Comp/Lit 9: 5/2/2011

Night, Section 5

• See the Night Power Point for further details about today's class.
• We started class by reviewing the NEW Calendar.  I pointed out the Special Tutorial Topics.  During each (Orange) tutorial between now and the end year, I will focus on a specific topic during tutorial. Check the calendar for details.
• The students first worked on an assignment called 'Resistance in Night'.  They started by writing their definition of resistance, then they worked in groups to evaluate various events from the book to decide whether they were acts of resistance of not.
• We then moved on to a journal called 'Last Day'.  The students had 5 minutes to respond.
• During the journal, I checked/collected homework: VFA #27-28, Section 4 work for Night (Graffiti Journal with 3 quote Responses), 3 Quotes from pages 45-62 about events you 'Witnessed', Signed HW Card.
• After the journal, we listened to pages 63-72.  During this time the students were expected to work on the Section 5 Graffiti Journal & look for at least one example of a simile and one example of a metaphor.  These were to be written down in the quote section.
• The students then worked in groups to answer two questions about pages 63-72.
• We ended with the reading of Sherman Alexie's poem "Inside Dachau.
• Homework: Read Night pages 73-80, Write a poem modeled after the "after we are free" section of Alexie's poem (use the template provided), Complete the Section 5 writing response.