April 30

AGENDA:

1. Time to work on individual and group



HW: Lit Analysis due tomorrow in class or emailed; Group and individual projects due Tuesday in class

April 29

AGENDA:

1. Socratic Seminar  - a discussion, not a debate....

An unexamined life is not worth living - Socrates


HW: Projects due Tuesday; Lit Analysis due Friday

April 28

AGENDA:

1. Return papers and discuss
2. Skits on Human Rights Values
3. Big Questions????


HW: May 1 Literature analysis due; May 5 projects due in class; Finish Night tonight - graded socratic seminar tomorrow - bring 2 questions (Level 2 and 3)

April 27

AGENDA:

1. Holocaust PPT
2. Human Rights Values

HW: May 1 Literature analysis due; May 5 projects due in class; 
Read Chapter 6 in Night tonight

April 24

AGENDA:

1. Vocab review quiz
2. Quiz on Night

HW: May 1 Lit analysis due; Projects due May 5

April 23

AGENDA:

1. Meet in Career Center


HW: Vocab review on Friday; Read Chapter 5 and 6 by Monday

April 22

AGENDA:

1. Background on Wiesel
2. Project assignment


Individual Project:

Genocide and the Holocaust 50 points - Due May 5 

This project is meant to evaluate our society's knowledge, or lack of knowledge, of genocide and the Holocaust. You will work individually to create a question and answer that runs through the project. For example, Why does one group wish to obliterate another? How is genocide addressed in the media? Why is our society blind to genocide? How can we increase our awareness of atrocities such as genocide? What are we doing to help those who are victims of genocide?

- Do this through words and images
- Use at least 5 quotes from the book
- Essential question visible and answered by your project
- 3/4 Page self reflection
- Interview 5 people with your overarching question (2 must be adults)
- Map/ timeline
- Definition of Genocide
- Describe where and when the genocide happened (if applicable)
- Explain why 
- Identify victims and perpetrators
- Explain how the world reacted to the genocide
- Engage your audience and be creative.

Same rubric as group project







HW: Vocab review on Friday; Read Chapter 4 in Night by Friday

April 21

AGENDA:

1.  ESSAY:

Do we value only what we struggle for? Plan your response, and then write an essay/analysis to explain your views on this issue. Be sure to support your position with specific points and examples. (You may use personal examples or examples from your reading, observations, or, knowledge of subjects such as history, literature, science.)


YOU HAVE ALL PERIOD. This is a full essay - do your best work.


HW: Read Chapter 4 tonight; Vocab review on Friday

April 20

AGENDA:

1. What are Human Rights?
2. Who is Elie Wiesel?

Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. 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. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never. 

This quote also appears in the Permanent Exhibition of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 

Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania, on September 30, 1928. 

A Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University professor, Wiesel has worked on behalf of oppressed people for much of his adult life. His personal experience of the Holocaust has led him to use his talents as an author, teacher, and storyteller to defend human rights and peace throughout the world.

HW: Review vocab on Friday; Read through page 28 or the second chapter;
to read on line - http://www.scslschool.com/Documents/TeacherFiles/ElieWiesel-NightFULLTEXT_3_26_2014_3_23_04_PM.pdf

April 17

AGENDA:

1. Meet in Computer Lab


HW: Read pages 3-23 of Night this weekend; to read on line - (http://www.scslschool.com/Documents/TeacherFiles/ElieWiesel-NightFULLTEXT_3_26_2014_3_23_04_PM.pdf)

Literary Analysis due May 1

April 16

AGENDA:

1. Our Twisted Hero clips
2. Return your book and pick up Night at library



HW: Computer lab tomorrow - meet me there; Read Preface and Foreward tonight - if you don't have your book go to Gutenberg and type in name of book

April 15

AGENDA:

1. The end is intentionally ambiguous. Han tells us that he doesn't know what makes him cry at the end of the book, whether the tears "were for me or for him, whether from relief for the world, or from a new pessimism." What do you think? What themes can you extract from the ending?

You have the whole period to write this - make sure you have a thesis built into what you want to say. This will guide your entire paper.


HW: Literary Analysis Due May 1

April 14

AGENDA:

1. Socratic Seminar
    Level 1, 2, 3 questions - Zoe/James lead in Period 1; Josh/Megan leads in Period 5


HW: Literary Analysis due May 1

April 13

AGENDA:

1. Quick Write - What is the resolution of Our Twisted Hero? 
2. What motivated Om? What Motivated Han? Discuss


HW: Level 1, 2, 3 questions for Socratic Seminar tomorrow  -  Level 1 factual questions; Level 2 literary technique questions; Level 3 - deeper understanding (window/mirror) questions. Have three for class tomorrow

April 1

AGENDA:

1. Review last night's reading
2. Read a little more


HW: Complete Our Twisted Hero over break and be prepared to discuss, debate and write about it when we come back; Complete your literary analysis .....


HAPPY SPRING BREAK!