Night Test Review

Know these terms and how to apply them to Elie Wiesel's memoir:

Point of view (3rd person omnicient, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, first person)

Foreshadowing

Simile

Metaphor

Irony

Theme (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH MOTIF)

Motif (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THEME)

Mood (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH TONE)

Tone (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH MOOD)

Subjective Narrator vs. Objective Narrator

Dialogue

Climax / Turning Point

Symbolism ("fire," "night"

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Content Specific:

Know the characters and their relationships to one another

Know the various settings, town names, concentration camp names

10 year vow of silence

HW Due Monday, May 11

Read up to page 80.
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Create a character that might have been in the Holocaust. Write 3 journal enteries of their experiences. Once entry must describe your character crossing paths with Elie Wiesel. All 3 enteries are due Wednesday/Thursday (when your class meets for a block period).
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Check the writing portfolio timeline (packet and blog post) for important due dates.

Writing Portfolio Timeline

Wednesday, April 29
Writing Portfolio Assignment Details (packet)


Monday, May 11
Reading Log
Recommended Reading List


Monday, May 18
Literary Response and Expression section
Lit. Response Growth Reflection


Monday, May 25
(Memorial Day, No School)


Tuesday, May 26
Critical Analysis and Evaluation section
Crit. An./Eval. Growth Reflection


Friday, May 29
Information and Understanding section
Info/Und. Growth Reflection


Monday, June 1
Overall Self-Reflection


Tuesday, June 2
Table of Contents
Cover Page


Wednesday, June 3
Checked-off Checklist
Blank Rubric
Organize into binder with dividers


Thursday, June 4
No School for Students


Friday, June 5
Writing Portfolio Due (at the beginning of class)

*Conferences June 7th-11th

Reading Strategy: After Each Paragraph, Choose 1

When you read challenging texts, you automatically either 1)summarize in your head 2)ask yourself a question 3) make a prediction or 4)demand clarity

Here's what that means: when reading a challenging text, you need to stop after each paragragraph, or few paragraphs, and use a combination of the following strategies (like we did in class with Night today!!!!):

1. Summarizing / Self-Review
From what we've read so far, I can tell that...

2. Ask a Question / Self-Testing
Literal: Why does Moshe the Beadle come back to talk to Eli?
Interpretive: Why do you think the German soldiers are smiling?
Analytical: Why is Madame Schachter bound up and gagged?
Applied: What are the human emotions that inspire hope?

3. Predicting / Setting the Stage for Further Reading
Based on...... and what I have read so far, I predict...

4. Demanding Clarity / Breaking Down the Text
I need some clarification about... I am guessing it is...

* Add these strategies to your stock of post-it annotation ideas!

Reading Strategy: Sentence Starters

Sentence starters get you thinking more deeply about the text. Use these in your discussion of literature to get below the surface and make interpretations:

I wonder...
I began to think of...
I like the idea...
I know the feeling...
I noticed...
I was surprised...
If I had been...
I was reminded of...

TIPS
*If you get writer's block when writing/brainstorming/thinking/talking about literature, here are some things to think about:

Feelings (boring, sad, exciting, weird)
Questions (I wonder why the author put in certain parts....)
Images (pictures in the mind, sensory responses)
Favorite (or detested) words and phrases
Echoes (of other books, movies, television shows, headlines, songs, poems)
Reaction to characters or events (I can't believe the soldiers are smiling...)
Memories (people, events, places you've known)
Connections (to other ideas, people, feelings, books)