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Name: __________________________________

Jestice

English 2/ Period: ____

Date: ___________________________________

Reading Night by Elie Weisel

Objective: Understanding context through a

memoir: research, allusions, vocabulary.

Understanding literary terms in a memoir.

Directions:

1. Take notes in this organizer from the Power Points/Google Slides presentations.

2. Look up the vocabulary, finding the prefixes, roots, and suffixes, in addition to the

information in the graphic organizer.

3. In your assigned group, you will be the expert on your allusions—you will be teaching

the class the meanings behind your allusions.

4. Take notes in this organizer, while we read Night aloud.

Notes about the author (research) . . . (Who? What? Where? When? Why? how?)

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Vocabulary—make the template for each word, please

a. Find the etymology of the word (from where does it evolve?) = prefix + root+ suffix b. What is the current denotative definition? What is the current connotative meaning?

What is the part of speech? c. Draw a picture of what it looks like. d. Write a sentence using the word. (You may use a variation on the part of speech.)

1. Holocaust

2. Ghetto

Etymology

Denotative/Connotative Meaning? POS

Picture

Sentence

Etymology

Denotative/Connotative Meaning? POS

Picture

Sentence

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3. superfluous

4. cynical

5. plaintive

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6. harrowing

7. responsibility

8. sadistic

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9. hoax

10. patronizing

11. crematoria

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12. martyrdom

13. lament

14. interlocutor

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15. liquidating

16. emigration

17. mysticism

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18. synagogue

19. sublime

20. hermetically

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21. pious

22. veritable

23. untenable

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24. biblical

25. rabbi

Exposition

CONTEXT!!!

Setting (Time, place, significance)

Geographic Group Members:

Significant Words (Tell us what happened there as well as showing us where these locations are): Auschwitz, Birkenau, Austerlitz, Zion, Transylvania and Sighet, Palestine, Galacia, Galacian Forest, Hungary, Buchenwald, Kaschau, Haifa, Gros-Rosen, Gleiwitz, Buna

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What observations can you make concerning the world map during World War II?

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What observations can you make about the European map during World War II?

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What observations can you make about the French map during World War II?

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What observations can you make about the European concentration camps during World War II?

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What observations can you make about the internment camps in the United States during World War II?

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Historic (Jewish) Group Members:

Significant Terms: (Please define and explain in the context of Jewish history.) Talmud, Hasidic, Semites, Yiddish, Shekhinah, Kabbalah, Lazarus story, Rosh Hashanah, Jew, Judaism, Fascist, shtibl, Shekhinah in Exile, Maimonides, Zohar, Passover, Shavuot, Babylon Captivity, Spanish Inquisition, Messiah, Yom Kippur, Kaddish, Kingdom of Night, Angel of Death, yellow star, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Historic (German) Group Members:

Significant Terms (Please define and explain in the context of German history.): Einsatzgruppen, SS, Nazis, Final Solution, Ilse Koch, The Occupation, Nietzsche, Fascist, yellow star, Gestapo, Spanish Inquisition, Appelplatz, Achtung, Dr. Mengele, Sonder Kommando, Kapo, Oberkapo, Blockalteste, Lageralteste, Lager Kapo, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Political (Jewish) Group Members:

Significant Terms: (Please define and explain in the context of Jewish politics.) Talmud, Hasidic, Semites, Yiddish, Shekhinah, Kabbalah, Lazarus story, Rosh Hashanah, Jew, Judaism, Fascist, shtibl, Shekhinah in Exile, Maimonides, Zohar, Passover, Shavuot, Babylon Captivity, Spanish Inquisition, Messiah, Yom Kippur, Kaddish, Kingdom of Night, Angel of Death, yellow star, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Political (German) Group Members:

Significant Terms (Please define and explain in the context of German politics.): Einsatzgruppen, SS, Nazis, Final Solution, Ilse Koch, The Occupation, Nietzsche, Fascist, yellow star, Gestapo, Spanish Inquisition, Appelplatz, Dr. Mengele, Sonder Kommando, Kapo, Oberkapo, Blockalteste, Lageralteste, Lager Kapo, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Economic (Jewish) Group Members:

Significant Terms: (Please define and explain in the context of Jewish economy.) Semites, Yiddish, Jew, Judaism, Fascist, Babylon Captivity, Spanish Inquisition, Messiah, Kingdom of Night, yellow star, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Economic (German) Group Members:

