DAY: 6            SUBJECT:  World Literature and Composition GRADE: 10^th

 

QCC’s:  32, 34, 36, 38, 40      CORE SKILLS:  3, 5, 9,11, 15, 20, 21, 23

 

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

(Adapted from IRA/NCTE Standards)

Students will:

¨  read a wide range of literature to build an understanding of themselves and the cultures of the world, to acquire new information, and for personal fulfillment.  Among these texts are fiction and non-fiction works. (#1)

¨  apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. (#3)

¨  apply their knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss texts. (#6)

¨  conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems.  They will gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience. (#7)

¨  use a variety of technological and information sources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information to create and communicate knowledge. (#8)

¨      use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes

(e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).  (#12)

 

INTRODUCTION:

So tell me what we know about Elie.  What are some of the comparisons between Night and Number the Stars?  Then I would bring out the closing from Friday and together we will review some of their predictions.

 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

(Adapted from Georgia’s Quality Core Curriculum)

Students will:

¨organize, select, and relate ideas and develop them into coherent, multi paragraph compositions (LA 10.32)

¨recognize different purposes and methods of writing; identifying a writer’s point of view, tone and other techniques (LA 10.34)

¨read, discuss, and analyze world literature representing diverse backgrounds and traditions (LA 10.36)

¨develop effective ways of telling and writing about literature, using appropriate literary terms (LA 10.38)

¨take notes on the main and subordinate ideas in lectures and discussions and reports accurately what others have said (Core Skills #3)

¨identify, comprehend, and summarize the main and subordinate ideas in a written work (Core Skills #5)

¨acquires new vocabulary through reading and listening; demonstrates progress though speaking and writing (Core Skills #9)

¨use inferential comprehension skills (e.g., predictions, comparisons, conclusions, implicitly stated main idea) (Core Skills #11)

¨writes standard American English sentences with correct verb forms, punctuation, capitalization, possessives, plural forms and other mechanics, word choice, and spelling (Core Skills #15)

            ¨gain insight into human behavior from the study of literature (Core Skills #20)

            ¨creates hypotheses and predicts outcomes (Core Skills #21)

            ¨speaks so others can hear and understand  (Core Skills #23)

 

PROCEDURES AND TEACHER’S NOTES:

Journal Entry:

What do you think life was like for the Jews during this time in history?

Step 1:

Group discussion over previous night’s reading.

Step 2:

Read Chapter 4 and 5 silently and take notes.

Step 3:

Discuss chapters. Remind them to take notes on discussion.

-         What are some of the internal and external conflicts in this book?

-          How do Elie and his father’s relationship change through the course of the book?

-         How did Elie’s character change?

-          What do you think are Elie’s thoughts as he leaves the camp at the end of Chapter five?

-         What are some of the similarities we are seeing between Night and Number the Stars?

-         Do you think the two main characters of the two books experience the same fear?

-         How is Marianne’s relationship with her mother the same or different from Elie’s relationship with his father?

-         How do the Nazis dehumanize the Jews at the camps?

Step 4:

Write a one-page response on one of the following questions:

-         Compare the hanging of the “youth from Warsaw” (59) and the hanging of the “sad-eyed angel” (61) and explain, using evidence from there and elsewhere in Night, why Elie reacted differently to the two hangings. (Adapted from Literary Analysis Topics)

-         Using examples in Number the Stars, explain how civil disobedience against German occupation was achieved. (Adapted from Elie Wiesel Student Writing Competition)

 

CLOSING:

Again write on a transparency, “What we know” and “what we predict” and let the students fill it in.  Tell then on Wednesday they have a test over the two books we have been discussing.

 

 

 

EVALUATION:

Discussion circles – separate grade

One page essay -- daily grade

Journal entry – daily grade

(see syllabus)

 

MATERIALS:

-         Night

-         Overhead projector

-         Transparency

-         Markers

 

EXTENDERS:

If everyone finishes their essays we will read out loud from Sky.

 

ASSIGNMENTS:

Finish Number the Stars and discussion circles.  Finish the essay if it was not completed in class.

 

PROVISIONS:

I will make sure that the student is sitting close to the board and that he has a large-print text of Night and Number the Stars.

 

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