Please sit in your assigned seat and copy down the following sentences Please sit in your assigned seat and copy down the following sentences. Identify the appropriate literary term defined in the sentence. Notes October 5. The narrator is a character in the story, and the reader only knows his or her thoughts and feelings and events that occur when he/she was present. When a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different. The series of conflicts that occur in a story leading up to the climax or event of most emotion.
Today’s Agenda Bell work and announcements Guest Teacher tomorrow Literary elements terms and vocabulary test. Annotating an informational text about the Holocaust. Current event Due this Friday BUT no vocabulary test. No current event next week! Shared reading of Night, pp. 66-76 Work on Active Notes pages for Chapters 3-5
Please sit in your assigned seat and complete the bell work handout/practice test. Today’s Agenda Bell work and announcements – copy homework assignment Current event due Friday Vocabulary test NEXT FRIDAY will cover new vocab on this Friday (if you’re not going to be here, let me know so I can get you copies) and a few from first 9 weeks. Finish reading Chapter 5 and writing about chapter 5. Select current event article and begin reading.
Homework – Due when you walk in Thursday Read your current event article and identify the main idea. Write the TOPIC SENTENCE with all four required elements on a sheet of paper with your heading at the top. 25 points!
After Reading pp. 76-84, respond to the following Describe how Wiesel’s faith has changed from the time he left Sighet to the celebration of Yom Kippur at Buna. Pay close attention and give clear and specific details from pages 66-69. On Yom Kipper, the day of atonement, Jews traditionally fast to show God that they are sorry for this sins and to ask forgiveness. Only those over the age of thirteen and those who are healthy must fast. The imprisoned Jews discuss whether or not fasting is appropriate under the life or death conditions of the camp. Write a short argumentative paragraph arguing whether or not the prisoners should fast. Be sure to give relevant and adequate support for your argument.
Please sit in your assigned seat and begin your bell work. Reminder that final draft of current event due tomorrow. Notebook checks tomorrow! Read pp. 85-97 and complete sequence of event chart. Workshop current event
Please sit in your assigned seat and write your heading at the top of a blank notebook page. Read through the Niemoller poem silently and think about the possible meanings – in relation to Night and today. Write a short paragraph about what this means to you. THEN, write another short paragraph responding to ONE of the following: How and why do we distance ourselves from political, religious, or social tragedy? Are people who stand by and stay silent when they witness injustice equally responsible for the occurrence?
Next Week’s Vocabulary Test on Friday, October 28 No current event next week. Sentences for THIS WEEK’s VOCABULARY will be collected next Friday when you take your test.
lamentation Extreme grief, mourning
relentless Steadily, persistence, without ceasing
emaciated Abnormally thin or weak, often due to lack of food or illness.
apathy Lack of emotion or feeling
livid Furious anger ALSO, from NIGHT, Lacking in color, pallid
vitality Vigor, energy
dregs The least desirable portions
tether The limit of one’s resources or endurance
recesses Secretive places, remote places