Wednesday, Nov. 30 Agenda

•Bell Ringer:  Night

•Finish 42-46

•Journal on today’s section

•When you finish this, read your own book, finish reviews, read reviews of your project, or work on your project while we wait for all to catch up

•Ch 1-3 Small Group Discussion (post on 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10)

•Project work time (Final Version of Project due FRIDAY!!  Extra Credit: Monday!)

Tuesday, Nov. 29 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Peer Review Time

•Make sure you have reviewed each of your classmates’ projects  (from your smaller group) and answered the questions for each one (shared with them and me)

•When you have reviewed them all (in your group), read through the reviews on your project

•Start making adjustments and changes to help your project be the best it can be (WORK ON YOUR PROJECT, USE THE RUBRIC).

FINAL PROJECT DUE FRIDAY!!!

Extra credit (getting it to your target audience) due Monday!

•Read your book if you finish your project before we move on.

•Read 34-46

•WHILE READING: In notes: More details added to list of what needs more detail, what you need to see or hear more of to get a deeper understanding of history and the human experience

Monday, Nov. 28 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Go to page 32-33 Start at, “How was it possible…” read to “His voice broke” (pg33). Answer Ellie’s question and react to what his dad said about the world.  Do you think this is true today? Could this still happen? Defend your answer with details, explaining your thoughts. –bring to me when done

•Pg. 32 “How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent?” (Elie’s question)

•Pg. 33 Dad response: “The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria…”

•If you haven’t shared the link to your project with me, do it as soon as your entry is done (let me know how complete it is); if you are presenting ‘live’, put your name on the board. –email link to me (with % complete)

•If your project isn’t done, work on it NOW!  If you are ready for others to see it, read your book as long as you have done bullet #2

•Peer Reviews of Presentations: reviews due at end of work time tomorrow

•FINAL version of project  (the one I will grade) due Friday

Tuesday, Nov. 22 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Reading –pg 23-34

•Journal on today’s section –bring journal to me when done

•Bell Ringer: In Writer’s Notebook: What in the book do you still need more clarity on? What would you like to see pictures of, have more information on, or hear a different account? (Post one idea from this list to Schoology discussion)

•Time to work on project (if it isn’t done), or read (you need to finish a book for this quarter as well)

•Fill out Project Explanation Questions: Complete sentences; questions shared with you through Google Drive; type answers and share with me

•What is your target audience (GROUP)?

•Why did you pick the way you did to convey your information to your group? (Why is this most applicable to your group?)

•Why do you believe the issue you focused on is important and specifically to the group you picked?

•Make sure your project is shared with me –if it isn’t done, WORK ON IT OVER BREAK!!! COMPLETED FIRST DRAFT looked at on MONDAY by the class.

Monday, Nov. 21 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Sighet before the war Pics

•Reading Pg. 12-23

•Journal on this section

•On Schoology: What are the two most important points/pieces of information/phrases/quotes from what we read today? Write the point and then a short explanation of why.

• Research Time

•Individual meeting with Mrs. Johnson about the project during work time

•When you turn in your project, you will have a sheet explaining these questions:

•What is your target audience (GROUP)?

•Why did you pick the way you did to convey your information to your group? (Why is this most applicable to your group?)

•Why do you believe the issue you focused on is important and important specifically to the group you picked?

•First Draft Due Tomorrow (shared digitally w/me)

•Extra Credit: somehow prove to me that your project reached its target audience (more than just our class): due Friday (after Thanksgiving)

Friday, Nov. 18 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Finish 7-11

•From what we read today (and yesterday), pick an image, phrase, line, passage (paragraph or section) or idea and journal on it.

•Journal from today

•We know that this is a story about the author’s experience in Auschwitz, but at the beginning he talks about things that could have spared them that future.  What details so far could have saved them from going to the camps? (give at least two details) Bring your answer up to me when you are done and then work on your notes/project.

•Emigrate: leave one’s country to settle in another

•Research: First draft project DUE Tuesday!!

•On Schoology: what are events, people, ideas, etc. that you would like more details of, or images of to fully understand

•Ex: how did they section off parts of town to be a ghetto

•Sighet before the war Pics

Thursday, Nov. 17 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Continuing Preface of Night

•Discuss a few of the questions of the preface

•Social Awareness Project

•Your notes should be done

•You now have an issue that you are focusing on that is important to some specific group today

•You need to know what group you are targeting and what mode of conveying information will best target that group

•Begin/Continue creating your ‘presentation’ of information, citing your sources

•Target Audience Form: Make sure you fill this out (link on the blog) as soon as you know your target audience.  Since you should be done with notes at the end of class on today, you should have this filled out by then too

•You will ‘present’ to the class and (possibly) somehow share your information to the specific group you are targeting.

•You should have a book that you are reading, if you need a break, read.

•Begin Reading Night (3-7)