Night and Maus Part One

October 25, 2017

Standard: 

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

E.Q: Identify central ideas of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text and provide an objective summary.

Starter: 

Reflect on the articles you read yesterday in class.

What was your reaction to the information?

What did you learn?

Predict the focus of Maus and Night based on what you learned.

Vocabulary: 

Word: Memoir

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.

Your Definition: 

Activity: Give an example of a memoir. 

Word: Theme 

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Your Definition: 

Activity: Give an example of a theme. 

Activity: 

1.  Bio Poem Presentation

You will present your Bio Poems to the class.

Individually share you poem, and for at least THREE people create a plus and delta. 

2.  Understanding Theme 

Read through the ReadWriteThink link and take Cornell notes on identifying the theme. 

When you finish, write down a couple examples of common themes from Literary Devices. 

3.  Night Chapter One

With a partner, read through chapter one of Night.

As you are reading, identify textual evidence that relates to our big ideas.

Our big ideas are FAMILY, FREEDOM, and CONFLICT.

Create a mind map that has three branches coming off the center for your big ideas.

Find at least two quotes that relate to each big idea.

For each quote, explain how it connects to your big idea.

Closure: 

Based on what you have learned in previous classes and today, how well do you understand themes?

Use the learning target to evaluate yourself.