1. I CAN IDENTIFY KEY VOCABULARY WORDS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND TEXT. I CAN READ INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING TEXT IN ORDER TO MAKE CONNECTIONS TO THE TIME AND PLACE IN WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN. Monday March 4, 2013

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3. I can identify key vocabulary words. As partners: Discuss the vocabulary words within your group. Find the words in the chapter (pages 33, 35, and 37) and use context clues in order to determine the meaning. Decide what you think is the meaning of the word, as a group. Both members must agree and be able to justify. After deciding the meaning, look up the word to check for accuracy. Each member needs to write the vocabulary word and correct definition within the chapter on their own piece of paper.

4. I can read increasingly challenging text. Read Chapter 2. Answer the following questions. 1. What are the conditions on the Jews’ train journey? How do the Jews react to Madame Schacter’s behavior? What does this reveal about human nature? 2. What connection might there be between Madame Schacter’s treatment on the train and possible future events in the concentration camp? What are some other ways that Wiesel foreshadows, or hints at, the horrors ahead? 3. Even though it was 1944, and Nazi extermination of Jews had begun years earlier, the Sighet Jews had very few facts about it. Do you think it us possible in today’s world for a community to know so little, to be so unprepared? Explain.

5. Early Finishers If you finish today’s activities with extra time, please read in your project book or work on completing your project. You may also renew or check in your book to the library.