ROAR Journal Entry 10

Salma El-Behaedi
The Star of Kazan
360-388

5 Comments

1. Stefan gets to know Zed and they soon become very good friends . Annika is very excited because now two of her best friends have become closer.
2. Herr Egghart decides to take a trip with his family but soon gets in trouble and is chased by policemen.
3. Zed apologizes to Annika about the misunderstanding between him and her mother and Annika forgives him.
4. Ellie and Sigrid are grateful that Annika has finally come back to Vienna to live her normal life again and things turn out for the best.
5. Annika makes a new friend named Hansi who also soon becomes Zed's friend and helps him with the stable.

4 Questions

1. If Frau Edeltraut were to state the best characteristic in her daughter personality what would it be?
2. How do the professors want to continue the rest of their lives of they have to take care of Annika and how big a responsibility she is?
3. Is Annika proud of the choice that she made to go back to Spittal?
4. How does Frau Edeltraut plan to continue her life without her daughter Annika?

3 Vocabulary Words

1. Disarray ( page 363)
Definition: Lack of order

2. apprentice ( page 372)
Definition: one bound to serve another

3. municipal ( page 368)
Definition: relating to self-government

2 Literary Techniques

1. Simile
"..the tulip looked like it had been..."( page 376)

2. Imagery
" ..long black skirt clung the fragments of a buttered roll." ( page 388)

1 Sentence Overview

Annika is back to Spittal and meets many new friends but at the same time her best friend Pauline discovers the truth of the Star of Kazan.