Assignment # 5

Finish the novel.  Write 3 paragraphs about how the book has impacted your view of relations between people.  Think of ethnicity, religion, and nationality in your response.  You must incorporate 3 quotes into your response.  For you conclusion, think about what we can take away from this book?  How can this book make us better people?

Assignment # 4 Night

Answer the following prompts in complete sentences.  HONORS students must incorporate a quote into their responses.  Your responses should be well constructed and between 3-5 sentences in length.  Use appropriate grammar and word choice.

DUE:
A BLOCK: FRIDAY, 10/22 
B BLOCK: FRIDAY, 10/22

1.  Did Elie feel comfortable around his doctor?  Why or why not?

2.  Who was the Red Army?  You might need to look this up to respond correctly.

3.  Who is the Red Cross?

4.  If you had been Elie, would you have left with your father or stayed?  Why?

5.  What did Wiesel mean when he wrote that "there were two of us: my body and I.  I hated that body"(85)?

6.  Why does Wiesel write that they had become the "masters of the world" (87)?

7.  Why does Elie feel that Rabbi Eliahu's

8.  What is Wiesel describing as a "trampled...eerily poignant little corpse" (95)?

9.  How did Elie save his father's life?  Why can this act seem ironic?

Assignment # 3

Read pages 66-79 (New Book) or 63-80 (Old Book) and respond to the following prompt.  Your response should be THREE paragraphs in length.  Each paragraph must have ONE quote and it must be cited in MLA format.

Due Dates:
A Block - Thursday by midnight
B Block - Friday by midnight

Writing Prompt:

On page 68 Elie Wiesel writes that he [Elie] "was the accuser, God the accused" (68).  Using quotes from the text, give three examples (1 paragraph each) of how Elie has transformed from a devout and pious individual to a man who blames God for the horrors that are occurring around him.

Night Assignment # 2 - Pages 29 - 46

The opening sentence to the assigned reading is as follows: "The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally our illusions" (Wiesel 29).

Based on this quote, what do you believe were the "illusions" that they had left behind?
Your response must be 2 paragraphs in length.  You must post it by Wednesday, 10/6 or Thursday, 10/7.

Also, write 5 comprehension questions for this section of text and bring those to class on Wednesday and Thursday to share with the class.

Vocabulary 1-4 Review Sentences

Please write and turn in 10 sentences with your 15 vocabulary words.  Your sentences must deal with anything European.  Due in class Wednesday, 10/6 and Thursday 10/7.

Vocabulary 1-4 Quiz

We will have our Vocabulary 1-4 Quiz on Friday, 10/8 and Monday, 10/11