Night Chapter 7 and 8

April 9, 2018

Standard: 

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

E.Q: Identify central ideas of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text and provide an objective summary.

Starter:

Think back to the reading before spring break and write an objective summary of Maus.

Vocabulary: 

Word: Buchenwald

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: site of a former Nazi concentration camp in central Germany, near Weimar.

Your Definition: 

Activity: Find an image that relates to the word.

Activity: 

1.   Save the Last Word For Me 

You will get together in groups of 3.

Assign yourself letters A, B, and C.

Letter A will share the quote and B and C will discuss what it means and its relevance for 3 minutes.

Then, letter A will share their interpretation.

Repeat for everyone to share. 

We will share ideas that were talked about to the whole class. 

2.  Night Chapter 7 and 8

With a partner, read through chapters seven and eight.

As you read consider how the main ideas are developing a theme as we approach the end of the story.

3.  How to Find Theme 

Take Cornell notes based on the readwritethink website.

Closure; 

Use your notes to potentially identify a theme. 

Explain your claim!