End of the Semester

Remember:
Carrying Poem Final Drafts are due at the beginning of Final Exams!

Final Exams are an open note / open book essay on one or more of the themes in Night.

In class we have been taking notes on night and sharing quotes that help illustrate the various themes.

Mr. Zartler (or Ms. Brandy) has taught lessons on creating vivid descriptive language and metaphors for the carrying poems.

Finish Night.
Finish your Carrying Poem.
Do you best!

Monday / Tuesday 23 /24 January

Class began with a quick write:
What "big idea /them" (e.g. faith; family; illusions and delusions; hope; survival; good vs. evil; human nature; etc.) is most interesting to you in Night? Why? How do you think it will come up in the remainder of the memoir?

Students were asked to enter the following due dates in their planers.

While reading each of the chapters in Night they should take notes on the theme that they wrote about in the quick write today.

Also a reminder that SSR sheets must be complete the 25th / 26th.

Students turned in their poems after doing the following activities with them:
What intangible thing(s) is /are meant to be part of your poem?
What do you hope a reader will think about after they hear your poem?
Underline any very strong images or metaphors.
Put a squiggly line under any too vague or general words / phrases.
Ask Mr. Zartler one question (specific) that will help you improve your poem.

Students had some work time to accomplish their various tasks.

Thursday 18/19 January

2nd period students:
Students had SSR
Students worked in groups on the prompts they created for chapter 4 (through page 65 of Night).

Homework: Respond to the following prompt: On page 62 of Night, Wiesel writes, "I remember that on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever ..."; on page 65 he writes, "That night the soup tasted of corpses." What changed so much in Elie Wiesel's life that the soup (which probably had not changed much) tasted so differently to him?

3rd Period students:
Students had SSR
Students used the rainy weather outside for practice writing detailed, concrete sensory based descriptions
Students practiced creating metaphors by using comparisons of one thing with a DISSIMILAR thing in order to make a surprising image.
Students worked on drafting and revising their Carrying Poems.

Rough Drafts of Carrying Poems are due 23/24 January.

All students should have read through page 65 of Night.

Wednesday 18 January

Students turned in their homework creating prompts for passages in Chapter 4 of Night (through page 65).

Students shared progress on their "Carrying Poems".

Students worked on their carrying poems.

Carrying Poems Rough Drafts are due 23/24 January.

Tuesday, 17 January

Students had SSR time.
Students received graded work from Mr. Zartler.
Students got their Persepolis papers back including comments from Mr. Zartler.
Students got updated grade printouts.

We finished reading "The Things They Carried."
Mr. Zartler introduced the "Carrying Poem".

Rough drafts of the poem are do 23/24 January.

Final drafts of the carrying poems are due for each classes final exam.

Students began the process outlined on the handout for creating their poems.

Students turned in their five (5) longer responses to the close reading.

Period 2 was assigned reading through page 65 of Night. The assignment is:

Consider the passages that I have asked you to pay special attention to above. Now read, or review Chapter 4 (pages 47-65). Which passages seem most important to you in this section. Copy the passage down; write a question or prompt that you think is important to consider in conjunction with the passage. You should have at least two passages.

Friday, 13 January, 2012

Class today had the amazing privilege and inspiration to listen to Mr. David Dennis! Wow!

Wednesday / Thursday 11 / 12 January

7th Period students heard an interview with Walter Dean Myers. We did a SOAPS Analysis of the interview.

Students had SSR.

Students took the Night Vocabulary Quiz.

We read Patrol by Walter Dean Myers.

Students worked on their "Carrying" Poem.

Tuesday / Wednesday 10 / 11 January 2012

Students did a SOAPS analysis of this interview with Walter Dean Myers .

We discussed the implications of what Myers said.

Students had SSR time.

The class continued reading "The Things They Carried."

Monday / Tuesday 9 / 10 January

Vocabulary Quiz on Wednesday / Thursday
genocide; antisemitism; discrimination; propaganda; racism; stereotype; family; faith; Romani; "Gypsy"; Transylvania; Jewish; Holocaust; and sublime.

Close Reading of Night 5 Detailed Entries due on Friday / Tuesday!


Students had SSR and received a grade for completing notes on Night through page 46.

Students finished reading and discussing "The Things They Carried" and received a handout on how to write a "Carrying Poem." We will be working on this poem during the week.

Thursday / Friday 5 / 6 January

Students had SSR time; SSR is due the 25th/26th of the month.

Students presented their "Millions Project". Late Millions Projects should be presented on Monday or Tuesday.

The class continued reading and taking notes on "The Things They Carried."

All students should have read Night through page 46 and taken notes on the passages on the "Close Reading" work sheet.

Wednesday / Thursday 4/5 January

Reminder that "Millions" projects are due on the 5th / 6th.

Class began with a review of vocabulary. There will be a quiz on the current vocabulary next week. We added the word "sublime" to the vocabulary list.

Students had SSR time.

As a class we reviewed notes on pages 5-29 of Night.

Students should read and take close reading notes on Night through page 46 for Monday / Tuesday of next week.

Period 2 began reading "The Things They Carried".