Night – Elie Wiesel
Common Core
Learning
Standard
RL8.4
Page
Number
Pg. 10
LS8.4
RL8.4
Pg. 11
Pg. 11
LS8.4
RL8.1
Pg. 12
Pg. 12
LS8.4
LS8.4
RL8.4
Pg. 12
Pg. 15
Pg. 17
RL8.4
Pg. 18
LS8.4
Pg. 20
Text-Dependent Question
Vocabulary Words
Reread the following lines from the text, “From that moment on,
everything happened very quickly. The race toward death had begun.”
Determine the literal versus figurative meaning of the phrase “race
toward death” as it is used in the text.
edicts
Locate the word “normal” on page 11. Why does the author use quotes
to punctuate the word normal? What does this indicate about what is
“normal?” How does this punctuation of the word normal, contribute to
the tone of that particular section of the text?
apparatus
On page 12 the author states, “The ghetto was ruled by neither German
nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion.” Delusion is defined as a belief that is
not true or a false idea. Up until this point in the text, can you find
examples that support the idea that Elie’s community had been in a state
of delusion? Continue reading past page 12, can you find anymore
examples?
anecdotes
rescinded
Reread the following line from the text, “Slowly, heavily, the procession
advanced toward the gate of the ghetto.” Determine the meaning of the
word “procession” as it is used in the text. Why do you think the author
chose to use this word?
Reread the following line from the text, “They first had been herded
through the main synagogue…” Determine the meaning of the word
“herded” as it is used in the text. Why do you think the author chose to
use this word?
chaos
LS8.4
LS8.4
RL8.4
Pg. 22
Pg. 24
Pg. 25
RL8.1
RL8.4
RL8.1
RL8.3
RL8.4
RL8.1
RL8.3
RL8.4
Pgs. 2931
Pg. 30
RL8.4
Pg. 31
RL8.3
RL8.4
Pg.32-33
Pgs. 2931
horrendous
hermetically
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence,
“Standing in the middle of the car, in the faint light filtering through the
windows, she looked like a withered tree in a field of wheat”? Why does
the author portray Mrs. Schachter in this way?
Reread pages 29-31, what words or phrases reveal a tone of violence or
trauma?
On page 30, Elie says, “His tone became even harsher.” This phrase
serves as a hinge or change within the text. What evidence (words or
phrases) come before and after to support this?
Look back at the words and phrases you identified on pgs. 29-31 that
reveal a tone of violence or trauma. Elie’s perspective changes from
uncertain and scared to aware and frightened. Find evidence to support
these perspectives.
According to the text on page 31, what is an “unimaginable nightmare”?
Continue reading and identify sections of figurative language on pg. 31.
How do the examples of figurative language support the “unimaginable
nightmare”?
Analyze the following two quotes:
Pg. 32 – “I pinched myself: Was I alive? Was I awake? How was it
possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the
world kept silent?
Pg. 33 – “For the first time, I felt anger rising within me.”
RL8.3
Pg. 34
Based on these two quotes, how has Elie changed? How does his
perspective support this change?
Reread the middle section of the page. Why does Elie begin each
sentence with, “Never shall I”? What does this reveal about Elie’s
feelings at this point in the text?
RL8.3
RL8.4
Pg. 37
LS8.4
LS8.4
LS8.4
LS8.4
RL8.1
RL8.3
Pg. 50
Pg. 51
Pg. 55
Pg. 66
Pgs. 6667
RL8.4
Pg. 70
LS8.4
LS8.4
L.8.2
Pg. 73
Pg. 75
Pgs. 7576
LS8.4
RL8.1
RL8.3
RL8.1
Pg. 80
Pages
87-92
RL8.3
Pg. 101102
Analyze the following line, “In a few seconds, we ceased to be men.”
What does the author mean? How does this line add to or support the
action within this section of the text?
exterminated
extracted
torment
agitated
Throughout pages 66 and 67, the author asks many questions
concerning his faith and religion. What tone does the author create by
asking questions? Continue reading page 67, what realization does the
author come to at the end of his questioning? What does this reveal
about the author?
Reread the following line from the text, “The old men stayed in their
corner, silent, motionless, hunted-down creatures.” Why does the author
use the term “hunted-down creatures” to describe the old men? Why
does this term apply to the old men?
emaciated
plodded
On pages 75 and 76, the author uses an ellipsis. Sometimes, an ellipsis is
used when an author has trailed off and left a sentence or thought
unfinished. Explain why the author uses an ellipsis on both occasions.
What are we (readers) left to wonder about or draw a conclusion about?
deluded
Reread pages 87-92. On a few occasions, Elie personifies “death” by
giving death human-like qualities. Identify these examples and then
answer the following questions:
What are his feelings about death?
What does death symbolize for him now?
What words or phrases support his feelings?
Reread pages 101-102 up until the last sentence, “I was sixteen.”
Throughout the pages, Elie describes the incident between a nearby
RL8.1
RL8.2
Pg. 115
father and son. Why does he end this story with the phrase, “I was
sixteen”? What is he implying about this experience? What is he “saying”
with the use of the statement, “I was sixteen” about how he felt?
Reread the last section on page 115. Identify who the “corpse” is.
Analyze the last sentence in the text, “The look in his eyes as he gazed at
me has never left me.” Why do you think that image has never left him?
Can you find other examples in the text that if Elie had seen how he
looked at the moment, he would never forget the look in his eyes then
either? Explain why.
*Text-Dependent questions and defining vocabulary words does not necessarily need to be delivered in the same format each
time. Check out the list of instructional strategies below to use instead when working with TDQ’s and vocabulary. Please use
the internet as a resource to find step-by-step details of the strategies.
1. Fishbowl discussion
2. Socratic seminar
3. Open-Mind portrait
4. Word Cloud
5. Wingman Observation Protocol
6. Pinwheel discussion
7. “Keep or Junk It”
8. Human Barometer
9. Debatable claims
10. Visual vocabulary wall