Today’s Objectives Review the rhetorical précis Read a passage from Night to gain a survivor’s perspective Discuss the effects of the Holocaust on its survivors and victims Compare the thematic elements in Night and The Book Thief Closing Task: Double entry organizer
Warm-up 8/25 Rhetorical précis: Trade with a partner and peer review. Suggest one improvement. Discuss and review as a class. Turn in paper for completion points.
Who is Elie Weisel? Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, and Nobel Laureate (he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986). He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps. In this picture, he is in the middle row, seventh from the left, next to the post.
Read and annotate the passage. Reading from Night Read and annotate the passage.
Effects of the Holocaust Talking points: Loss of faith dehumanization
Reading from The Book Thief Read and annotate the passage.