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Today’s Objectives Review the rhetorical précis
Read a passage from Night to gain a survivor’s perspective Discuss the effects of the Holocaust on its survivors and victims Compare the thematic elements in Night and The Book Thief Closing Task: Double entry organizer
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Warm-up 8/25 Rhetorical précis: Trade with a partner and peer review.
Suggest one improvement. Discuss and review as a class. Turn in paper for completion points.
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Who is Elie Weisel? Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, and Nobel Laureate (he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986). He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps. In this picture, he is in the middle row, seventh from the left, next to the post.
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Read and annotate the passage.
Reading from Night Read and annotate the passage.
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Effects of the Holocaust
Talking points: Loss of faith dehumanization
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Reading from The Book Thief
Read and annotate the passage.
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