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WHAT
happened?
WHO was
WHERE did there? Or
it happen? When Who was
writing your involved?
response,
answer these
questions:
We must be kind.
(MV)
THEMES / MORAL
VALUES / LESSONS
PATRIOTISM (T) We must be helpful.
(TEMA / NILAI MURNI / (MV)
PENGAJARAN)
IMPORTANT
EVENTS
(6) Hannah declined
(3) Hannah Schermer
the role of Lady Liberty.
cried at the school
Richard declined his
hallway.
part as the Doughboy.
3
Richard realised that his schoolmates were mean to
Hannah and her parents.
• They said that the Schermers were Huns.
Someone scrawled “Dirty Hun” Hannah Schermer cried at the • They said that the Schermers were unpatriotic
all over her book cover. school hallway.
because they spoke German and served Hun
food at their tavern while a war was going on
against Germany.
They warned other classmates Hannah accepted the card reluctantly. Later,
not to sign the card. Hannah apologised to Richard for being rude.
• The boys were afraid Abner This was the beginning of their friendship.
and Harry would hit them.
• The girls worry that popular
girls like Peggy and Blanche
would not speak to them.
CAUSES EVENT EFFECTS
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Gus advised Richard not tell anyone he wrote
poetry. He wanted Richard to fit in with other
people . Everyone called him a Hun Lover after he
Mr Kilmer advised Richard to Richard told his family and Mrs
signed the card for Hannah.
overcome his fear. Hansen that he wrote poetry.
Hannah and Richard won the roles of Lady Gus told Richard that all students said that he was
Liberty and the Doughboy respectively unpatriotic and a traitor.
because they wrote the best essays. Mrs
Hansen asked the class to write an essay as
one of the activities for a patriotic Pa was disappointed when Richard declined the role
programme which helped sell Liberty bonds. of the Doughboy.
• Pa advised Richard not to side with the
Schermers.
Hannah wrote the best essay so Mrs Hansen • Influenced by Abner’s father story, he thought
asked Hannah to read it. After she read the
6 that the Schermers wanted the Germans to win
essay, only Richard clapped his hand. the war.
Hannah declined the • Richard told his father that the Schermers were
role of Lady Liberty. patriotic.
Many students were angry with Mrs Hansen’s Richard declined his • They wanted the Allies to win.
decision. They regarded Hannah as an part as the Doughboy. • Hannah’s brother, Otto, was an American soldier.
unpatriotic German although she was an
American citizen.
Hannah’s friendship with Richard became stronger.
• Hannah invited Richard to her house.
Some parents complained to the principal • Richard got to know Hannah’s parents.
and demanded Mrs Hansen to choose • Richard visited the Schermers whenever he felt
someone else. Mrs Hansen did not change lonely.
her mind. • The Schermers understood his dreams.
• Richard shared Mr Kilmer’s letters with them.
• He read his poems to them.
• During Christmas, Hannah baked cookies for Mr
Hannah told Richard that her essay started a Kilmer.
little war in Turtle lake. She did not want to • Mrs Schermer knitted a scarf to cheer Mr Kilmer
cause any more problems. Richard wanted to up.
support Hannah.
CAUSES EVENT EFFECTS
Mr Kilmer was killed in the war Richard was afraid that his father was going to be
between the Allies and the angry at him. His father did not like Richard writing
Germans. poems.
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After reading the poem, his father told Richard
about what happened to Richard’s uncle, Roland.
Richard wrote a poem as a His father never told Richard about this story.
Mr Kilmer was Richard’s penpal.
tribute to Mr Kilmer. Roland was killed in a war in Cuba. His father
regarded Roland as his “world”.
His father was amazed how Richard could use
the same word in his poem.
In the poem, Richard likened Mr
Kilmer to the “world”. Richard continued writing poems about farm life for
the local newspaper.