Night by Elie Wiesel,Poetry terms

Week #21 January 28-February 1, 2013

Literature: Night by Elie Wiesel
Writing: Short Answer Response (SAR)
Vocabulary: N#s 31-40 interlocutor, crematoria, ghetto, relic, conflagration, constraints, hallucinating, colossus, floundering, ascertain

Homework: 
- SAT vocab notes on N#s 21-30 - due: Tuesday, Jan 29

Monday - Friday

• On Monday, you will take Quiz #3 covering vocabulary N#s 21-30 and questions on chapters we already covered.
• We will continue to read the memoir and understand the events and the significance of these on Wiesel's life.
• Understand and analyze the characters and their motivation.
• Understand and analyze the historical context of the events that affected or influenced Wiesel's life.
• Prepare for periodic reading checks. 

NOTE:  If you have missing work, please see me during lunch ASAP. 

Night by Elie Wiesel

Week #20 January 22-25, 2013

Literature: Night by Elie Wiesel/ Revisit the Excerpt from Black Boy by Richard Wright
Writing: Short Answer Response (SAR)
Vocabulary: N#s 21-30 profoundly, ordeal, legacy, glacial, transcend, inmate, morbid, phenomenon, holocaust, abomination

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes on N#s 11-20 - due: January 23
• SAT vocab notes on N#s 21-30 - due: January 29 

On Tuesday, students will take Quiz #2 covering N#s 11-20 and Chapter 1.


The rest of the week, we will continue reading the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel. We will

• Understand and analyze the characters, their characteristics, changes, and motivation.Understand and analyze the setting and mood.
• Understand and analyze the tone of certain characters or passages.
• Undersstand and analyze figurative languages.
• Compare, understand and analyze Elie Wiesel's and Richard Wright's experience of prejudice in Black Boy.

                                             

Night by Elie Wiesel

Week #19 January 14-18, 2013

Literature: Night By Elie Wiesel
Vocabulary: N#s 11-20 nocturnal, livid, pious, interminable, wizened, morale, infernal, refuge, oppressive, expelled

Homework:
- SAT notes N#s 1-10 - due: Jan. 15
- SAT notes N#s 11-20 - due: Jan. 22

Monday

• Today, students will take their first vocabulary quiz for the cycle.
• After the quiz, students will read and understand the motives behind the writing of the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel in the "Preface".
• Define memoir.

Tuesday-Friday

• Today until Friday, we will continue to read the memoir and annotate using the guide questions.
• Understand and analyse characters, setting, tone, mood, and the historical significance of events in the memoir.

Night by Elie Weisel

Week #18 January 8-11, 2013

Topic: Night by Elie Wisel
Writing:Expository/Persuasive Essay
Vocabulary: N#s 1-10 prostrate, interlude, reprieve, rations, dysentery,robust, quarantine, apathy, humane, grimace

Homework:

• SAT sentences with grammatical and syntactical component - Due: January 15

Tuesday-Wednesday

• Receive spring semester syllabus and discuss expectations for the entire semester.
• Define and understand vocabulary words. Identify root words and affixes.

Thursday-Friday

• Read "Frequently Asked Questions about the Holocaust.
• Read the historical context of Night by Elie Wiesel and fill in the blanks in the historical context handout.
• Take an open notes reading test.

"Happy New Year!"

Final Exam Review 2012

Week #17 Final Exam Week

Review for final exam. Ace it!!!

Antigone by Sophocles

Week #16 December 10-14, 2012

Literature: Antigone by Sophocles
Writing: Final Exam Essay
Vocabulary: Refer to your final vocab list

Homework:

• STUDY for final Exam.

SCHEDULE of Final Exam

Dec. 18 - 2nd and 5th

Dec. 19 - 3rd and 7th

Dec. 20 - 4th and 6th

Dec. 21 - 1 and 8th

Monday-Friday

• Read and analyze archetypes in Antigone.
• Understand and analyze Greek Drama elements.
• Write final exam essay (if not done yet).
• Review for final exam.

Greek Drama, Antigone, Sophocles

Week #15 December 3-7, 2012

Literature: Greek Drama, Antigone by Sophocles
Vocabulary: Final Exam vocabulary words - Note: Please refer to the list I will provide this week.

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes on verbs that reveal - Due: Dec. 4

Monday-Tuesday

• Take the OMM and vocab unit test.
• Read about Greek drama in the Literature textbook.

Wednesday-Friday

• Read Antigone.
• Analytically answer guide questions and provide text evidence for each response.