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Journal: Holocaust – Prior Knowledge + Questions Agenda: Intro questions table talk - excused if absent Homework: Please fill out the Group Formation Feedback form 28.2 Journal: How does Elie define himself? In what ways is religion important to his identity? Agenda: Unit expectations; Part 1 Reading Time Homework: Read Part 1 (Pg 3-22) before Thursday 28.3 Journal: “You’re Lying” vs “I can’t believe you” What is the difference between saying that someone is lying and saying that you cannot believe what he or she is saying? Agenda: Passed out Night Packets + reviewed expectations Homework: Discussion 1 is tomorrow - come with vocab done and ready to discuss! 28.4 Journal: Discussion 1 - Share something a groupmate said that helped your understanding or challenged your views. Agenda: Discussion on Part 1 Homework: Keep up with the Night Calendar to stay on track! 28.5 Journal: Friday Free Write - 5 Minutes Agenda: Common Assessment [excused if absent] Homework: Keep up with the Night Calendar to stay on track! No additional HW over break. |
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Journal: Holocaust Presentation Work Day Agenda: Begin work on Integrated Holocaust Research Presentation (details attached) Homework: Presentations are due Tuesday 23 April; continue to follow Night reading calendar 29.2 Journal: Eliezer tells the reader, “Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion. Eight short, simple words.” What are those words and why is Eliezer unable to forget them? How do they help explain why Eliezer and his father cling to one another in Auschwitz? Agenda: Discussion on Part 2 Homework: Presentations are due Tuesday 23 April; continue to follow Night reading calendar 29.3 Journal: What are the Nine Circles of Presentation Hell? Agenda: Discussing presentation skills and ways to improve Homework: Presentations are due Tuesday 23 April; continue to follow Night reading calendar 29.4 Journal: What does the word resistance mean to you? Some insist that “armed resistance” is the only form of legitimate resistance. Others stress the idea that resistance requires organization. Still others argue that resistance is more about the will to live and the power of hope than it is about either weapons or organization. Which view is closest to your own? Agenda: Discussion Part 3 Homework: Presentations are due Tuesday 23 April; continue to follow Night reading calendar 29.5 Journal: Holocaust Research Presentation Work Day Agenda: Work Day Homework: Presentations are due Tuesday 23 April; continue to follow Night reading calendar |
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Journal: Each night is the end of one day and the start of another. What does that suggest about the need to bear witness? To not only tell the story but also have the story be heard and acknowledged? Agenda: Discussion Part 5 Homework: Calendar updated: Socratic Seminar will now be moved to next Tuesday and Wednesday. Please turn in The Pianist permission slips by Wednesday. 31.2 Journal: Night – Personal Reflection Agenda: Review Night vocabulary + Stages of Genocide Homework: Vocab Quiz + Stages of Genocide quiz tomorrow 31.3 Journal: Quiz Day Agenda: Vocab Quiz + Stages of Genocide quiz Homework: None 31.4 Journal: The Pianist - Predictions Agenda: Begin watching The Pianist Homework: None 31.5 Journal: Stages of Genocide in The Pianist - Choose three Stages of Genocide. Give an example from The Pianist of each and explain why that example counts. Agenda: Continue watching The Pianist Homework: None, but Socratic Seminars begin Tuesday, so take notes and get ready! |
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Journal: The Pianist – Reflection. How has the film changed or increased your understanding of the Holocaust? Minimum 3 sentences. Agenda: Finish watching The Pianist Homework: Prepare for Socratic Seminar 32.2 Journal: Socratic Seminar Agenda: Socratic Seminar + In Class Write Homework: None 32.3 Journal: Socratic Seminar Agenda: Socratic Seminar + In Class Write; checking out Haroun Homework: Read Chapter 1 of Haroun and the Sea of Stories! 32.4 Journal: How did the Ch 1 Quiz go, and why? [If you were absent: how WOULD it have gone if you were here?] Agenda: Chapter 1 Quiz; Intro to Haroun and the Sea of Stories; Salman Rushdie Homework: Read Ch 2 32.5 Journal: What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true? Agenda: Calendar discussion: Ch 2 Discussion; allusion and story time (Scheherazade) Homework: Follow the Haroun Calendar for reading assignments and due dates |