Night - Chapter I Assignment

Apply the 5 Questions to Chapter I.  Your answers should be short-responses that give specific details from the text.  Limit yourself to 3 sentences per question.

1.  Who?  Moishe the Beadle / Eliezer / Eliezer's Father
2.  What?  What is going on at the start of the text?
3.  When?  When are the events happening?  What is going on in Europe at this time?
4.  Where?  Where are the events taking place?  Which country?  Which part of that country?  Which town?  Where are they going to be taken?
5.  Why?  Why are the events taking place?  What is causing them?

Honors:


Male Students:  Write a 1 page biography on the author Elie Wiesel.  Make sure to cite your sources.  Limit yourself to one page.

Female Students: Write a 1 page report on any aspect of Romania.  Make sure to cite your sources.  Limit yourself to one page.

Due Monday, 10/4 and Tuesday, 10/5.


Be prepared to present your paper to the class.

Vocabulary 4 Quiz - Night

Vocabulary 4 Quiz: Friday, October 1st for A Block
                                Monday, October 4th for B Block

Vocabulary 4 Homework

Write 10 Gap-fill sentences with Vocabulary 4.  For example: The Rabbi looked to the ______________ for answers in respect to how to guide his people during such a horrific time.  DO NOT PUT THE ANSWER IN THE BLANK.  OTHER STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE YOUR GAP-FILLS THE DAY THEY ARE DUE.  The answer for the above sentence is "Talmud."  Make sure that your Gap-fill guides the reader towards the answer you want.

Due: Wednesday for A Block, Thursday for B Block

Flash Fiction Assignment

Please find a selection of Flash Fiction that interests you.  Then write a 1 page response on how 3 of the literary devices off your list helped create this story.  In other words, how did the author's selection of these devices form the story?  Also, was the implementation of these devices successful?  Did they work?  Make sure to attach the short story to your writing.  Due Monday, September 6th for A Block and Tuesday, September 7th for B Block.

Vocabulary 1 Quiz

There will be a quiz over Vocabulary 1 on September 9th and 10th.  You must know the definition, be able to make examples of the terms on your own, and be able to identify them in an excerpt.

"Write all about you!"

Hello all,

Thank you for registering for the blog.

This week we will be working on your research papers but I would also like to get to know you all a bit better.  Please write three paragraphs describing yourself.  The first paragraph should tell me about where you are from and why you are at HIS.  The second paragraph will describe who you are academically; mention weaknesses and strengths, likes and dislikes.  The third paragraph paints a picture of who you are as a person.  What do you like to do?  What are you interested in?  What do you want to do in the future?

This assignment must be posted by Wednesday, August 25th by 12:00 a.m.

Best of luck!

Mr. Phillips

Welcome Lit Class 7-9

Just to get the blog off its feet, I'd like you to become a "follower," even though you will be the leaders, and post who you are and which class you attend.  Please keep your user name the same as who you actually are; it will make our lives much easier.  We will be using this blog to complete a variety of assignments and I am excited to learn more about you.

Thankfully,

Mr. Phillips