November 16 and 17-Journal ch. 5 and do inference sheet

We discussed in class what inferences are and then we worked on a worksheet for it.

Inferences

An inference is a conclusion based on evidence or reasoning.

Make an inference regarding the following passages.  Explain your thought process by including the word BECAUSE. You may need more information so I provided page numbers where you can find each passage.

1. (p. 47-48): “Buna is a very good camp. One can hold one’s own here. The most important thing is not to be assigned to the construction Kommando…”

What can you infer about the construction Kommando?

2. (52): “After your meal, you’ll go to see the dentist.”

            Infer why the dentist wants to see Elie.

3. (p. 53): “Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait.”

            What can you infer the French woman meant by “The day will come”?

4. (p.56): Fanek became pleasant again. From time to time, he even gave me extra soup.

Infer why Franek is treating Elie nicely. (This is after Franek repeatedly beat his father for not marching correctly and then ultimately took Elie’s gold crown).

5. (p. 60): We were not afraid. And yet, if a bomb had fallen on the blocks, it would have claimed hundreds of inmates’ lives. But we no longer feared death, in any event not this particular death.

            Infer as to why they didn’t fear death at the hands of the allies.

6. (p. 62): The thousands of people who died daily in Auschwitz and Birkenau, in the crematoria, no longer troubled me. But this boy, leaning against his gallows, upset me deeply.

            Infer why the hanging of the boy upset Elie so deeply, whereas those killed in the crematoria no longer did.

7. (p. 65): “Where is He? This is where- hanging here from this gallows…”

Infer what Elie means by saying his God is hanging from the gallows.

Homework is to read chapter 6

November 11 and 12- Reflection on Who am I? paper

Copy and paste the following into an email to me: 

Reflection on “Who Am I” paper

Reread your paper, look at my comments, and look at your score.

1.       What’s your first reaction after reading everything?

2.       What was your favorite line or part of the paper?

3.       What do you think you could add or change to make this paper better?

4.       According to this paper, Who Are You?

5.       Do you think this will be a part of Who You Are in ten years? Explain.

jschachter@madison.k12.wi.us


Then, read chapter 5 for homework.

November 9 and 10- Night Journaling and Fathers and Sons worksheet

1st and 4th block:
We worked on the following worksheet:

A.  Read p. 4, “My father was a cultured man…” to p. 5 “…would become ONE.”

What do you think Elie and his father’s relationship was like?

Who fulfilled the role of father-figure for Elie?

B. Read p. 39 “My father suddenly…” to p. 39“…mark of the hand.”

Why do you suppose that Elie did nothing?

What would have happened if he had reacted?

C. Read p. 54 “Another time…” to p. 54 “…had made of me.”

What changed in Elie from the time his father gets beaten on page 39 to now.

 

What do you think has caused this change?

ONCE FINISHED, EACH OF YOU WRITE ABOUT YOUR OWN FATHER OR FATHER-FIGURE.

WHAT IS/WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE?  GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

WHAT DO YOU WISH IT WAS LIKE?  GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES

THIS SHOULD BE ABOUT 100 WORDS.

Then students did a journal entry for chapter 4.

November 5 and 6- Journal chapter 3

Today we spent time journaling chapter 3. Homework is to read chapter 4.

Nov 2, 3, 4- journaling for Night

Today I showed students how we will be working on Night for the next couple of weeks. Students will follow the following worksheet for how to do the journaling. Today we did this for chapter 2. Homework is to read chapter 3.

Journal Writing for Night

As we begin to read through Night, I will want you to record some thoughts, ideas and information in a journal entry. 

For every chapter, you will make a journal entry which will include:

1) Character Descriptions (6 sentences total):  For every section, describe what is going on with the main character, Elie Wiesel.  In addition, choose one other character to describe what happens to him/her in this section. 

2)  Theme Spotting (4-5 sentences total):  There are many themes in this novel.  Pick one of the following themes:

          A.  Dehumanization: to take away someone’s human       qualities; to take away someone’s identity; to make someone    feel as if they are no longer human.

          B.  The Will To Live (a character’s struggle for survival)

          C.  Fathers and Sons (relationship between them)

          D.  Faith and Beliefs (religion)

·       Write down the theme by either giving a quote or describing an event that occurs. 

·       Then, explain what this quote/event tells us about the theme.

3)  Connections (4-5 sentences)  Whenever you encounter something in the novel that reminds you of something else, write it down.  I want you to make at least one connection per entry.  You could write about:

Text to Self

How you connect yourself and your experiences to what’s happening in the book. 

                  

Text to text

You could write about another book or something you’ve read that connects to what’s happening in the book. 

                  

Text to world

Or you could write about the world around you right now and how that connects to what’s happening in the book. 

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Organize your journal entries

Ÿ  Be sure to include which chapter this entry is for

Ÿ  Organize your entry by including a heading for each of the sections:  Character Descriptions, Theme spotting, and Connections

Ÿ  You will be graded on organization and neatness!  You may want to type out your journal entries.

      

Do more of any section for extra credit!