FINAL 1) For the following characters list everything you know about, and their importance in the book. Elie: Chlomo: Moshe the Beadle: Akiba Drumer: Madame Schachter: Juliek: Joshef Mengele: Idek: Franek: Zalman: Stein Bela Katz What is the motto of Auschwitz? List two foreshadows List and explain the meaning of a symbol. What was greeting the Jews received upon arriving at Auschwitz? What is ironic about this? What is ironic about Juliek’s death? What was the work camp of Auschwitz where Elie and his father stayed for most of the novel? What horrific sight does Elie see on the train (cattle cars)? What is ironic about this sight? What...
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Monday - Projects
Unit Learning goal: Students will determine the author’s purpose by citing specific evidence from the text and creating a project (video, PowerPoint, spoken word presentation with visual aids) that connects Night to other works that contain ideas of 1) social injustice; 2) the use of memory as a force of change; 3) the Holocaust. Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal: 4 – The student can determine the author’s purpose by citing specific evidence from the text and connect NIGHT to many works, fiction and nonfiction, that contain ideas of social justice, memory as a force of change, and the Holocaust. 3 – The student can determine author’s purpose and cite evidence from the text and connect NIGHT to another work – either fiction or nonfiction – by connecting one of the following ideas: social justice, memory as a force of change, and/or the Holocaust. 2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student can determine author’s purpose and cite evidence from the text...
Friday
Today we will read "from Farewell to Manzanar". It's on the link below: https://www.granburyisd.org/cms/lib/TX01000552/Centricity/Domain/476/u9_frm_farewell_manza_se.pdf
Thursday
Today we will finish Night Unit Learning goal: Students will determine the author’s purpose by citing specific evidence from the text and creating a project (video, PowerPoint, spoken word presentation with visual aids) that connects Night to other works that contain ideas of 1) social injustice; 2) the use of memory as a force of change; 3) the Holocaust. Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal: 4 – The student can determine the author’s purpose by citing specific evidence from the text and connect NIGHT to many works, fiction and nonfiction, that contain ideas of social justice, memory as a force of change, and the Holocaust. 3 – The student can determine author’s purpose and cite evidence from the text and connect NIGHT to another work – either fiction or nonfiction – by connecting one of the following ideas: social justice, memory as a force of change, and/or the Holocaust. 2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student can determine author’s purpose and cite ...
Wednesday
Today we are going to read pages 85-97, go over your project assignments and then work on the study questions. CONTENT/UNIT: NIGHT: Memory and Social Justice Anchor Text: Night – Elie Wiesel Additional Texts: “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech” – Elie Wiesel “Montgomery Boycott” – Coretta Scott King “I Have A Dream” – Martin Luther King From Farewell to Manzanar – Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Unit Learning goal: Students will determine the author’s purpose by citing specific evidence from the text and creating a project (video, PowerPoint, spoken word presentation with visual aids) that connects Night to other works that contain ideas of 1) social justice; 2) the use of memory as a force of change; 3) the Holocaust. Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal: 4 – The student can determine the author’s purpose by citing specific evidence from the text and connect NIGHT to many works, fiction and nonfiction, that contain ideas of social j...
"I Have A Dream"
Today we are going to read "I Have A Dream" and part of "Letter from the Birmingham Jail". And finally you have some time to work on journals. https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/Schools/Middle-Schools/A-F/leems/uploadedFiles/news/Full-text-I-Have-a-Dream-.pdf
Monday - NIGHT
Night (pages 66-84) CHARACTERS: Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.): Akiba Drummer: SETTING: Detail the time and place the story begins: What time of year is it? What holidays are the prisoners celebrating? IN-TEXT QUESTIONS: Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences): What is “selection”? Why does Elie hate the bell? What might the bell be a symbol for? What two things does Elie’s Father give to him before going to the “Decisive Selection”? LITERARY ELEMENTS: ALLUSIONS: Rosh Hashanah (Pg. 66): Sodom (Pg. 68): Yom Kippur (Pg. 69): “I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He’s the only one who’s kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.” (Pg. 81): SHORT ANSWER QUESTION Minimum 4-5 Sentences Discuss the quote and what is means for Elie’s faith: “Blessed art Thou, Eternal, Master of the Universe…to be butchere...