1. Alienation is a feeling of not belonging. This feeling can be physical, mental, religious, spiritual, psychological, political, social, or economic and often it tends to be a combination of more than one of these types. Alienation is a driving force that pushes the human conscience to extremes. Whether it is alienation from civilization or alienation from society, drastic changes consequently occur. States of alienation come to exist as the result of many situations. *Write this down! We will be discussing alienation for the next 9 weeks! Write about a time when you felt alienated.

2.  You will have a 2-minute speech at the end of this unit.  There are two sides to the topic; first come, first serve  TOPIC: Is Technology Making Us More Alienated, Less Sociable And Less Human?  Do not wait until the last minute to prepare; the dates will be October 13 th and October 14 th. Consult your calendar.  Write a short, no more than 2 minute speech on your side. Be sure to back up your argument with statistics and facts.  You will be “judged” by someone in the class as well as me. You will then reflect on the back of the rubric about how the experience was for you & why and what you plan to do differently next time.

3.  The mood or tone of a story is the author's attempt to create the atmosphere of story. The mood evokes an emotional response from the reader and lets the reader know how the characters feel. It may stay the same throughout a story, or it may changed, depending on circumstances and events. The author's descriptions and the characters' dialogue and actions express the mood of the story. Mood can be stated or implied.  Give your impressions of the mood conveyed by the title and jacket artwork in a free write. There are three covers to choose from.  After read a small section of the book, to see if the mood changes from what you wrote. If not, write the change.

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5. Write about a time when you were challenged or pushed more than you thought you could endure. How did you handle it? Did you give up or did you make yourself keep going? Sign up on the small table for your next speech if you are ready.

6. If you found out today that you were going to be leaving your house but the destination was unknown, what 5 things would you try to take in a backpack and why? Sign up on the small table for your next speech if you are ready.

7. Then, I took a pretzel and… Imagine you fell down a mine shaft with nothing more than a pair of extra socks, some dental floss, a mini flashlight, a bag of pretzels, and a set of keys. You managed to survive for two days then freed yourself. Begin to tell the story of how you escaped. Try to create a suspenseful mood for your story.

8.  S how actions that facilitate learning for the self and others.  A ctively participate and be cognitively present  L earn to be open to new learning  S et cell phone to OFF and S end it to your backpack/purse  A ct with a positive attitude!

9.  RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the US, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.  R16: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.  R17: Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g. a person’s life story in print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.  SL1a: Come to discussions prepared having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.

11.  It is 1944. The Jews of Sighet, Hungary are rounded up and driven into Nazi concentration camps. For the next terrible year, young Elie Wiesel experiences the loss of everything he loves — home, friends, family — in an agonizing journey through Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald. The greatest tragedy of our time, told through the eyes of a 15-year old boy.  Night is a terrifying account of the Nazi death-camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family, his innocence, and his god. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as The Diary of Anne Frank, Night awakens the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.  Night offers much more than a litany of the daily terrors, everyday perversions, and rampant sadism at Auschwitz and Buchenwald; it also eloquently addresses many of the philosophical as well as personal questions implicit in any serious consideration of what the Holocaust was, what it meant, and what its legacy is and will be.

12.  Elie Weisel—”by reading about heroes of the past, or historical models, and observing their growth, struggles, responses, and decision- making processes can provide insight, challenge, and often practical help for our own situations” (Elmore 3).

13.  Fahrenheit 451  The Veldt (short story)  The Necklace (short story)  Excerpt from Black Boy  Poetry  “Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech” speech by Elie Wiesel

14. Indifference to evil is evil. -Elie Wiesel What does this mean to you?

15. When you see something that’s wrong, do you stand by? Or do you act to try and stop it?

16. Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night describes a horrible time in the twentieth century when too many people looked away from a terrible wrong.

17. In 1941, Eliezer was a twelve- year-old boy who lived with his father, mother, and three sisters in a small village near the border of Romania and Hungary.

