Jesse Owens, the Olympics, and Adolf Hitler

Jesse Owens video

Please copy down the following definitions down (you can use the back of your worksheet even though it says Friday's notes)

Kaddish--prayer for the dead
Rosh Hashanah- is the autumnal festival celebrating the start of the Jewish New Year.
Yom Kippur-  is probably the most important holiday of the Jewish year. Many Jews who do not observe any other Jewish custom will refrain from work, fast and/or attend synagogue services on this day.
atonement-satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.

Today's reading begins on page 65, BUT,  the QUESTIONS BEGIN ON PAGE 63.

Today's Work: Please Copy today's Quick Write Topic at the top of a blank sheet of paper (32 points). We will read pages 62-67 first before we write.

Quick Write: After the first night in the concentration camp the narrator states:
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night...
Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever...
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust." (32)
Explain how the author develops this central idea of "night" or "darkness" in Night from pages: 1-67
Here is the TREEE*S format if you need it:
T-thesis (the point you will prove--how has the camp changed him proving the quote above)
R-reason
E-Evidence/explain (connect your example to your thesis)
E-Evidence/explain (connect your example to your thesis)
E*-Evidence/explain (connect your example to your thesis)
S-Summarize

USE THE CHART WE COMPLETED FOR HELP!!

Elie Wiesel interview link

Homework #4--Elie Wiesel (20 pts)

Please copy the following questions to answer for homework tonight: (due Wednesday)
You need to use the back of the worksheet on background we completed previously. Please answer the questions using the RACE format and HIGHLIGHT or UNDERLINE the textual evidence you used in your answer.

1. Describe Elie Wiesel's early life.
2. Describe some of the difficulties he suffered during the war.
3. Describe Wiesel's life after he is freed from the camp.
4. What are some of his accomplishments?

Use the Background Worksheet to answer the following Questions

Directions:
1. Pre-read the questions.
2. Use the RACE strategy to answer all 10 questions
3. Highlight or underline the textual evidence you used to answer the question.

Questions: (NO NEED TO COPY THE QUESTIONS--JUST RESTATE)
1. What was the original purpose of Auschwitz?
2. Why was the IG Farbenin Company interested in locating itself near Auschwitz?
3. Describe Heinrich Himmler's vision.
4. Why did Hitler believe Eastern Europe must be conquered?
5.  Why did Hitler hate the Jews?
6. What is "euthanasia" and who was it used on?
7. Who was Adolf Eichmann?
8. What were "standing" and "starvation" cells?
9. How did the Allies find out about the crematoria?
10. What is the estimated number of deaths? Jews?

Please copy into your notebook: READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW:

 Copy the following 4 sentences and decide if they are a: metaphor, simile, imagery, hyperbole, or personification. Then, briefly explain your answer (like our worksheet).
1. The shadows beside me awoke as from a long sleep.
figure of speech:
analysis:
2. They went by dragging their packs,...cringing like beaten dogs.
figure of speech:
analysis:
3. The stars were only sparks of the fire that devoured us.
figure of speech:
analysis:
4. I looked at my little sister, Tzipora, her blond hair neatly combed, her red coat over her arm: a little girl of seven. On her back a bag too heavy for her. 
figure of speech:
analysis:

Today we will:
Continue reading in Night...
Finish worksheet #2, side 1
Begin working on the chart on worksheet #2, side 2

Hw #3: Night-- 10 pts.

Elie talks about his first night in camp being a pivotal moment in his life--turning the rest of his life into one long night.
*Describe either: a pivotal moment in your life that changed it for the worse or better or "one long night."
Be sure to give details describing what happened and how it was significant.
(Should be at least 2 paragraphs long)

Responding to Literature: We will keep track of this topic throughout the novel. Central Question: How does the main character change throughout the story? What do you think causes the change?

Pg#	Direct Quote	Significance (How does this show our question?)
32	“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night…Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust…”

Notes for today: Copy into your notes--they will be on the quiz on Monday!

metaphor--comparison made between two unlike objects
simile--comparison made between two unlike objects, using "like" or "as"
personification--giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human objects
imagery--using words to create pictures for the 5 senses
hyperbole--truth is exaggerated for humor, emphasis, to make a point

These are on the bottom of side 2 of your worksheet:

Figurative Language: Use the notes on the overhead to answer the following questions

1. “A wind of calmness and reassurance blew through our houses.” (4)

Figurative language:_________________________________

Analysis: _________________________________________________________________________________

2. “…an old man with a gray beard and the eyes of a dreamer.” (12)

Figurative language: ___________________________

Analysis: _________________________________________________________________________________

3. In everyone’s eyes was suffering drowned in tears.” (14)

Figurative language: ___________________________

Analysis: _________________________________________________________________________________

4. “Everywhere rooms lay open…An open tomb.” (15)

Figurative language: ___________________________

Analysis: _________________________________________________________________________________

5. “They were the first of the faces of hell and death.” (17).

Figurative language: ___________________________

Analysis: _________________________________________________________________________________

6. “Our terror was about to burst the sides of the train.” (23)

Figurative language: ___________________________

Analysis: _________________________________________________________________________________

7. “Morning passed like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first daylight house.” (16)

Figurative language: ___________________________

Analysis: _________________________________________________________________________________

Oprah and Elie Wiesel video

Homework #2: Please Copy

Write down the following 7 statements: Write 1-2 sentences FOR EACH either agreeing or disagreeing with the statement and explaining your reasoning.

1. It is always best to speak the truth, no matter what the consequences may be.
2. People tend to reveal their true selves in difficult situations. People don't change.
3. Mankind is basically good.
4. We must protect ourselves first in time of trouble.
5. People of one race can be less important than or inferior to people of other races.
6. When someone does what others are doing, it is their choice, not peer pressure.
7. When you see people doing something wrong, you should stay quiet and look away.

Writing Sample #1: Night PLEASE COPY ON A SHEET OF PAPER THAT YOU CAN HAND IN

Night explores two central questions: What is the relationship between our stories and our identity? To what extent are we all witnesses of history and messengers to humanity?

Answer both of these questions to the best of your ability before we read the memoir. Be warned--this will take some thinking.

Help:
*What is the relationship between our life experiences and who we are or become?
*What role do each of us play in being a part of history and carrying out the world's messages?

Homework: Night Hw #1--15 pts.

*If you had to leave your home in the middle of the night what 3 items would you bring with you and why?
*What would you like to bring, but not be able to take?
*If you left your home forever, what would you remember most about it and why?

Copy the definition of memoir into your notes:

A memoir is a form of nonfiction in which the writer recalls significant events and people in his or her life. NOT HIS/HER WHOLE LIFE STORY--THAT WOULD BE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

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Introducing the Memoir

*Number the paragraphs
*Annotate--underline, star, make ?, etc.
*Write paragraph summaries next to each paragraph

Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper; (RACE--not copy the question)

1. What do you think Turan means when he said that readers feel "the inexpressible nausea and revulsion that a simple recitation of statistics never manages to arouse"?

2. Describe Wiesel's life in Sighet.

3. How did Francois Mauriache influence Wiesel?

4. What is Wiesel's purpose in writing the memoir?

5. How did Night affect the public?

6. What was going on in Europe during the time that Night takes place?

7. Describe the actions of Hitler in Europe.