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When will our students create the poems (are there examples) and where will they be published?

Once the Learning Circle has reached phase 4, research and answers, the facilitators will a space in the summary section where each class can create a personal page per student to add their thoughts, art and or Poems.

In the October-November 2009 Echoes pilot, the Dutch and Canadian students each made a poem.

This is where you will find the overview of all Poems made during the pilot. Dutch students also created video clips with their Flip cams.

See the example of Jacquelien Lenferink beneath.

About the book  

Title: De jongen in de gestreepte pyjama

Author: John Boyne 

Pages: 224 pages

Publisher: Arena Amsterdam

Year and place of publishing: February 2006, Amsterdam

Language: originally English, translated into Dutch

About the fragment

What is the content of the fragment you have chosen? (do not use more than 100 words)

I chose different fragments from the book and I've put them together. I did that because Bruno (the German boy) isn't really in a part of the war; that's because his father has a very high and important role in the Nazigroup. I did use the parts when they say: 'we are best friends forever and ever, no one can stop our friendship.' They have a very special friendship, they have never played with eachother.  

Why did you choose this fragment? (do not use more than 50 words)

The biggest part where the poem is about is about the end, when Bruno and Shmuel are put together with a very big group into a gaschamber, while they both don't know what's going to happen. They both die. 

Best friends forever

never split apart.

Until death takes us away.

The poem

The friendship through the fence

Best friends forever 

Blocked by the fence

Best friends forever

Stopped by the marching soldiers.

Best friends forever

Blocked by the Fürher

Best friends forever

Stopped by their differences.

Best friends forever

No longer blocked by the fence

Best friends forever

A friendship that no one could ever end.

Even older sisters

Even adults

Even soldiers

Even difference

Even death.

The filmclip

Introduction:

Poem: