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Set up your Rifka Book
Each student needs 14 sheets of notebook paper staple in the top left corner only
Follow the directions on the next couple of slides1st sheet will be the title page2nd sheet will be the Table of Contents3rd sheet will be numbered page 1 (in the top outside corner)
Continue to number pages 2-24 fronts are odd numbers and backs are even numbers
Pre-teach Vocabulary
• Cut apart the words and definitions and match the words to its correct definition.
• You may need to use a dictionary.
• Go over as a class to check you answers
• Glue in alphabetical order to page 23
• This page should be titled the Glossary
Title page
• Create a title page for your Rifka book• It must include – Title of Book– Author– Picture – Publisher (you)– Date (12-2012)
Table of Contents Page
• Create a Table of contents page
• List date and location for each letter
Table of Contents12345
Title PageTable of ContentsSeptember 2, 1919 – RussiaSeptember 3, 1919 – PolandOctober 5, 1919 – Poland
For each Letter use a new page in your Rifka book
• Title each page with the date and place of the letter
• Copy the poem• Write the Salutation line for each
letter• Draw a line • Copy the questions and answer
the questions for that letter below the line
September 2, 1919Russia… and fromThe gloomy land of lonely exileTo a new country bade me come…. -Pushkin
My Dear Cousin Tovah___________________
1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3. ~~~~~~~~
September 2, 1919Russia
1. What was Rifka supposed to do at the train station?2. What gift did Tovah give to Rifka?3. In what does Rifka write her letters to Tovah and why?4. Where are Rifka and her family going as they leave Russia?5. Inference: Based on the story, what can you infer about the situation faced
by Rifka and her family?6. Imagine how you would feel, faced with the same situation. How would you
react, and explain how it would make you feel.
… and fromThe gloomy land of lonely exileTo a new country bade me come…
-PushkinMy Dear Cousin Tovah,
Page 1
September 3, 1919Poland
1. Why does Rifka think Russia is not as bad for Tovah as it is for her?
… And with a sword he clove my breast,Plucked out the heart he made beat higher,And in my stricken bosom pressedInstead a coal of living fire.…
-Pushkin
Dear Tovah,
Page 2
October 5, 1919Motziv, Poland
1. What illness do Rifka and some of her family members get that keeps them in Poland longer than they intend to stay?
Casual gift, oh, gift unutile,Life, why wert thou given me?Why should Fate thus grant us futileTerms of doomed mortality?…
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 3
November 3, 1919Motziv, Poland
Create a timeline of the first four letters. Include the date, location and a picture for each letter.
A thirst in spirit, through the gloomOf an unpeopled waste I blundered…
-Pushkin
Dear Tovah,
Page 4
November 27, 1919en route to Warsaw
How did Rifka’s family get the money to purchase steamship tickets to the United States?
… In hope, in torment, we are turningToward freedom, waiting her command…
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 5
November 30, 1919Warsaw, Poland
Why isn’t Rifka allowed to purchase passage to the United States with her family?
… Goal, there can be none before me,Empty-hearted, idle-willed.Life’s monotony rolls o’er me,Tired with longings unfulfilled.
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 6
December 1, 1919Warsaw, Poland
Since Rifka can’t go on to the United States with her family, where is she sent instead?
… As conquered by the last cold air,When winter whistles in the wind,Alone upon a branch that’s bareA trembling leaf is left behind.
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 7
February 25, 1920Antwerp, Belgium
What do her parents give Rifka before they leave her in Belgium?
… Sleep evades me, there’s no light:Darkness wraps the earth with slumber,Only weary tickings number….
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 8
March 17, 1920Antwerp, Belgium
Create a timeline for letters 5-9. Include the date, location and a picture for each letter.
… With freedom’s seed the desert sowing,I walked before the morning star...
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 9
July 29, 1920Antwerp, Belgium
What three foods found in the Belgium marketplace does Rifka enjoy the most?
… And I shall know some savor of elationAmidst the cares, the woes, and the vexation...
