1. Read Chapter 5. 63- 72. in Elie Wiesel’s Night

2. The next assignment is optional depending on the level of your students.
My standard English II class will complete the character portrait while my honors will complete the chart.

3. Write down at least 3 examples for each of the following:
Character Portrait
Write down at least 3 examples for each of the following:
Elie
Wiesel
Sees
Hears
Does
Feels
Goes
Thinks
Loves
Says
Fears
Believes
You may draw Wiesel’s character or use a magazine cutout.
Write a one page response analyzing how Elie has changed as a result of witnessing and experiencing the Holocaust. You must cite at least 3 examples from the play.
Write the examples in your own words.

4. You must locate two more quotes.
For example:
“I too had become a different person. The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed by flames. There remained only a shaped that looked like me. A dark flame had entered my soul and devoured it.”
You must locate two more quotes.

5. Character Analysis Essay

6. It is NOT a summary of plot!!!
What Is It?
The character analysis essay provides the reader with a critical interpretation of a character in a literary work.
Interpret: to explain
It is NOT a summary of plot!!!

7. How to Analyze a Character:
Analyzing a character is the process of explaining a character’s personality, motives, and how he or she changes throughout a literary work.
Pay close attention to the character’s:
Statements
Actions
Thoughts
Beliefs
Motive
Change in personality
Use the literary work as evidence to PROVE your opinion of the character.

8. The Introduction Hook the reader’s interest Strategies to use…
Introduce the author and literary work then…
Hook the reader’s interest
Strategies to use…
Write a brief summarization about the story
Give the historical background
Use a quotation
Ask a question

9. Introduction-First Sentence Example:
Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night reveals his experiences and memories during the Holocaust between
The introduction allows you to give the reader a clear and specific direction of your essay.

10. The Thesis states the main purpose of the essay (to analyze character)
is stated in the LAST sentence of
your introduction

11. Remember the body paragraph format!
…is divided into paragraphs
Remember the body paragraph format!
Topic sentence
Explanation
Example (Quote)
Interpretation
Clincher

12. The Body Interpretation!!!
In order to prove your thesis, you must support your topic sentences with examples and in-text citations (quotes from the book) from the literary work.
Interpretation!!!
When you use an in-text citation (quote) you must provide an interpretation, not a summary, about how this quote is appropriate to the development of the topic and thesis.

13. The Conclusion Restate your topic. Summarize your main points.
Do not introduce any new information in the conclusion!

14. In-text Citations
Quotes of no more than two sentences can be included in the body of your essay using quotation marks
1st Time:
“According to Elie Wiesel in Night, “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever” (22).
2nd Time
“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever” (Wiesel 22).

15. Formatting
In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, my name, the class title, and the date.
Double space again and center the title. Don't underline your title or put it in quotation marks.
Double space between the title and the first line of the text.

16. Here is a sample title page of an essay in MLA format:

17. Here is a sample first page of an essay in MLA format:

18. Should suggest the focus of your essay
Title of Essay
Titles should:
Inform and interest
Should suggest the focus of your essay

19. Double space your essay Times New Roman: font size 12
Essay Requirements
Ensure you have completed the following before you submit your essay
Double space your essay
Times New Roman: font size 12
3 pages in length

20. Thesis Statement-Use this!
During the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel changes from a spiritual, sensitive little boy to a spiritually dead, unemotional man.

21. Explain who Elie was before the Holocaust.
 Draw the following chart.
Explain who Elie was before the Holocaust.
Explain who Elie becomes during the Holocaust.
Give at least 6 examples to explain the changes

22. Due Today… Response # 6
Explain the following statement using examples from the text: During the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel changes from a spiritual, sensitive little boy to a spiritually dead, unemotional man.

23. Read remaining of chapter 5
Homework
Read remaining of chapter 5