Pa asked Richard why he purposely missed shooting the buck.
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Richard told his family and Mrs Hansen that he wrote poetry.
Richard received a letter from Mr Kilmer.
Mr Kilmer advised Richard to overcome his fear.
CAUSES
EVENT
EFFECTS
Nobody was interested.
Gus did not believe that Mr Kilmer was famous.
Pa did not believe that Richard wrote poetry.
Richard asked whether his family members wanted to read his poems. Nobody was interested. Richard was sad.
The next day, Richard told Mrs Hansen that he wrote poetry. He showed her Mr Kilmer's letter.
Mrs Hansen helped Richard to choose a poem. Richard would send the poem to Mr Kilmer.
As advised by Mrs Hansen, Richard shared Mr Kilmer's latest letter and his poem with the class .
Some of his classmates, including Blanche and Peggy, were deeply moved by his poem. They started to respect Richard.
Hannah suggested a different ending to Richard's poem.
Gus advised Richard not tell anyone he wrote poetry. He wanted Richard to fit in with other people . Everyone called him a Hun Lover after he signed the card for Hannah.
Mr Kilmer advised Richard to share his poetry with people around him.
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Hannah declined the role of Lady Liberty. Richard declined his part as the Doughboy.
Hannah and Richard won the roles of Lady Liberty and the Doughboy respectively because they wrote the best essays. Mrs Hansen asked the class to write an essay as one of the activities for a patriotic programme which helped sell Liberty bonds.

Many students were angry with Mrs Hansen's decision. They regarded Hannah as an unpatriotic German although she was an American citizen.

CAUSES
EVENT
EFFECTS
Pa was disappointed when Richard declined the role of the Doughboy.
Pa advised Richard not to side with the Schermers.
Influenced by Abner's father story, he thought that the Schermers wanted the Germans to win the war.
Richard told his father that the Schermers were patriotic.
They wanted the Allies to win.
Hannah's brother, Otto, was an American soldier.
Some parents complained to the principal and demanded Mrs Hansen to choose someone else. Mrs Hansen did not change her mind.
Hannah wrote the best essay so Mrs Hansen asked Hannah to read it. After she read the essay, only Richard clapped his hand.
Hannah told Richard that her essay started a little war in Turtle lake. She did not want to cause any more problems. Richard wanted to support Hannah.
Hannah's friendship with Richard became stronger.
Hannah invited Richard to her house.
Richard got to know Hannah's parents.
Richard visited the Schermers whenever he felt lonely.
The Schermers understood his dreams.
Richard shared Mr Kilmer's letters with them.
He read his poems to them.
During Christmas, Hannah baked cookies for Mr Kilmer.
Mrs Schermer knitted a scarf to cheer Mr Kilmer up.
Gus told Richard that all students said that he was unpatriotic and a traitor.
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Richard wrote his first letter to Mr Kilmer.
Richard learnt about Mr Kilmer when Richard's English teacher, Mrs Hansen read a poem to the class. The title of the poem was "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer.

Mrs Hansen told the class that Mr Kilmer was a famous poet. He worked for "The New York Times".

CAUSES
EVENT
EFFECTS
Richard got Mr Kilmer's office address.
In his letter, Richard told Mr Kilmer that he wrote poems too. However, he kept this as a secret from everyone.
Richard asked for Mr Kilmer's advice . He wanted to know whether he should tell his secret to everybody.
Richard regarded Mr Kilmer as his new hero because Mr Kilmer loved poetry and was brave to enlist in the army.

This was how Richard became friends with Mr Kilmer. They always exchanged letters with each other.
Richard always sent a poem with his letters. Mr Kilmer would praise Richard and make suggestions to improve the poem.
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Richard wrote a poem as a tribute to Mr Kilmer.
Mr Kilmer was killed in the war between the Allies and the Germans.
Mr Kilmer was Richard's penpal.
CAUSES
EVENT
EFFECTS
The tribute was printed in the local newspaper, "The Turtle Lake Weekly".
Richard's father read the poem.
After reading the poem, his father told Richard about what happened to Richard's uncle, Roland.
His father never told Richard about this story.
Roland was killed in a war in Cuba. His father regarded Roland as his "world".
His father was amazed how Richard could use the same word in his poem.
His father finally supported Richard's passion in writing poetry.
Richard continued writing poems about farm life for the local newspaper.
Richard got his father's help as he was an experienced farmer. Every night, Richard read his poems aloud. His father would correct or give suggestions to improve the poems.
Richard was afraid that his father was going to be angry at him. His father did not like Richard writing poems.
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In the poem, Richard likened Mr Kilmer to the "world".
Hannah Schermer cried at the school hallway.
Someone scrawled "Dirty Hun" all over her book cover.
CAUSES
EVENT
EFFECTS
Richard told some of his schoolmates about it.
Richard realised that his schoolmates were mean to Hannah and her parents.
They said that the Schermers were Huns.
They said that the Schermers were unpatriotic because they spoke German and served Hun food at their tavern while a war was going on against Germany.

Starting from this incident, the Schermers were always being mistreated by some of the Turtle Lake people.
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IMPORTANT EVENTS
(1) Richard purposely missed shooting a buck.
(2) Richard wrote his first letter to Mr Kilmer.
(3) Hannah Schermer cried at the school hallway.
(4) Richard was the only student who signed a sympathy card for the Schermers.
(5) Richard told his family and Mrs Hansen that he wrote poetry and wrote a letter to Mr Kilmer.
(6) Hannah declined the role of Lady Liberty. Richard declined his part as the Doughboy.
(7) Richard wrote a poem as a tribute to Mr Kilmer. In the poem, Richard likened Mr Kilmer to the "world".

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When writing your response, answer these questions:
WHAT happened?
WHO was there? Or Who was involved?
WHY did it happen?
WHEN did it happen?
WHERE did it happen?

5/11/2016

Second level
Third level
Fourth level
Fifth level

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THEMES / MORAL VALUES / LESSONS
(TEMA / NILAI MURNI / PENGAJARAN)
FAMILY LOVE (T)
We must love our family. (MV)
FRIENDSHIP (T)
We must be kind. (MV)
We must be helpful. (MV)
We must stick to our principles to do what is right. (MV)
PATRIOTISM (T)
We must be patriotic. (MV)
We must be fair. (MV)

Important event Dear Mr Kilmer

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