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MondayApril 20th, 2009 (4/20/2009)

Required Materials: Composition Notebook Pen/Pencil

Time Given:

What We Will Do:

3 minutes1 minute1 minute1 minute5 minutes25-30 minute

Warm Up: “Poetry Witness Review.”Reminder: Papers, pens at back of classReminder: Photo Homework due this Wednesday! This Week PreviewPP Notes: Auschwitz, Chapter 3 (Part II)Popcorn Reading, Night Chapter 3 (Part II)

"The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed." -Stephen Ambrose

Time Given: 3 minutes• Last Thursday/Friday, we wrote

poems to Holocaust photographs. With this in mind, answer the following questions:

1. What did you think of last week’s poetry unit? Why do you think this? Do you think I should do the same thing next year, change it slightly, or get rid of it all together? Explain your answer. What do you think of the poems that you did write?

WARM UP

MondayApril 20th, 2009 (4/20/2009)

Forgot a pen or paper? DON’T TELL ME OR TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. Go to front door, grab paper and pen.

Reminder: Pens and Paper on Table by the door.

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You must bring a photo of yourself or a family member doing an sport or activity that you enjoy doing.

It can be from ANY time period—recent photo or a photo from your childhood. It does not matter.

You will have your photo returned to you. Turn it in anytime between NOW and NEXT

WEDNESDAY, 4/22. See me personally if you are unable to print or

obtain a photograph. If you do not turn this photo in, you will receive a

0% in homework and a 0% for a project.

Reminder: Homework Is due this Wednesday, 4/22

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This Week Preview

Day What Are We Doing?

Monday Notes on Auschwitz, Chapters 3 (Part II) and 4 (Part I). Finish chapter 3, started chapter 4.

Tuesday Demand Writing #4 (the last one).

Wednesday

Homework (photo) is due. No excuses! Notes on Chapter 4 (Part II). Finish Chapter 4 in groups of 2.

Thursday/Friday

Holocaust Photo Project w/ Dell Laptop cart. Forgot your photo? You’ll be going to the library to read Chapters 5, 6 and answer questions by yourself

Last week, many of you expressed interest in knowing more about the concentration camp where Elie is being held.

Auschwitz

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Inscription on front door: Arbeit Mact Frei = work is liberty/freedom

The largest concentration camp. Between 1.1-3 million Jews died at this

location. Most deaths resulted from gas chambers

using Zyklon-B. The rest burned in crematories.

Auschwitz

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Auschwitz

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Elie boards the train for the main concentration camp, Auschwitz. In the train, Madame Schachter goes mad, claiming to see flames outside. Elie arrives at Birkenau, the reception center.

Tuesday Notes: Night, Chapter 2

REVIEW

Part I: Elie enters the camp with his father. His mother and sisters go another direction and are never seen again. People instruct Elie and his father about the rules of the camp.

Wednesday Notes: Night, Chapter 3

REVIEW

Part II: At the barracks, Elie and everyone else is stripped and shaved. Elie and his father escape the crematory. Everyone is tattooed with a number, which serves as their new name. Elie refuses to eat soup.

Monday Notes: Night, Chapter 3

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