2/29: Students will choose a controversial topic to research from a list of provided options after in-class discussion. 3/1: Students are in the library and Mrs. Jones will explain how to research using databases. Students should find and print at least 2 sources related to their topic. 3/2: Students are in the library and Mrs. Jones will explain how to use NoodleTools to create a Works Cited Page for their sources. 3/3: Students will be researching additional sources and entering their source information into NoodleTools. Due: At least 4 sources, printed Due: Works Cited Draft (all information should be entered into NoodleTools) 3/4: Career Fair/Take notes in class from sources
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2/22: Most students summarized what has happened thus far in Night and continued reading the novel together. Other students also read a personal essay by Wiesel over his definition of "hero" from our literature textbook and worked in small groups to make connections from this essay to his experience in Night. Homework: Read to pg. 98 2/23: We went over the quiz from last Friday. Half of class looked at various WWII poems and connected them to Night. The other half of class reviewed non-fiction, text features, audience, and author's purpose. Homework: Read to pg. 104
2/24: We finished reading Night together in class and students had time to finish the reading guide.
Homework: Reading guide is due tomorrow. 2/25: Watched an interview between Oprah and Elie Wiesel (the author of Night) as they walked the grounds of Auschwitz. Homework: Review for the test! 2/26: Test (over types of non-fiction, identifying text features, audience, author's purpose, and the plot of Night) 2/16: Students read two children's books: Gifts from the Enemy and The Harmonica that connected to themes we're discovering in Night. Students also thought about author's purpose and audience before writing a paragraph response as homework. If students were absent, they have until Friday to make up this assignment as I have to return the books to the public library.
2/17: We reviewed the reading guide through #11 and discussed the book thus far. Then we split into groups and read "Jews' tale plays out again as Syrian refugees find resistance to U.S. entry." We assessed the article's credibility, review text features found within the article, and completed a venn-diagram to help us determine how these two situations compare and contrast. Homework: Read through pg. 56 & answer #12,13,14 2/18: Students worked in small groups to complete a text feature scavenger hunt using provided magazines and newspapers to review for the quiz. Homework: Read through pg. 66 & review for the quiz 2/19: Students will take a quiz over hte non-fiction terms and the first half of Night and then have class time to read. Homework: Read through pg. 84 Night is a memoir written about the author's experience in Auschwitz concentration camp when he was 15. Students will be reading in class and will have some reading homework outside of class as well. This short reading guide should be filled out as we go to help students remember the main events of the novel.
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