World Book Week 2015 – The Diary of Anne Frank

For World Book Week 2015, Class 5 will be studying The Diary of Anne Frank. This book is one of the most famous texts ever published; it is a series of diary entries written by Anne – a young Dutch girl – as her and her family experience the horrors of Nazi occupation in World War 2.

It is an important book because it is a personal account of what it was like for ordinary people living through World War 2. Therefore, it is a very good source of evidence which helps us when we are studying WW2 in our history sessions. Also, it is a good way to learn about writing effective diary entries.

Click here to learn some facts about the book.

Click here to read her final diary entry.

Click here to read some quotes from the book, e.g. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

2 thoughts on “World Book Week 2015 – The Diary of Anne Frank

  • 27/02/2015 at 6:15 pm
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    I am currently reading the Diary of Anne Frank and I think it is very factual as it is giving us an insight of WW2 and how it affected people.

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  • 02/03/2015 at 6:42 pm
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    I am looking forward to this, it sounds very interesting. Maybe I will start to read it soon. Also, this book can very easily help us understand what it was like in WW2 and how people were feeling.

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