Significant Terms (Please define and explain in the context of German economics.): Einsatzgruppen, SS, Nazis, Final Solution, The Occupation, Nietzsche, Fascist, yellow star, Gestapo, Spanish Inquisition, Dr. Mengele, Sonder Kommando, Kapo, Oberkapo, Blockalteste, Lageralteste, Lager Kapo, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Religious (Jewish) Group Members:

Significant Terms: (Please define and explain in the context of Jewish religion.) Talmud, Hasidic, Semites, Yiddish, Shekhinah, Kabbalah, Lazarus story, Rosh Hashanah, Jew, Judaism, shtibl, Shekhinah in Exile, Maimonides, Zohar, Passover, Shavuot, Babylon Captivity, Spanish Inquisition, Messiah, Yom Kippur, Kaddish, Kingdom of Night, Angel of Death, yellow star

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Religious (German) Group Members:

Significant Terms (Please define and explain in the context of German religion.): Einsatzgruppen, SS, Nazis, Final Solution, The Occupation, Nietzsche, Fascist, yellow star, Gestapo, Spanish Inquisition, Appelplatz, Dr. Mengele, Sonder Kommando, Kapo, Oberkapo, Blockalteste, Lageralteste, Lager Kapo, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Cultural (Jewish) Group Members:

Significant Terms: (Please define and explain in the context of Jewish culture.) Talmud, Hasidic, Semites, Yiddish, Shekhinah, Kabbalah, Lazarus story, Rosh Hashanah, Jew, Judaism, Fascist, shtibl, Shekhinah in Exile, Maimonides, Zohar, Passover, Shavuot, Babylon Captivity, Spanish Inquisition, Messiah, Yom Kippur, Kaddish, Kingdom of Night, Angel of Death, yellow star, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Cultural (German) Group Members:

Significant Terms (Please define and explain in the context of German culture.): Einsatzgruppen, SS, Nazis, Final Solution, The Occupation, Nietzsche, Fascist, yellow star, Gestapo, Spanish Inquisition, Appelplatz, Achtung, Dr. Mengele, Sonder Kommando, Kapo, Oberkapo, Blockalteste, Lageralteste, Lager Kapo, pipel, curfew, cleanliness, quiet hours

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Fashion (Jewish) Group Members:

Significant Terms: (Please define and explain in the context of Jewish fashion.) Talmud, Hasidic, Semites, Yiddish, Shekhinah, Kabbalah, Rosh Hashanah, Jew, Judaism Shekhinah, Passover, Shavuot, Babylon Captivity, Spanish Inquisition, Messiah, Yom Kippur, Kaddish, Kingdom of Night, Angel of Death, yellow star

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Fashion (German) Group Members:

Significant Terms (Please define and explain in the context of German fashion.): Einsatzgruppen, SS, Nazis, Final Solution, Ilse Koch, The Occupation, Nietzsche, Fascist, yellow star, Gestapo, Dr. Mengele, Sonder Kommando, Kapo, Oberkapo, Blockalteste, Lageralteste, Lager Kapo, pipel

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Setting (Time, place, significance)

Arts and Music (Jewish and German) Group Members:

Significant Terms: (Please define and explain in the context of Jewish art and music and German art and music.) Talmud, Hasidic, Semites, Yiddish, Shekhinah, Kabbalah, Lazarus story, Rosh Hashanah, Jew, Judaism, Fascist, shtibl, Shekhinah in Exile, Maimonides, Zohar, Passover, Shavuot, Babylon Captivity, Spanish Inquisition, Messiah, Yom Kippur, Kaddish, Kingdom of Night, Angel of Death, yellow star, Einsatzgruppen, SS, Nazis, Final Solution, The Occupation, Nietzsche, Fascist, yellow star, Gestapo, Spanish Inquisition, Appelplatz, Achtung, Dr. Mengele, pipel

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Characters (Consider . . . static/dynamic? Round/Flat? Indirect/Direct characterization?

Protagonist/Antagonist? Other features?)

Protagonist?

Antagonist?

Others?

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Central Conflict—Explain specifics?

(Man vs. Man? Man vs. Self? Man vs. Society? Man vs. Nature?)

Epiphany?

Plot Diagram/Story Map

Exposition

Climax—Convergence

Point/Turning Point

Falling Action

Resolution: Denouement

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Point of View (Narrator)

Perspective

Symbolism

Symbols

Motifs

Archetypes

Allegory

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Tone (Provide evidence from diction)

Mood

Irony (verbal, situational, dramatic)

Foreshadowing

Themes

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Allusions (which ones stood out to you the most?)

Fiction (what type?)/Non-fiction (what type?)

Figurative Language (find three examples)

Which literary elements did the author use to best develop the story? Were they affective? If so, how? If not, why not?