Night Study - Blue Team - 06-07

Our study of Elie Wiesel's Night will focus on what you want to get out of the book and will involve you in using your active reading skills, organization and analysis skills, creative skills, and writing skills. Simply put, you will form the questions that will guide your study and then actively pursue answers to those questions, ending with a wide variety of written and artistic responses to the book.  In addition, you will engage in a myriad of Holocaust activities through the Holocaust IDU.

Pre-Reading: Form & Revise Essential Questions & Reading Stratgies (February 13 & 14)
As we begin our study of Night, we will form four basic essential questions, two second level and two third level questions.  See the Essential Questions Generator if you need a review.  We will also create appropriate graphic organizers and reading strategies for answering each type of question.

Step 1: Generate a list of second and third level questions:

Second Level: How or Why: Examples: Why did the various prisoner's react they way they did?  How did prisoners survive the daily cruelty they had to endure? How does Wiesel use literary devices to develop the emotion of each chapter? What current world situations closely resemble the conditions described in the book? Third Level: What if?: Examples: How would I have reacted in similar situations to Elie? What can I do differently in my own life now that I have learned so much about Night and the Holocaust? What could the major characters of the book have done differently to help their fellow prisoners?
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2: Select Second and Third Level Questions (2 each)
 

Level 2:

Q1:

Q2: 

Level 3:

Q1: 

Q2:

Remember, you can always change these questions again later if needed.  You may start answering these questions at any time.

Step 3: Create Graphic Organizers for each of your Essential Questions (4 total)

You want to be organized, focused, and efficient when putting together the answers to your essential questions.  To do this, you will need to create your own graphic organizers, like a Venn Diagram, Active Reading Chart, Outline to fill in, etc.  Make these now.  Again, if your questions change, so will these.
*Helpful Hint!!!: Here's is what to ask yourself as you create your graphic organizers: What do I need to learn to answer my questions?  How can I record that learning neatly and efficiently so that I can demonstrate my learning and answer my questions?

Step 4: Outline your Active Reading Approach

Make a brief outline of five strategies you will take in actively studying this book.  Base these decisions on your essential questions, the types of graphic organizers you've chosen, and the fact that you'll have a reading comprehension test at the end of this study.  The first strategy is required; you decide on the other four.  Suggestions: Keep a character list.  Keep a plot point outline. Record and look up unfamiliar vocabulary.  Do active reading journals at the end of each reading.  Use the online resources and quizzes to test my comprehension.

Strategy 1: Create and use Graphic Organizers.

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Perform Study of Night and Explore through Holocaust IDU
February 12 - March 2

Do Active Reading of Night, Create Graphic Organizers, and Draft Answers to Essential Questions
We'll be actively reading, creating graphic organizers, and eventually drafting/revising answers to our essential questions.  Almost all work done during this process will be checked as part of your Night Study Process Packet.

Engage in Holocaust IDU (February 15-23)
In both English and World Studies classes this week, you will be participating in a wide variety of Holocaust activities, ranging from reenactments to documentaries to creating a memorial.  Use any and all learning from these activities to help you answer your essential questions. You will also complete worksheets that will be due as part of your Night Study Process Packet.

Post to Night Bulletin Boards and Respond; Revise Essential Question Responses
February 26 - March 1

Post and Respond on Night Bulletin Boards
Each evening this week, you will be required to either post or respond to essential questions on our class bulletin board.  These posts will be graded for completion and effectiveness online.  Meeting the requirements for posts will get you a "B" for the assignment; exceeding them will earn you the "A".

Revise and Polish Essential Question Responses
Using the feedback you get from your peers on the Night Bulletin Boards, revise and polish your essay responses for final grading.  Don't forget to use the rubric for the assignment to guide your revisions.
Finish and Submit Night Study Work
Date TBA

Night Study Process Packet
Night Essential Questions Evaluation Rubric
Place active reading materials in your notebooks.