1. World War II and The Holocaust
8th Grade ELA

2. Background Information - WWII

3. Background Information - Holocaust

4. The Holocaust
By Susanna Davidson

5. Chapter 1 – What Was the Holocaust
Reader’s Task – Annotate this chapter to find the main idea. Write notes in the margins in your own words. Hey, Biebs. Can you help us understand main idea?

7. Chapter 2 - Hatred
Reader’s Task – Annotate this chapter. Write notes in the margins in your own words.
One of the key parts of annotating is making
inferences. Let’s learn to “read between the lines”.

9. Chapter 3 – The Rise of the Nazis
Reader’s Task – Highlight major claims. Underline supporting evidence.
Hey, wait! That sounds a lot like finding the main idea. Let’s take a look!

11. Chapter 4 – The World at War
Reader’s Task – Summarize each paragraph in the margins.
You know who is a good summarizer…Oprah!

13. Chapter 5 – The Business of Death
Reader’s Task – Highlight evidence that supports the author’s purpose.
Finding the author’s purpose is as easy as PIE!

15. Chapter 6 – Fighting Back
Reader’s Task – Highlight topic sentences. Underline transition words and phrases between paragraphs.

17. Chapter 7 –The Killing Continues
Reader’s Task – Annotate this chapter.