Close Reading Lesson Night by Ellie Wiesel

What is a memoir? https://prezi.com/ppqbnjduou7x/what-is-a-memoir/ Notes:

First Reading: First Impression Done for Homework Read the passage silently. Your focus is on understanding the meaning of the passage. Think about the words that are unfamiliar to you. Use context clues to try to figure out their meanings. Circle words you don’t know. Paraphrase meaning of any of the text that you understand on the left hand side.

Rate Your Understanding of the Text 1- No idea what the passage is about 2- Kind of understand what the passage is about 3- Have a fairly good understanding what the passage is about 4- Have a solid understanding what the passage is about 5- Completely understand everything in the passage

Accountable Talk Stems / Group Discussions Linking Contributions I would like to build on what _____ said… I respectfully disagree. This is how I am thinking… I’d like to follow up by saying… I’d like to piggy-back on that thought…   Clarifying So, are you saying… What did you mean when you said…? Explain that some more… Let’s make sure we understood what you said… Pressing for Reasoning Why do you think that? How can we check that? I want to push back a little about that… I’m having trouble understanding that point…. How does this connect…?  

Discussion You will now have three minutes to discuss the text with your group. Each person should get a turn to: 1. Share a word they do not know If someone knows the word, explain the word and add this to your notes OR Go back into the text and see if the group can figure it out using context clues 2. Share their summary notes If you learn something, write it down Timer

Second Reading: Vocabulary in Context Listen and follow along. As you read along with the video, use The Metacognitive Markers that have been provided to you. Remember if you make a mark, you should make a note. _____________ IMPORTANT ! Aha moment; now I get it * I have a comment to make ? I don’t understand this

Behind me, someone said, sighing, “What do you expect? That’s war …” Teacher Model…I do… AND THEN, one day all foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet. And Moishe the Beadle was a foreigner. Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently. Standing on the station platform, we too were crying. The train disappeared over the horizon; all that was le was thick, dirty smoke. Behind me, someone said, sighing, “What do you expect? That’s war …” The deportees were quickly forgotten. A few days after they left , it was rumored that they were in Galicia, working, and even that they were content with their fate.

On line Read Aloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJi1T5ajEiE Note: If your understanding is increasing you should have at least one ! with a note explaining something new you are understanding

Rate Your Understanding of the Text 1- No idea what the passage is about 2- Kind of understand what the passage is about 3- Have a fairly good understanding what the passage is about 4- Have a solid understanding what the passage is about 5- Completely understand everything in the passage

Discussion You will now have three minutes to discuss your metacognitive markers. Each person should get a turn to: 1. Share a mark they made and 2. Explain why they made that mark If you learn something, add it to your notes. If you agree, disagree, or would like to add to what the person sharing has said, make a comment. Timer

Third Reading: Author’s Craft Now review the questions on the right hand side. This time answer the questions in the right-hand margin as you read.

Rate Your Understanding of the Text 1- No idea what the passage is about 2- Kind of understand what the passage is about 3- Have a fairly good understanding what the passage is about 4- Have a solid understanding what the passage is about 5- Completely understand everything in the passage

Discussion You will now have three minutes to discuss your thoughts about the questions. Each person should get a turn to respond to each question. Begin with question one and hear all voices on the question. Then, proceed to questions 2 & 3. If you learn something, add it to your notes. If you agree, disagree, or would like to add to what the person sharing has said, make a comment. Timer

Synthesize Your Understanding Writing Prompt: Compare and contrast the characters response to news of the persecution of certain groups in the excerpt from Night and “The Terrible Things”. What is similar about the characters reactions? What is different? Cite textual evidence to support your answer.

Differentiated Paragraph   _____________ and ___________________ have some similarities and some differences. First, the characters from _____________ and ___________________  are the same because they both ___________. In ______ the author describes, “________________” (author page). Similarly in ___________ the characters say, “____________” (author page). Both incidents highlight ____________. On the other hand, _________________ and __________________ have some differences. The characters in ________, _________________ but in _________ they do not _____________. Clearly, _____________ and ___________________ have similarities and differences.