Read with a group group members read an agreedupon number of pages, complete the corresponding student journal page s, and meet to discuss. Karen hesse is the author of many books for young people, including out of the. She encounters many setbacks on her journey that discourage her passage to america, and i think the best part of the book is seeing how rifka gets through these setbacks. But she dreams that in the new country she will at last be safe from the russian soldiers and their harsh treatment of the jews. This book has won many awards, including the national jewish book award. Sections date we will finish reading date we will discuss 1. Letters from rifka quizzes online, trivia, questions. This book is an indepth look at a 12 year old girls struggle to get to america from russia.
Start studying letters from rifka vocabulary, pages 51145. Knowing she will not likely see her cousin again, rifka begins to write a series of letters to her cousin on the blank pages of the pushkin book and eventually on the end papers and margins. Letters from rifka vocabulary, pages 51145 quizlet. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more.
In 1919, rifka, age 12, and her family escape from russia. Rifka s family hid in the trains boxcars, and rifka had to distract the soldiers. Letters from rifka has also won a number of awards, among them the national jewish book award, the ira childrens book award, and citations by the american library association, school library journal, horn book, and booklist. Letters from rifka is a story about a jewish girl that escapes to america because her brothers are wanted by the german army. Dec 16, 2015 letters from rifka by karen hesse in chm, epub, fb2 download e book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. However, rifka encounters many difficulties along the way.
Then have students briefly research each country and provide relevant. Free letters from rifka worksheets and literature unit for. Letters from rifka plan your schedule my group members are. The letters, each prefaced by a few telling lines of pushkin, tell of the fear, indignities, privation, and disease endured as they traveled through poland and into. Plot summary letters from rifkabook project by anna dayton. Feb 01, 2009 rifka, the protagonist of this book, is 12years old, which matches the beginning age for appropriateness of this book. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The book received much critical acclaim upon its publication and received both the 1992.
Read the book form the group that will read letters from rifka. This one page guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of letters from rifka by karen hesse. Have students use a blank world map to trace the journey of rifka and her family. Karen hesse was born in baltimore, maryland on august 29, 1952. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Our online letters from rifka trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top letters from rifka quizzes. Buy letters from rifka book online at low prices in india letters. We plan to read letters from rifka and meet on these dates. They chose rifka because she could speak russian and she had light hair and blue eyes. Rifka knows nothing about america when she flees from russia with her family in 1919. For each country rifka visits, have students label that country on the map. She endures prejudice, displays family loyalty, and shows perseverance and growth.
Letters from rifka is a childrens historical novel by karen hesse, published by holt in 1992. Rifka and her family are fleeing from russia to america in 1919. She has received honors including the scott odell historical fiction award, the christopher award, and the macarthur fellowship genius award, making her only the second childrens book author to receive this prestigious grant. This novel study divides letters from rifka into six sections for study. Occasionally, when i grab a banana, i remember rifka laughing about how people on the island used bananas to tell if someone was a new immigrant. Letters from rifka novel study by thebookumbrella tpt. I think it is really good and totally glues your eyes to the words on the pages. In the book letters from rifka by karen hesse, a young jewish girl named rifka, has to go through an experience such as escaping religious belief and running away from pogroms. To ask other readers questions about letters from rifka, please sign up. The huge overarching moral of the story is that looks dont matter. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading letters from rifka. She married randy hesse before she started college. Both rifka and ilya were grated permission to enter america. This book tackles the issues of antisemitism and a totalitarian government, which are the underlying causes of rifkas familys need to flee russia.
Among contemporary honors it won the 1993 national jewish book award in category childrens literature. However, rifka convinced him to read from her book and the officials saw that he was actually very intelligent, and was granted permission. I bought it for my 9year old and, thankfully, read a part of it first before making a determination to give it to her. Also, i liked how she was the little mother of a polish baby when the babys real mom died from typhus. My favorite highlights were when rifka and her family got typhus but survived. I learned more about jewish history from this book. When a case of ringworm prevents rifka from joining her russian family as they emigrate to the united states, she spends nine months living in warsaw, with her care overseen by the hebrew immigrant aid society. When a case of ringworm prevents rifka from joining her russian family as they emigrate. Letters from rifka 1993 read online free book by karen. Find books like letters from rifka from the worlds largest community of readers.
View letters from rifka study guide from science 208 at riviera beach maritime academy. Her family had to flee russia so her brothers would not be killed because they fled their regiment in the russian armed services. Nov, 2019 giving rifka a book helped to expand the readers understanding of her character, as well as providing a vehicle in which she could record her tale. I want to have a copy of this book to keep and read for years to come and then to pass on to newer readers. Letters from rifka is a book about a young girl from russia on her journey to america with her family. This is a novel study for letters from rifka by karen hesse. Letters from rifka is the story of a young russianjewish girl and her family who leave their homeland in 1919 to travel to america. Beginning in russia in 1919, this epistolary novel, based on experiences of the authors greataunt, tells how 12yearold rifka nebrot and her family fled the antisemitism of postrevolutionary russia and emigrated to the us. On their way to the us, rifka writes the story of her journey in a book. This book includes an interview with the author, karen hesse. Jan 01, 1992 in the book letters from rifka by karen hesse, a young jewish girl named rifka, has to go through an experience such as escaping religious belief and running away from pogroms. It features a jewish familys emigration from russia in 1919, to belgium and ultimately to the u. Goodreads members who liked letters from rifka also liked. Free letters from rifka study unit worksheets for teachers to print.
At the end, rifka is finally able to send the letters to her cousin. Along the way she faces many obstacles and the only way she feels comfort is when she writes in a book called pushkin, that her cousin gave her. In letters from rifka, rifka and her family travel to many countries before arriving in the united states. A comprehensive database of letters from rifka quizzes online, test your knowledge with letters from rifka quiz questions. Pj our way offers free, monthly jewish chapter books to kids 911 years of age. Karen hesse is the author of many books for young people, including out of the dust, winner of the newbery medal, brooklyn bridge, phoenix rising, sable and lavender.
After doing a bit of research, i felt pushkin, whose poetry i knew only in passing, seemed the best optionhis work would have been in print and its possible rifkas family, particularly. Karen hesse is the author of many books for young people, including out of the dust, winner of. I remember being so fascinated by rifkas story i still think back to it today. The soldiers came to the boxcars to search for nathan, and rifka distracted them. She studied poetry at college, but she also got her undergraduates degree. Twelveyearold rifkas journey from a jewish community in the ukraine to ellis island is anything but smooth sailing. Follow rifka as she travels to america to avoid the harsh reality of life in russia. I dont think that a girl before the age of 12 needs to.
Her other books for older readers include the music of dolphins, a time of angels, a light in the storm, and phoenix. The purchase of this book entitles an individual teacher to reproduce pages for use in the classroom. National jewish book award, ira childrens and young adults book award, school library best books of the year, national. Persecuted in russia by the soldiers and others who dislike jews, rifka s family makes their way across russia to poland and the u. Letters from rifka by karen hesse, 9780312535612, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Aug 20, 2010 letters from rifka is an extraordinary book. Rifka s family quickly packed up their things and left. On their departure, rifka is given a book of pushkin poems by her cousin tovah. In letters to her cousin, a young jewish girl chronicles her familys flight from russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in belgium for a. Karen hesses young adult historical novel, letters from rifka 1992, centers on a young jewish girl and her journey from russia to belgium in 1919.
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