Letters from Rifka | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

September 2 - February 25 Abstract

* "Letters from Rifka" begins with a twelve-year-old Russian girl named Rifka writing to her cousin, Tovah, telling her of how Rifka's family escaped Russia in order to go to America.
* Rifka tells Tovah that she had to distract the guards on the train so they would not...
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