The Diary of Anne Frank

Story Mapping Questions-Act Two

Directions: Use the story mapping chart to record your answers. Write your answers in the appropriate box. Be sure to keep these questions along with your chart and bring to class each day. Do not work ahead; you will have time to complete the story mapping in class. Be detailed; we will use this information for a later activity. Notice that some numbers have TWO questions that need to be answered!!

Scene 1:

11. In what ways has the setting changed from the last scene of Act One? In what ways has it stayed the same?

Why is everyone startled when the buzzer rings? How do they react when they realize who it is?

12. What complication has arisen in the office that might affect those hiding in the Annex?

What two events occur that affect the inhabitants of the Annex greatly?

Scene 3:

13. What have the residents of the Annex just discovered?

What does the invasion of Normandy mean for the residents of the Annex?

Scene 4:

14. What mixture of good and bad news does Anne’s diary entry contain?

Why are the residents of the Annex so tense?

15. What is the climax of the plot?

16. What happens after the soldiers take the group away?

The Diary of Anne Frank

Story Mapping Questions-Act Two

Directions: Use the story mapping chart to record your answers. Write your answers in the appropriate box. Be sure to keep these questions along with your chart and bring to class each day. Do not work ahead; you will have time to complete the story mapping in class. Be detailed; we will use this information for a later activity. Notice that some numbers have TWO questions that need to be answered!!

Scene 1:

11. In what ways has the setting changed from the last scene of Act One? In what ways has it stayed the same?

Why is everyone startled when the buzzer rings? How do they react when they realize who it is?

12. What complication has arisen in the office that might affect those hiding in the Annex?

What two events occur that affect the inhabitants of the Annex greatly?

Scene 3:

13. What have the residents of the Annex just discovered?

What does the invasion of Normandy mean for the residents of the Annex?

Scene 4:

14. What mixture of good and bad news does Anne’s diary entry contain?

Why are the residents of the Annex so tense?

15. What is the climax of the plot?

16. What happens after the soldiers take the group away?