8th+Grade+Language+Arts

We will be reading __Night__ by Elie Weisel and completing activities that cover a wide range of language arts objectives over the course of two weeks. Students will: 1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. 3. Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. 5. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

Night PDF http://ktjusd.edlioschool.com/ourpages/auto/2013/4/11/49050280/Elie%20Wiesel%20-%20Night%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf Night audio book- Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyl4OYxD-3E Night audio book- Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD66Wxa4zCY

Day #1: Monday, November 17, 2014







Discussion Question #1: Where do we still have discrimination in our world today? What causes individuals to hate certain groups of people?

http://www.schooltube.com/video/7d5afe2a261101d87e45/Winfrey%20&%20Wiesel%20-%20Auschwitz%20(Part%201) Classwork/Homework: Read Chapters 1&2- (pages 3-28) Work on folder activities

Day 2: Tuesday, November 18, 2014



Discussion question #2 If you were told you must leave your home, and you knew everything would be destroyed, write down 3 things you would bring. Explain why you would bring each item

Classwork/Homework: Read chapter 3-(pages 29-46) Work on folder activities

Day 3: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 http://www.schooltube.com/video/856ef6780e3ceb99868e/Winfrey%20&%20Wiesel%20-%20Auschwitz%20(Part%202)

Discussion Question #3 Is it possible to have world peace? Is it possible for one individual to impact the world for the better? Explain how this can or cannot be done. http://www.schooltube.com/video/14bdb111e9289e62a1e6/Winfrey%20&%20Wiesel%20-%20Auschwitz%20(Part%203) Classwork/Homework- Read chapter 4- (pages 47-65) Work on folder activities

Day 4: Thursday, November 20, 2014 http://www.schooltube.com/video/879dcb29ed4b98799fc9/Winfrey%20&%20Wiesel%20-%20Auschwitz%20(Part%204)

Discussion Question #4 Explain how someone dehumanizes another individual? How is it possible to take away a person’s humanity?

Classwork/Homework- Read chapter 5- (pages 66-84) Work on folder activities

Day 5: Friday, November 21, 2014



Discussion Question #5 Respond to the following statement by agreeing or disagreeing. In your response give examples that support your opinion. •Educated, cultured people are more likely to do good for their society.

Classwork/Homework- Read chapter 6- (pages 85-97)Work on folder activities

=Day 6: Monday, November 24, 2014= http://www.schooltube.com/video/0278fe89687786f4b0e3/Winfrey%20&%20Wiesel%20-%20Auschwitz%20(Part%205)

http://www.schooltube.com/video/75564d02b2f7d75ceae3/Winfrey%20&%20Wiesel%20-%20Auschwitz%20(Part%206)

= Discussion Question #6 = = Think of the [|kapos] and the little blonde [|pipel] who is hanged on page 64. Who are the bystanders? Who are the perpetrators? Who are the victims in Night? Do these roles sometimes overlap? =

Read more: [|http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Oprahs-Book-Club-Night-Questions-and-Discussion-Topics#ixzz3K0BSqr6N] Classwork/Homework- Read chapters 7-8(pages 98- 112) Work on folder activities

Day 7: Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Discussion Question #7 If you had 10 minutes to write a letter to loved ones that you may never say again, what would say? What would you thank them for? Classwork/Homework- Finish book. Work on folder activities

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Monday, December 1, 2014 Review

http://quizlet.com/19872859/flashcards

Discussion Question #8: In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Wiesel says: "[O]ne person of integrity can make a difference, a difference of life and death. As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our life will be filled with anguish and shame. What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs" (p. 120). How has [|Elie Wiesel] fulfilled this purpose with this book? How does this statement make you feel about your place in the world?

Read more: [|http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Oprahs-Book-Club-Night-Questions-and-Discussion-Topics#ixzz3K0C5ErJ0]

You will get the class period to complete folder activities and to work on your project.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 Assessment

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Folder activities and project due.