All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Each student will write their daily answers out on a piece of paper & turn it in to Mrs. Johnson or type

the answers in a google document & share with johnsonj@.

Day One: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Write a summary of Chapter 1 in your notebook.

Start a character list in your notes: Tjaden, M¨¹ller, Stanislaus ¡°Kat¡± Katczinsky, Albert Kropp, Leer, Paul

B?umer, Haie Westhus, Detering, ¡°Ginger¡± Heinrich, Franz Kemmerich, Kantorek, Bulcke, Joseph Behm,

Chapter 1 (pages 1-18)

1. What is meant by the ¡°front?¡± Discuss with your group and/or look it up. Write a thorough definition.

2. Look up & define ¡°haricot¡± (1) and ¡°voracity.¡± (1-2) Define ¡°quid¡± in terms of the ¡°two quids of chew

per man.¡± (2)

3. ¡°The Prussian is not so generous.¡± (2) Do some research. To whom is the narrator referring? Look into

Prussia in terms of World War One. What does ¡°English heavies¡± (2) refer to? Look it up.

4. The novel was written originally in German but was translated into British English. Many of the words

will be British or European. Define ¡°queue.¡± (3, 4) What is ¡°mis¨¨re ouverte?¡± (9)

5. What do ¡°brothel¡± and ¡°chemise¡± mean? (3)

6. Define ¡°dixie¡± as it is used in the text. (6) What does ¡°latrine¡± mean? (7) Define ¡°billets.¡± (9)

7. Why is there so much extra food for the Second Company? Write a thorough explanation.

8. What do the soldiers seem to appreciate the most? (more than one)

9. What is ¡°No Man¡¯s Land?¡± (12) Look it up in terms of World War One.

10. What has happened to Franz Kemmerich?

Day Two: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Write a summary of Chapter 2 in your notebook.

Add to your character list in your notes: Corporal Himmelstoss, Wolf, Wegeler

Chapter 2 (pages 19-33)

1. Why does Paul feel that the war is particularly tough on young soldiers of nineteen or twenty years

old, like his friends and himself? Also, how have they changed since they enlisted?

2. Define ¡°Frisian¡± (22), ¡°Mess¡± (23), ¡°esprit de corps¡± (26), ¡°carbolic¡± (29) and ¡°saveloy¡± (33) in context.

3. Describe Paul¡¯s experience in his training platoon under Corporal Himmelstoss.

4. What does Paul think & say as he sits with Kemmerich?

5. Summarize the story of M¨¹ller and Kemmerich¡¯s boots. (pages 16-17, 20-21, 27-33)

Day Three: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Write a summary of Chapter 3 in your notebook.

Add to your character list in your notes: Kindervater

Chapter 3 (pages 35-50)

1. Describe ¡°Kat¡± in some detail.

2. Horses are mentioned in ¡°horse-box¡± (37) and ¡°horse-flesh¡± (39). Do a little research. What role did

horses play in World War One?

3. What is Kropp¡¯s suggestion to end the war?

4. They speculate about Himmelstoss. Why do they think he was so mean to them?

5. Tell the whole story of Tjaden & Himmelstoss.

Day Four: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Chapter 4 ¨C first half (pages 51-64)

1. Define in context ¡°wiring fatigue.¡± (51) It may require some research. Define the British vocabulary

words, ¡°lorries¡± (51,57) and ¡°Tommies.¡± (53)

2. Describe the bombardments.

3. What is the significance of Paul mentioning Flanders, Belgium and Vosges, France on page 56?

4. How does Paul help a young recruit?

5. Why is Detering especially upset?

Day Five: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Write a summary of Chapter 4 in your notebook.

Chapter 4 ¨C second half (pages 65-74)

1. Describe their experience being bombarded in the graveyard.

2. Describe the gas-shelling.

3. Look up some details about the gas masks used in World War One. Why does one man try ¡°to tear off

his gas-mask¡± (69) and why does Paul feel he is suffocating? (70) What does he mean by ¡°I polish the

windows?¡± (70)

4. What has happened to the young recruit Paul tried to comfort earlier?

5. Describe the ride back to their barracks.

Day Six: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Chapter 5 ¨C beginning (pages 75-91)

1. What are the living and health conditions for the men of the 2nd Company? Give several examples.

2. What do Albert, Kat, Haie, and Detering say they will do after the war is over?

3. How do the men react to the news that Himmelstoss has been assigned to the front? How does

Tjaden get in trouble?

4. They still imitate and mock their old teacher from home, Kantorek. What do they think now of him

and his lessons?

5. Analyze Albert¡¯s statement, ¡°The war has ruined us for everything.¡± (87)

Day Seven: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Write a summary of Chapter 5 in your notebook.

Chapter 5 ¨C ending and Chapter 6 ¨C beginning (pages 91-108)

1. Describe the adventure Paul & Cat have.

2. How does Paul feel about Kat?

3. How do the men feel when they pass by a stack of newly made coffins?

4. How does Paul describe a soldier¡¯s relationship with Chance?

5. Tell about the rats in the trenches.

Day Eight: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Chapter 6 ¨C middle (pages 108-123)

1. In the trenches and the underground bunkers, the men wait. Describe the conditions and the mood.

2. What do they do to the young recruit who panics?

3. Describe the attack once they get above ground.

4. A French soldier surrenders. What happens to him?

5. Paul is still a young man, but he remembers his ¡°youth¡± as long ago. Describe his thoughts & feelings.

Day Nine: Read today¡¯s assigned pages.

Cooperate with your reading group.

You may want to use a laptop or your Smartphone for the definitions and research.

Write a summary of Chapter 6 in your notebook.

Chapter 6 ¨C end (pages 123-136)

1. They search for a man for two days in No Man¡¯s Land. Why? Who is he? What happens to him?

2. Reinforcements are badly needed, but why are the young recruits not helpful as reinforcements?

3. What kind of a soldier does Paul discover Himmelstoss to be out in the field?

4. This battle has been brutal and deadly. Give some details and examples.

5. How many men are left in the Second Company?

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