06-16-2025, 01:28 PM
Below are creative activities based on the chapter "In the Attic" from the Kerala 10th English Textbook, Unit 1, Chapter 2. Each activity includes a task description and a sample response to serve as an answer. The activities include character sketches, conversations, diary entries, letters, emails, news reports, and speeches, designed to engage students with the text's themes, characters, and historical context.
An Example:
Task: Write a letter from Szpilman to Wilm Hosenfeld, written in 1946 after Szpilman learns of Hosenfeld’s capture by the Red Army. Express gratitude, regret, and a desire to help.
Sample Response:
Warsaw, Poland
March 10, 1946
Dear Captain Hosenfeld,
I write to you with a heavy heart, having learned of your capture by the Soviet forces. My name is Szpilman, the pianist you found hiding in that Warsaw attic in 1944. I am alive today
because of your compassion, and words cannot express my gratitude. In those dark days, when I was starving and alone, you saw me not as a fugitive but as a human being. You brought me bread, jam, and an eiderdown, but more than that, you gave me hope. Your words, “The war will be over by spring,” kept me going through the coldest nights. Your shame at being
German, your refusal to embrace the horrors around us, showed me that kindness can survive even in war.
I am tormented by the thought that you are now a prisoner, unable to reach out. I promised to help you if I survived, and I meant it. I’ve returned to Polish Radio, as I said I would, and I’m searching for ways to advocate for your release. If this letter reaches you, please know I am trying. If it does not, I will honor your memory by living fully, playing music, and telling the world of the German officer who saved a Jew’s life at great risk.
You gave me a future, and I pray I can offer you some measure of justice. May you find strength, as you once urged me to.
With deepest gratitude,
Szpilman
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Kerala 10th English Textbook Unit 1 Ch 2 In the Attic Creative Activities.pdf (Size: 284.23 KB / Downloads: 4)
An Example:
Task: Write a letter from Szpilman to Wilm Hosenfeld, written in 1946 after Szpilman learns of Hosenfeld’s capture by the Red Army. Express gratitude, regret, and a desire to help.
Sample Response:
Warsaw, Poland
March 10, 1946
Dear Captain Hosenfeld,
I write to you with a heavy heart, having learned of your capture by the Soviet forces. My name is Szpilman, the pianist you found hiding in that Warsaw attic in 1944. I am alive today
because of your compassion, and words cannot express my gratitude. In those dark days, when I was starving and alone, you saw me not as a fugitive but as a human being. You brought me bread, jam, and an eiderdown, but more than that, you gave me hope. Your words, “The war will be over by spring,” kept me going through the coldest nights. Your shame at being
German, your refusal to embrace the horrors around us, showed me that kindness can survive even in war.
I am tormented by the thought that you are now a prisoner, unable to reach out. I promised to help you if I survived, and I meant it. I’ve returned to Polish Radio, as I said I would, and I’m searching for ways to advocate for your release. If this letter reaches you, please know I am trying. If it does not, I will honor your memory by living fully, playing music, and telling the world of the German officer who saved a Jew’s life at great risk.
You gave me a future, and I pray I can offer you some measure of justice. May you find strength, as you once urged me to.
With deepest gratitude,
Szpilman
For details click
Kerala 10th English Textbook Unit 1 Ch 2 In the Attic Creative Activities.pdf (Size: 284.23 KB / Downloads: 4)