Thursday, Dec. 4 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Discuss: How do we see the idea of Elie’s faith or loss of faith in the section you read? Be specific explaining what he’s feeling now. (question from yesterday’s reading)

•Questions on the beginning of chapter 5 (66-72)

•Rosh Hashanah = Jewish New Year = September.  What was the New Year’s ‘gift’ given to the prisoners? Explain what it is.

•How did Elie go through?

•Bring your answers to these questions up to me when finished

•Shorter journal entry on 66-73

•In your writer’s notebook, explain the book that you have chosen to read for this quarter.  If you haven’t started reading it (boo), explain why you are going to read it.  If you have started reading it (yay), explain what you like, what you don’t.

•bring this entry to me when you are done

•READ your book (needs to be done by end of semester)

•Expanding knowledge of background and impact of historical events as represented in literature (Research on the Holocaust)