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Tuesday October 29, 2013. GRAB THE NEW VOCAB! Take out your notebooks and your Band of Brothers/Frontline Reflection!! And take everything else off of your desks. Checking in. Reminders. Quality of Work Sentences Word Choice Proofreading Emails Proper Subject Proper Message On TIME.
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TuesdayOctober 29, 2013 GRAB THE NEW VOCAB! Take out your notebooks and your Band of Brothers/Frontline Reflection!! And take everything else off of your desks.
Reminders • Quality of Work • Sentences • Word Choice • Proofreading • Emails • Proper Subject • Proper Message • On TIME
Announcements • Term 1 closes on November 8!
Class Objectives • Identify the part of speech and definition for Vocab Week 5 Words. • Review Vocab Week 5 Homework • Take accurate notes on Elie Wiesel’s life and accomplishments from Ms. Park’s PPT
Language Objectives • Create thoughtful and accurate sentences using this week’s vocab words • Discuss aspects of Elie Wiesel’s life and accomplishments
Agenda • Review Vocab Week 5 Words • Discuss Vocab Week 5 Homework • Finish up KWL • Take notes on Elie Wiesel’s life and accomplishments • Familiarize yourselves with important Jewish vocabulary you will need before we begin reading the novel
Vocab Week 5 Vocab Week 5 Words: pg. 38 Vocab Week 1 homework: pg. 39 I need 7 Volunteers!
Optimistic Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: • A tendency to believe that the best possible outcome will occur The optimisticcat truly believed he could get up the slide.
Earnest • Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: • Characterized by an intense and serious state of mind President Obama’s earnest speech moved many of his supporters to action.
Anguish • Part of Speech: Noun Definition: • A sense of agonizing pain The anguish in the child’s face was heartbreaking.
Sublime Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: • Impressive to the mind in terms of power or beauty The sublime barrel seemed to go on for hours.
Edict • Part of Speech: Noun Definition: • An announcement of law No one read the edict carefully; it clearly stated that all students had to bring Ms. Park breakfast at least once during the year.
Appoint Part of Speech: Verb Definition: • To fix or to officially put into place Ms. Park appointed herself President of her classroom.
Delusion • Part of Speech: Noun Definition: • The act of misleading the mind or judgment Jack became a victim of his own delusion; he thought he was the best looking guy in the school.
Vocab Week5 Homework Due: TOMORROW Vocab Week 5: TEST FRIDAY
Please update your table of contents and title page 35 The Holocaust: A KWL
The Holocaust: A KWL Please divide your page into three sections • At the top of the first section, write • “What I Know” • At the top of the second section, write • “What I Want to Know” • At the top of the third section, write • “What I’ve Learned”
What I Know: Please write down all of the information you know about the Holocaust.
What I Want to Know: Please write down any and all questions you have about the Holocaust, the People involved and what happened.
What I’veLearned: We will return to this section once our basic study of the Holocaust is complete!
Elie Wiesel The novel we are about to read is one man’s account of the Holocaust. In order to better understand his point of view, we will learn a little about him first.
Update your table of contents and title page 40: ElieWiesel: Bio Notes
Early Life Elie was born in Sighet, Romania, on September 30, 1928 He had three sisters. His father ran a grocery store. His family was Jewish and their faith played an important role in their lives.
World War II His town of Sighet was added to Hungary in 1940. In 1944, the Jewish community in Sighet was deported (sent against their will) to Auschwitz, one of the Nazi concentration camps. Wiesel was 15 years old when he and his family were deported. He spent a year at Auschwitz and Buchenwald before American troops freed the prisoners in 1945.
The Black Wall, between cell blocks in Auschwitz where executions of inmates took place.
Suitcases that belonged to people deported to the Auschwitz camp.
Wiesel After WWII Placed in a French orphanage Attended college at the Sorbonne, a renowned university in Paris Became a journalist, writing for French and Israeli papers
In the United States Elie moved to New York in 1955 Initially kept silent about his experiences in the death camps Was convinced to write about the Holocaust He wrote Night first in Yiddish then in French The book was first published as La Nuit in 1958
In the United States Over his career, he has written over 40 books Married writer Marion Ester Rose, also a survivor of the Holocaust, in 1969 Given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for speaking out against violence and racism He is a retired Professor of Humanities at Boston University today
Important Jewish Vocabulary Update your table of contents and open up your notebooks to page 41. Title this page,
Night Chapter 1 Vocabulary: Words You Should Know • Torah – Hebrew Bible • Talmud – a collection of teachings of early rabbis • Hasidism – movement of Orthodox Judaism • Cabbala – mystical commentary on the Torah studied by Jewish scholars
Night Chapter 1 Vocabulary: Words You Should Know • Rosh Hashanah – Jewish new year • Yom Kippur – holiest day of the Jewish calendar in which every individual is judged by God • Passover – eight-day celebration of the freeing of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt • Synagogue – Jewish house of worship and study • Saturday – Jewish day of rest
Night Chapter 1 Vocabulary: Words You Should Know • Gestapo: German Secret State Police, part of the SS known for its tactics of terrorism • Red Army: Russian army who fought against the Germans in WWII • Fascism: oppressive form of government ruled by a dictator that uses terror and censorship to maintain control and power • Boche: slang for German soldier
Important Jewish Vocabulary Please affix these notes into your notebook.