Tuesday April 14th, 2009 (4/14/2009) Required Materials: Composition Notebook Pen/Pencil A G E N D A Time Given: What We Will Do: 1 minute 3-7 minutes 1 minute 5 minutes 30-35 minutes Review: Strike System Reminders Warm Up: “Night Opinions.” Discussion: Schedule Changes, Homework, The Structure of Night PP Notes: Todorov’s Theory, Chapter 1 Review, Chapter 2 Preview Hampton’s Popcorn: Night, Chapter 1, 2 Quote “God must have been on leave during the Holocaust.” --Simon Wiesenthal Strike System Reminders N O N O T E S 1st period: NO STRIKE SYSTEM 2nd period: NO STRIKE SYSTEM 3rd period: NO STRIKE SYSTEM 4th period: NO STRIKE SYSTEM 6th period: 3 Strikes (Individual System) Suggestions: Stop talking while I am talking. Tuesday April 14th, 2009 (4/14/2009) Time Given: 3 minutes • Yesterday we started reading our newest novel, Night. Most classes were close to finishing Chapter 1. W A R M U P 1. What is your opinion of Night so far? Can you remember anything specific that happened in the book while we read it yesterday? Use your Chapter 1 notes from yesterday if you need help. Schedule Change for Thurs/Fri Day N O N O T E S What Are We Doing? Monday Notes on Night, Chapter 1. Read Chapter 1. Hampton’s Popcorn. Tuesday Notes on Night, Chapter 2. Read Chapter 2. Regular Popcorn + Questions at the end. Wednesday Early Release Day. Notes on Night, Chapter 3. Read part of Chapter 3.Hampton’s Popcorn/Discussion. Thursday/ Friday Quiz. Holocaust Photo Project in Computer Lab. More details to follow. Quiz. Holocaust Poetry Project in Hampton’s room. Why the change? N O N O T E S Computer lab = no printer. So, next Thursday/Friday (23 and 24th), I’ll be getting the Dell Laptops brought up here for you to work on your Project. The Thursday/Friday after that (30th and 1st of May), I’ll have the Apple Laptops for you to use for another project. YOU HAVE HOMEWORK! WRITE IT DOWN NOW! You must bring a photo of yourself or a family member doing an sport or activity that you enjoy doing. N O N O T E S Fishing Camping Hunting Basketball Baseball Studying Napping It can be from ANY time period—recent photo or a photo from your childhood. It does not matter. YOU HAVE HOMEWORK! WRITE IT DOWN NOW! N O N O T E S The Homework is due next Wednesday—I will give you daily reminders. You may turn it in any day from now until next Wednesday—I will keep your photos safe. It counts as a project—so do it!!!! The Structure of Night N O N O T E S Does Night fit into Freytag’s Triangle—in other words, does it have a beginning moment, a conflict, a climax, and a resolution? Todorov’s Theory T A K E N O T E S A narrative (story) is made up of moments of balance and unbalance. The Structure of Night N O N O T E S In Night, pay attention to how often Elie experiences balance and unbalance. Night, Chapter 1 O P T I O N A L Introduction to the narrator, Elie and his family. They live in a little town called Sighet. He wants to study religion with his teacher, Moshe the Beadle. Despite feeling confident that the Russians will defeat the Germans, the Germans invade Sighet. The Jews are forced into a “ghetto” and then taken to a concentration camp to die. Night, Chapter 2 T A K E N O T E S Elie boards the train for the main concentration camp, Auschwitz. In the train, Madame Schachter goes mad, claiming to see flames outside. Elie arrives at Birkenau, the reception center. Night, Chapter 1/2 N O N O T E S Hampton’s Popcorn for remainder of Chapter 1. Look at board next to this for where we stopped yesterday Regular popcorn for Chapter 2 (5 pages) 2 paragraph minimum. Should take about 30 minutes. Questions?