18. Eliezer was a religious boy who welcomed nightfall as a time for prayer and who thought of becoming a rabbi.

19. But when Nazis took over Eliezer’s Jewish community, his family was first sent to live in a ghetto and then taken to Auschwitz, one of the most infamous concentration camps.

20. Eliezer and his father were separated from Eliezer’s mother and sisters. He would never see his mother or his youngest sister, Tzipora, again.

21. Inside the camp, Eliezer will witness horrible acts of cruelty and suffer in terrible ways. How will he survive? Can his religious faith endure the atrocities he witnesses? What message does he bring to the world from such horror?

22. In Night, Elie Wiesel shares his story of the Holocaust, the name given to the persecution and murder of millions of Jews and others during World War II. Holocaust comes from a Greek word that means “a burnt offering.”

23. Germany began World War II when it invaded Poland in 1939. German forces conquered most of Europe in the next two years.

24. Wiesel’s story begins in Romania (now Hungary) in 1941 and ends in 1944. When Germans took over this area, local Jews were persecuted. They were forced to wear yellow stars and to live in ghettos, and were then sent to concentration camps.

25.  One reason Dr. Seuss wrote The Sneetches is that he went through some troublesome times as a child. When he was young he was Jewish and his parents were German. So kids made fun of him and threw coal at him when he was walking to school. He wanted to tell everybody that they are equal so he wrote Sneetches.  Another reason: The Holocaust actually started in 1933 before World War II began. A dictator came to power in Germany. Adolf Hitler convinced the German people that they were the "master race" which meant that they were to rule other nations. In 1935, the Nazi government passed laws against any citizen in Germany that was Jewish. As Germany invaded other countries during World War II from 1939-1944, Hitler's idea of a master race followed into each country. In the end, over 12 million people, adults and children, who did not live up to the "master race" idea were tortured and murdered. This included Jewish, Catholic, Communist, and Handicapped people just to name a few.dictator  How boring this world would be if we all were the same!

26.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBCUkdd 57qc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBCUkdd 57qc

27.  Auschwitz, where Wiesel was sent, was the largest camp.  Jews from all over Europe arrived almost daily at Auschwitz.

28. Nazis also targeted other groups:  Romany (Gypsies)  Russians  Non-Jewish Polish intellectual and religious leaders  Communists  Jehovah’s Witnesses

29.  World War II ended in Europe in 1945 with the surrender of German forces to the Allied forces.  More than six million Jews had been killed in the Holocaust.

30.  Between 1945 and 1946, the Allies tried twenty-two major war criminals for their crimes against humanity.  In later years Israeli agents worked to capture and bring to justice Nazis who had escaped the war trials.

31. Discuss (1) The German soldiers followed orders to persecute and murder Jews. Many people were bystanders who let the actions unfold without doing anything.  What is the danger of blindly following the orders of others?  Why do you think some people stand by and do nothing to help others in need?

32. Discuss (2)  What other genocides—attempts to kill large numbers of a group of people—have you heard or read about?  Did people ignore these genocides or try to stop them?  What do you think makes people hate members of another group?

33. Assignment…TURN IN RUBRIC BY TUESDAY!! PROJECTS WILL NOT BE GRADED!

34. As we watch the Oprah interview with Elie Wiesel, you will be transported to his time, his experience, by placing yourself in this experience. The images are graphic, so be prepared. While you watch, write down the events/details he describes on the back of your bookmark to determine if these are also emphasized in the book. If he emphasized the event in the interview that you already wrote from the book, check the box. http://www.schooltube.com/video/7d5afe2a261101d87e45/Winfrey%20&%20Wiesel% 20-%20Auschwitz%20(Part%201)

35.  Get out a piece of paper and a pencil.  On this paper (which will not be collected) write straight down skipping lines in between:  Address:  Citizenship:  Home:  Family:  Name:  Life:  Next to each, fill it out. (By Home, describe your home; Life write your bday)

36. Warm-Up

37. Acceptance Speech assignment

38. Interesting

40. Night Conclusion

41. Memoir MLA explanation, Assignment and rubric

42. Objectives: SL3: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.