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 10
September 14, 1920Antwerp, Belgium
… The sister of misfortune, HopeIn the under-darkness dumbSpeaks joyful courage to your heart:The day desired will come....
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 11
September 16, 1920Somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean
Why does Rifka believe that those she left in Russia are braver than she?
… We numbered many in the ship,Some spread the sails, some pulled, together,The mighty oars; ‘twas placid weather.The rudder in his steady grip,Our helmsman silently was steeringThe heavy galley through the sea,While I, from doubts and sorrows free,Sang to the crew...
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 12
September 21, 1920Atlantic Ocean
Why does Rifka finally cry on the ship?
… When suddenly,A storm! And the wide sea was rearing…The helmsman and the crew were lost.No sailor by the storm was tossedAshore – but I, who had been singing.I chant the songs I loved of yoreI dry my robes, all wet and clinging.
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 13
October 1, 1920Entering New York Harbor
Create a timeline for letters 10-14. Include the date, location and a picture for each letter.
… And thoughts stir bravely in my head, and rhymesRun forth to meet them on light feet, and fingersReach for the pen...
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 14
October 2, 1920Ellis Island
Why are the officials at Ellis Island concerned about Rifka’s lack of hair?
… Give me your hand. I will returnAt the beginning of October...
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 15
October 7, 1920Ellis Island
Why does Rifka think that her mother will be displeased the she befriends a child, Llya?
… My path is bleak – before me stretch my marrows:A tossing sea, foreboding toil and sorrows.And yet I do not wish to die, be sure;I want to live – think, suffer, and endure...
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 16
October 9, 1920Ellis Island
What is a greenhorn? Explain and give an example from the letter.
… I’m lean and shaven, but alive;...And there is hope that I may thrive….
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 17
October 11, 1920Ellis Island
Create a timeline for letters 15-18. Include the date, location and a picture for each letter.
?
… They say ill things of the last days of Autumn:But I, friend reader, not a one will hear;Her quiet beauty touches me as surelyAs does a wistful child, to no one dear….
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 18
October 14, 1920Ellis Island
Write a short summary of this letter or draw a picture of the main action in this letter?
… Oh, mournful season that delights the eyes,Your farewell beauty captivates my spirit.I love the pomp of Nature’s fading dyes,The forests, garmented in gold and purple,The rush of noisy wind, and the pale skiesHalf-hidden by the clouds in darkling billows,And the rare sun-ray and the early frost,And threats of grizzled Winter, heard and lost….
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 19
October 21, 1920Ellis Island
Create a timeline for letters 19-20. Include the date, location and a picture for each letter.
… This heart its leave of you has taken;Accept, my distant dear, love’s close,As does the wife death leaves forsaken,As does the exile’s comrade, shakenAnd mute, who clasps him once, and goes.
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 20
October 22, 1920Ellis Island
1 How does Rifka know that Llya is smart and not a simpleton like the authorities think?
2 Why does Llya want Rifka to read to Mr. Fargate?
… The heavy-hanging chains will fall,The walls will crumble at a word;And Freedom greet you in the light,And brothers give you back the sword.
-PushkinDear Tovah,
Page 21
Cover for your Rifka book
Using a large piece of manila paper, fold it in half and decorate the front cover. Design your own cover with a picture that makes sense for the book. You can not use the same picture that is on the original book. The cover must also have the title "Letters From Rifka", author "Karen Hesse" and "Published by students name"
Directions for Rifka Travels map1. Label each place that Rifka stopped/visited during her adventuresRUSSIABERDICHEV, UKRAINEMotziv, POLANDWarsaw, POLANDAntwerp, BELGIUMATLANTIC OCEANNew York HarborEllis IslandAMERICA2. Color those countries and illustrate the activities that occurred at each location using picture bubbles.3. Color all other land areas Beige4. Color water blueAttach your map to the back cover of your Rifka book cover.
Inside back cover
The story ends as Rifka is allowed to enter the United States. Compose Rifka’s next letter. Make it a reflection of her experiences as she adjusts to life in a new country. Try to use Rifka’s style of writing.
