Monday, November 21, 2011

Night Wrap~Up

Night Final Project~ 50 points
 Due Thurs. 12/1

You will create a collage that represents what you have learned about the Holocaust and Elie Wiesel’s tragic survival of Nazi Germany. This collage should be an assortment of hand-drawn pictures, photographs from the Internet, significant lines from Night, quotes from other survivors, objects that represent Jewish history, etc. Be creative, but most importantly you need to reflect in your collage what you have learned during this unit.

Grading:

Title                                                                 5 points                  
5 Night Quotes                                                10 points              
3 Examples of Figurative Language                   5 points                
10 or more related items on collage                   10 points              
Neatness and Creativity                                    10 points    
Presentation in Small Group                             10 points    

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Night Journal

Night Journal #4: Survival
Due Friday 11/18

(1 page minimum in length – provide specific details to support your ideas)

Horrible circumstances, such as the ones that Elie Wiesel and the other Jews faced during the Holocaust, cause people to go into survival mode. When struggling to survive, people take desperate measures and act in ways that they normally may not. It can be difficult to balance one’s responsibility and love for their family with their instinct to survive.

What does Elie do to survive? How is Elie different from Rabbi Eliahu’s son? Have you ever been in a situation where you had to act in survival mode? How did your instinct to survive change your normal behavior? If you have never been in a position where you were fighting for survival, try to put yourself into the shoes of the Jewish people. How do you think you would respond? What lengths would you go through to survive?