Daily Agenda 10/16

Today's Agenda ~

* Finish reading / discussing chapters 8-9
* Look at examples of outlines / essays
* Announcements: vocab 17-18 due today; Darfur letters due yesterday; sign up for topics by Wednesday
* Read and discuss "The Yellow Star" no time -- consider doing tomorrow
* Honors reflection again, no time -- will consider doing tomorrow

Daily Agenda 10/12

Today's Agenda ~

* Read / discuss "Columbus Dying" ; identify literary devices

* Chapter 6 review of Night

* Announcements: final draft of letter due Monday 10/15

* Read / discuss Chapter 7 of Night in class

Daily Agenda 10/11

Today's Agenda ~

* Read and discuss chapter 6 of Night
* Announcements: checking rough drafts of business letters today (you should have something started) -- business letters due MONDAY, 10/15
* "Columbus Dying"

Daily Agenda 10/10

Today's Agenda ~

* Chapter 5 of Night (discuss / oral quiz)
* "A Man" poem discussion
* Announcements: rough drafts due tomorrow if you want your letter proofread; turn in quote reflections, if necessary
* Work on business letters in class (no excuses)

Daily Agenda 10/9

Today's Agenda ~
* Darfur
* Business letter
* Announcements: vocab 15-16 due today; quote reflection essay due today
* Read chapter 5 of Night

Daily Agenda 10/8

Today's Agenda ~

* Received playing card / new seats per suit
* Discuss / reflected / connected per the activity
* Announcements: vocab 15-16 due tomorrow; quote reflection due tomorrow; read to page 82 in Night for tomorrow
* Read in Chapter 5 (finish for HW)
* (7th period only) : conferenced re: quote reflection essays

Daily Agenda 10/4

Today's Agenda ~

* Journal 2 due today
* Announcements: quotes need to be chosen by the end of the period today; paper is due Tuesday 10/9; email Miss Wayne regarding questions
* Read chapter 4
* Class time to work on papers

Daily Agenda 10/3

Today's Agenda ~

* Read chapter 4 of Night
* Journal #2: "Quote" and (page number); paragraph 1: write about a time when you have misplaced your anger; paragraph 2: who were you really mad at? what would you do differently if you could go back to that situation? compare yourself to Elie.

* Announcements: video slip signed (if necessary); choose quote: (Thursday is the last day); reflection paper due Tuesday; free help from Miss Wayne

* "Columbus Dying" / "A Man," if time allows

Daily Agenda 10/2

Today's Agenda ~

* Quiz on chapter 3 of Night
* Announcements: vocabulary lessons 13-14 due TODAY; bring Night book tomorrow and Thurs.
* Explain chapter 4 reflection paper (response to lit), due Tuesday, Oct. 9

* sample incorrect response
* sample correct response

Daily Agenda 10/1

Today's Agenda ~

* Discuss chapter 3 of Night (weekend reading assignment)
* Continue reading chapter 3 (finish for homework pages 46-54)
* Announcements: vocabulary lessons 13-14 due TOMORROW; chapter 3 quiz tomorrow
* Journal / reflection activity:

Reflect on the following quote:
"At about noon they brought us soup: a plate of thick soup for each person. Tormented though I was by hunger, I refused to touch it. I was still the spoiled child I had always been. My father swallowed my ration" (Wiesel).

Paragraph 1: Explain how it describes Elie, his father, and how it pertains to the story.
Paragraph 2: Relate it to yourself. (details!)

Daily Agenda 9/28

Today's Agenda ~

* Night chapter 1 quiz (8 questions, answer in complete sentences)
* Announcements: grammar worksheet due TODAY; vocabulary lessons 13-14 due Tuesday; no school on Friday 10/5
* Read chapter 2 together in class
* Autobiography portfolio reflections
* Homework: read in chapter 3, pages 38-45

Daily Agenda 9/27

Today's Agenda ~

* "Butterfly" poem

* Announcements: chapter 1 quiz Friday

* Finish chapter 1 in Night

* Grammar worksheet for HW (due tomorrow, Friday)

Daily Agenda 9/26

Today's Agenda ~

* Discuss yesterday's silent reading
* "Keep Memory Alive" handout (also in textbook)
* Announcements: remember to turn in vocab; bring Night books tomorrow
* do questions 2a & 2b, 4a, 5a, and 6 -- answer in complete sentences!
* Read silently to p. 26 (when finished with questions) to "...we helped them as well as we could."

