May 5 and 6
I can review literary terms.
I can identify key vocabulary words in order to understand text.
I can read increasingly challenging text.
I can analyze the influences on text in order to make conclusions
about the important ideas of the time and place in which the literary
work was written.
I can create an outline or plan for my writing.
Bell Ringer
Review
Write a short definition for the following terms:
O Tone
O Mood
O Allusion
O Diction
O Simile
O Metaphor
O Personification
Essential question and
purpose for our next novel…
Night
O Essential questionO What events can suddenly change the course
of a person’s life?
O Discuss
O We will read to find out how young Elie
Wiesel’s life is profoundly and forever
changed.
Background for Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32RiuaKvFtM
O The town of Sighet is where Night begins.
O During Wiesel’s childhood, Sighet was home
to 15,000 Jews. Like most of their
neighbors Wiesel’s family was poor, but
dedicated to education. This meant Elie was
spending his days and evenings studying
sacred Jewish texts. At age 12, Elie began
to exploring cabbala or Jewish mysticism- an
approach to Bible study that analyzes
hidden meanings in the text.
Vocabulary
Compatriots- fellow countrymen
Edict- official statement, law
Expound- to set fourth in detail
Firmament- the sky or heavens
Hermetically- completely sealed
Pestilential-filled with disease
Pillage- to rob with open violence
premonition- anticipation of an event, usually
negative, even without warning
O Truncheon- a police officer’s stick
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Reading Log
O You will keep a reading log of various
activities throughout the reading of this
novel.
O It is important to date every activity!
O Today is May 5.
O I may check activities periodically so be sure
to keep up with your work!
Active reading
O In chapters 1 and 2, a number of significant
(important) things happen to Elie and other Jews
of Sighet. Look for important events and for how
people respond to them. List some key events,
identify how Wiesel and other Jews respond, and
write what happens next in the story.
O Draw a chart in your reading log and be sure to
add the date. Divide your paper into 3 columns.
Label the columns: event, response, what
happens next.
O Read Chapters 1 and 2.
Reading check
O In your reading log, write an answer to the
following questions:
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What is your reaction to Moche the Beadle
when he returns to Sighet?
Describe Elie’s community at the beginning of
the story.
What are some incidents that suggest or
foreshadow the coming danger?
What are the conditions on the Jew’s train
journey?
How do the Jews react to Madame Schacter’s
behavior?
Writing
O Writing Situation: Wiesel explains that Moche the Beadle
flees Sighet when the Germans arrest leaders in the
Jewish community. Think back to our class discussion of
the essential question.
O Writing directions: Assuming Moche had escaped to
freedom, what would you want to say to him about the
situation? What feelings would you want express about
the situation in which fellow villagers find themselves.
Write a letter to Moche expressing your thoughts. You
could include your thoughts, feelings, and a solution.
O You will write for 15 minutes. This is enough time to
dissect the prompt (SPAM) and start your prewriting.
O S-situation, P-purpose, A-audience, M-mode
O Write the SPAM on your paper and then your prewrite.