Transcript On a blank piece of paper, put the following events in order

Question of the Day Part I
• What is the mood of the story? What
words help describe the mood (tone)?
What point of view is this story written
(provide examples)?
• If you were Moshe the Beadle, how would
you feel about your return to Sighet?
• Complete comprehension questions for
Part I – questions 1-3
Question of the Day – Part II
• List five important events that took place in
Part I
• Why is this statement ironic
“The yellow star? So what? It’s not
lethal….”
• Complete the following vocabulary terms
edict page 10 Any command given by someone in charge
surreptitiously page 16 Obtained, done or made in a secret way
conflagration page 21 A destructive fire
partisans
page 21 Supporter of a group, person or cause
Question of the Day – Part II continue
• Finish your Part II questions
• Complete character traits for Moishe the
Beadle
On a blank piece of paper, put the following
events in order
• Mrs. Schachter keeps screaming that she sees a
fire. 5
• Elie is learning about the his religion from
Moishe the Beadle. 1
• Elie and his family are forced onto cattle cars
and headed for the concentration camps 4
• The Jews are forced into Ghettos 3
• The Germans come into Sighet and enact edicts
against Jews 2
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Look on page 19. Who does Elie say he hates to
this day, and why does he hate them?
Vocabulary Part II
• Irrevocably -pg 24 – Unable to be recalled or return
• Hermetically -pg 24 -To be sealed airtight
Vocabulary
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Sage pg 31 Wise person
Antechamber pg 34 A smaller room; entrance/waiting room
Vigor pg 35
Lucidity pg 36
Warm-up Part III (language arts)
Read pages 41-46
• What is ironic about the following statements
1. “But we had been marching only a few moments
when we saw the barbed wire of another camp. An
iron door with this inscription over it: “Work makes
you free!” pg 40
2. At every step, white signs with black skulls looked
down on us. The inscription: WARNING! Danger of
Death.
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3. What do you think Buna will be like?
4. What will happen to Akiba Drumer?
German Vocabulary –
please copy down
• Pipel – a young boy servant of a Oberkapo
(prisoner put in charge of many barracks)
• Appelplatz- a central area for roll call
• Blockalteste – the block leader
• Lageralteste – a prisoner who was a
senior leader (privileged position) and was
appointed the Nazi guards
• Kommando – unit or group
Imagery
• On page 48, Elie describes the head of the
block as a man with fleshy lips and hands
like a wolf’s paws. Why do you think
Wiesel compares both victims and
victimizers to animals in this book?
Assignment
• Read page 47-57 and finish questions 1-3
Warm-up Part VI (adv. L.A.)
Identify the irony in each passage:
1. “But we had been marching only a few
moments when we saw the barded wire of
another camp. An iron door with this
inscription over it: “Work is liberty”
2. “The SS gave us a fine New Year’s gift…And
soon a terrible word was circulating—
selection.”
3. “I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone
else. He’s the only one who’s kept his
promises, all his promises, to the Jewish
people.
Continued (adv L.A.)
• What went through Elie’s mind on the
march?
• How was he able to keep himself going?
Vocabulary:
Sage (pg76)
Categorical (pg78)
Part VII –Warm up
• What is the difference in people between
their first cattle car ride and this one?
• What do you believe the climax of this
story will be? (moment of highest intensity)
• If you define “climax” as the turning point
in the story, what would have that been?
End of Novel (warm-up)
1. Now that you have read the end of the
book, what is the climax and resolution?
2. What will you remember longest about
this book? Which images will stick with
you? Has it changed your thinking in any
way? Which parts did you find the
saddest? Most horrifying? Most
angering? Most surprising? Most
confusing? Most touching?
End of Novel (warm-up II)
• In the preface, Brown mentions that
Wiesel had trouble finding a publisher –
”Such depressing subject matter.” What
would you to say to a publisher, parent or
student who has that complaint about his
book?
Warm up (part V)
• Finish the irony passage in your packet
from page 66 (it is 69 in your book)
• Identify the meaning of the simile near the
top of page 67 …..bent over like trees in a
storm
TODAY… finish reading (pg 75-84) and
finish comprehension questions
Part VI: Warm up
Directions: Please answer the questions below on a
separate piece of paper and attach to question sheet
See the simile on pg 87… “ These human
waves were rolling forward and would have
crushed me like an ant.”
1. Why does he describe the wave as a human
wave?
2. Why does Elie compare himself to an ant?
3. What is the difference between a simile and
metaphor
PREDICTION:
• How will Wiesel react when he is finally free?
Assignment
• Finish reading Part V
• Finish Part V questions
• With a partner complete character traits on
Chlomo Wiesel (Elie’s father) and Akiba
Drumer (45, 51, 76-77)