1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Read and annotate the passage.
Reading from Night
Read and annotate the passage.

5. Effects of the Holocaust
Talking points:
Loss of faith
dehumanization

6. Reading from The Book Thief
Read and annotate the passage.