Night chapters 7 and 8

November 14, 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:

Think back to yesterday's reading and write an objective summary of Maus.

Vocabulary: 

Word: Buchenwald

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: site of a former Nazi concentration camp in central Germany, near Weimar.

Your Definition: 

Activity: Find an image that relates to the word.

Activity: 

1.  Benchmark Remediation

As a class, we will go over the questions that received the most incorrect responses. 

The three questions focused on central ideas, theme, and complex characters.

For your own remediation, answer the questions in the assignment title Benchmark Remediation 11/3 in usatestprep.

These should be completed by November 21. 

2.  Night Chapter 7 and 8

With a partner, read through chapters seven and eight.

As you read consider how the main ideas are developing a theme as we approach the end of the story.

3.  Fishbowl

Topic 

Identify a theme of Night and discuss how the ideas of family, conflict, and freedom relate.

You will have a couple of minutes to gather your evidence and ideas for the discussion. 

Closure; 

What is one thing you learned from the fishbowl?