Night by Elie Wiesel
Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again. (back cover)
Holocaust
Much of the information we discuss may be found at the Holocaust Museum Website:
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire."
By 1945, the Germans and their collaborators killed nearly two out of every three European Jews as part of the "Final Solution," the Nazi policy to murder the Jews of Europe.
In the final months of the war, SS guards moved camp inmates by train or on forced marches, often called “death marches,” in an attempt to prevent the Allied liberation of large numbers of prisoners. As Allied forces moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Germany, they began to encounter and liberate concentration camp prisoners, as well as prisoners en route by forced march from one camp to another. The marches continued until May 7, 1945, the day the German armed forces surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.
Assignments
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NIGHT PROJECT IDEAS
Choose ONE of the following:
Choose ONE of the following:
- Create a collage with poems/writings/pictures of the holocaust.
- Construct a board game based on the story. Be sure to include instructions.
- Prepare an illustrated map or timeline with appropriate citations for each of the major events in the story.
- Draw a “comic strip” version of one of the major events in the story. You must include at least 5 panels with dialogue.
- Write a letter to the author telling him how the story affected you.
- Create an illustration or diorama of a character or a scene in the book. Include at least a paragraph written description.
- Draw a new cover for the book. Include a synopsis on the back (several paragraphs). Don’t give away the ending!
- Advertise the book by making a TV commercial, radio commercial, or podcast. (Present)
- Create a powerpoint presentation outlining Elie’s experiences in the novel. Use pictures and graphics along with your words.
Vocabulary List 1
- betrothal (n) 11. martyrdom (n)
- decree (n) 12. morale (n)
- devastation (n) 13. murmur (n)
- eloquence (n) 14. oppressor (n)
- encumber (v) 15. premonition (n)
- excruciating (adj) 16. provisions (n)
- extermination (n) 17. refutation (n)
- indignity (n) 18. revelation (n)
- iniquity (n) 19. truncheon (n)
- lamentation (n) 20. unremittingly (adv)
Vocabulary List 2
- annihilate (v) 11. decomposition (n)
- automaton (n) 12. defiance (n)
- blandishment (n) 13. evacuate (v)
- cauldron (n) 14. torment (v or n)
- cleft (v or n) 15. hoisting (v)
- congeal (v) 16. humane (adj)
- convalescent (adj) 17. interminable (adj)
- countenance (n) 18. meddle (v)
- crucible (n) 19. raucous (adj)
- cynical (adj) 20. summarily (adv)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Overview of Washington Irving's classic American tale from Prestwick House, Inc:
When Ichabod Crane becomes the new schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow, he quickly and happily adjusts to the local ways. He delights in the bountiful dinners he's served when visiting the prosperous farms of the region; he enjoys the local yarns and scary legends that fill the firelit evenings of autumn; and he comes to love the idea of marrying Katrina Van Tassel and of one day owning her father's wealth and lands. There's one problem with his plans, though: Brom Bones, the local hero, who decided long ago to wed Katrina himself. And now, to his annoyance, this pasty-faced bookworm named Ichabod is making a serious bid. This droll tale of romantic rivalry climaxes with the appearance of the Headless Horseman.
Assignments
- Webquest
- Reading Questions
- Project
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Project Ideas
Choose ONE of the following to complete individually:
1. Superstition Book - Make a picture book containing a minimum of five superstitions. This must be created as an actual book with illustrations on every page, and not just a list. You must write out each superstition, explain the superstition, and illustrate it. Try to provide as much information as you can, including where the superstition comes from if you can find out.
2. Rewrite Ending – Many people are still confused about what happened on the night of October 31, 1795. Write a first person account of what happened that night giving the “true” story of what happened. You can pretend to be Ichabod, Brom Bones, or The Headless Horseman.
3. News Article - Write an article that explains the disappearance of Ichabod Crane. You should have at least one quotation that you make up from a character in the story. Answer the questions Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why. Remember that you need to sell this article to a newspaper so it should be interesting and make people want to read it while they are learning of the details.
4. Travel Brochure – Create a brochure to help someone that is traveling to Sleepy Hollow find out about important settings in the story and what happened there. This brochure must include a map showing the major locations discussed in the story, and provide information about what happened at the various locations. You may be creative with some details, but must be accurate about major events and locations.
5. Board Game – Create your own unique board game based on the events and setting of the story. Be sure to create a playing board as well as game pieces. Since all games come with rules and instructions, yours needs to as well.
Choose ONE of the following to complete individually:
1. Superstition Book - Make a picture book containing a minimum of five superstitions. This must be created as an actual book with illustrations on every page, and not just a list. You must write out each superstition, explain the superstition, and illustrate it. Try to provide as much information as you can, including where the superstition comes from if you can find out.
2. Rewrite Ending – Many people are still confused about what happened on the night of October 31, 1795. Write a first person account of what happened that night giving the “true” story of what happened. You can pretend to be Ichabod, Brom Bones, or The Headless Horseman.
3. News Article - Write an article that explains the disappearance of Ichabod Crane. You should have at least one quotation that you make up from a character in the story. Answer the questions Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why. Remember that you need to sell this article to a newspaper so it should be interesting and make people want to read it while they are learning of the details.
4. Travel Brochure – Create a brochure to help someone that is traveling to Sleepy Hollow find out about important settings in the story and what happened there. This brochure must include a map showing the major locations discussed in the story, and provide information about what happened at the various locations. You may be creative with some details, but must be accurate about major events and locations.
5. Board Game – Create your own unique board game based on the events and setting of the story. Be sure to create a playing board as well as game pieces. Since all games come with rules and instructions, yours needs to as well.
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Vocabulary List 1
- antiquated (adj) 11. listless (adj)
- ascertain (v) 12. magnanimous (adj)
- bestow (v) 13. opulent (adj)
- capricious (adj) 14. profess (v)
- cavalier (n or adj - not the car) 15. propensity (n)
- chastise (v) 16. ridicule (n or v)
- chivalry (n) 17. scathing (adj)
- dexterity (n) 18. sequestered (v)
- fervor (n) 19. shrewd (adj)
- indulgent (adj) 20. trifling (adj)
Vocabulary List 2
- apparition (n) 11. onerous (adj)
- behoove (v) 12. pertinacious (adj)
- capacious (adj) 13. reverberate (v)
- conscientious (adj) 14. reverie (n)
- contagion (n) 15. sojourn (n)
- doleful (adj) 16. subsequent (adj)
- elapse (v) 17. supposition (n)
- intractable (adj) 18. vocation (n)
- inveterate (adj) 19. whimsical (adj)
- obstinate (adj) 20. wistful (adj)