Admin / Staff Letter

To Staff / Administration:

In commemoration and honor of the 6,000,000 victims of the Holocaust, the freshmen Honors English classes would like to invite you to wear a paperclip on your clothes during the week of September 24-28 as we begin our study of Elie Wiesel’s Night and the Holocaust.

“Patriots wore them in their lapels as a symbol of resistance to the German occupiers and local Nazi authorities when other signs of resistance were forbidden, such as flag pins or pins showing the cipher of the exiled King Haakon VII of Norway. The clips were meant to denote solidarity and unity ("we are bound together"). The wearing of paper clips was soon prohibited, and people wearing them were severely punished.” (Wikipedia).

In 1998, Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee started the world-renowned “Paper Clip Project” in response to a simple question: “what is 6,000,000?” After Internet research and discovery of the hidden connotation behind the paperclip, the school set out to collect 6,000,000 paperclips to better understand such a myriad number. Two German journalists and White House correspondents Peter Schroeder and Dagmar Schoeder-Hildebrand discovered the project and set to bring it to national and international attention. To date, the “Paper Clip Project” brought in over 27,000,000 paperclips and over 25,000 pieces of mail from nearly every corner of the world. The Schroeders also obtained a genuine cattle railcar, used during the Holocaust to transport Jews and other victims, as a way to permanently house a part of the paperclip collection. The railcar serves as a public Holocaust memorial on the school grounds.

We appreciate your time and support during the following weeks as we attempt to better understand our history, the impact of the Holocaust, and the consequences of overt forms of hatred / racism.

Thank you again,
M. Feller
English 9H

Daily Agenda 9/25

Today's Agenda ~

* Brief bio of Wiesel (notes)
* Receive Holocaust vocabulary handout
* Announcements: vocabulary 11 & 12 due TODAY ; bring Night book and binder tomorrow
* Begin chapter 1
* Discuss literary devices and compare/contrast with Frederick Douglass
* Read silently to page 21
* Discuss important passages for reflection

9/24/07 Holocaust Notes

January 30, 1933
-German President appoints Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, making Hitler the most powerful leader in Germany. Hitler's was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Germany had political party similar to how the U.S. has Republicans and Democrats) a.k.a. Nazi Party

September 1939
-Germany invaded Poland (poor country; not able to defend themselves very well) and conquered them in a few weeks; Britain and France then declared war on Germany = WWII

May 1940
-Auschwitz established

June 1940
-Jews confined to ghettoes and sealed off

Three groups of people during Holocaust:
1.) Victims
2.) People who hurt/killed/mistreated the victims
3.) Bystanders

Resistance:
*Some countries, groups, and individuals were brave enough to help the Jews and others being persecuted resist the violence of the Nazis by helping them escape
-Denmark smuggled Jews on a ship to Sweden, who was neutral
-Several groups joined together and attacked a train headed for Auschwitz helping deportees escape
-U.S. did not hlep until the war was well underway because terminating the Nazi power was the number one priority; U.S. later allowed Jewish refugees to enter as immigrants for about a 2-3 year span.

Daily Agenda 9/24

Today's Agenda ~

* Turn in "6,000,000 interpretation"
* KW(L) of Holocaust / discussion

* Announcements: begin Night tomorrow and receive Holocaust vocabulary tomorrow; vocab 11 & 12 due tomorrow -- remember 10% late penalty (2 points) per DAY for late work

* Brief history of Holocaust / discuss KW(L) charts
* Jewish bio sheets
* Turn in notes for grade

Daily Agenda 9/21

Today's Agenda ~

* Finish presentations (if necessary)

* Finish watching Paperclips

* Finish masks

Daily Agenda 9/20

Today's Agenda ~

* Finish presentations

* Announcements: no books tomorrow

* Start watching Paperclips and work on masks