Friday, January 18, 2013.

Periods 1-3

1.  SSR and review of vocabulary for Night 11-20

2.  Vocabulary Quiz Night 11-20

3.  Night Short Answer response questions: Respond to the following questions providing evidence from the text to support your answer.

* In Chapter 3 of Elie Wiesel's Night, what are some examples of acts of kindness and signs of hope in the midst of brutal inhumanity?

* In chapter 3 of Night, how has Elie Changed in a short time?
Homework:  Watch The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Periods 5 - 7

1.  Vocabulary Quiz 17 + Night 11-20

2.  Essay Assignment No. 1:


Read the information in bold below.
Mark Twain said that “truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to be believable but truth does not.”

Some people believe that blocking out the painful truth is a better way to live than to face the pain and suffering that comes with knowing and preparing for the worst.

Write an essay supporting or refuting Mark Twain’s statement. (Thesis) Think about how it relates to what we have read so far (the first three chapters of Night). Support your thesis with examples from Night as well as with other real-life/world events. Remember to avoid shifting in person and to be consistent with singular and plural. (You will use 3rd person).

HOMEWORK: 
1.  Finish handout on Night Significant Quotes.

2.  Night:  Read Ch. 4-6

3.  Watch free documentary online:  Third Reich:  The Rise and Fall (12 sections: Three hours total viewing time).