Lesson 18 | Night | 8th Grade English

Lesson Overview

Objective

Analyze the preface to Night to determine Wiesel’s purpose for writing.

Readings and Materials

Book: Night by Elie Wiesel pp. 113–115 — , pp. vii–x (end at "For, despite all my attempts to articulate the unspeakable, ‘it’ is still not right"); pp. xiv–xv

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Lesson Map

Explain what happened during the Holocaust and analyze the major events and ideas in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s that led to it.

Materials

“The Path to Nazi Genocide”
Anticipation Guide (G8, U2)

Standards

RI.8.2RI.8.3

Lesson

Apply background knowledge about the Holocaust and the features of plays/dramatic performances to cite evidence from the text that establishes the setting of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Materials

The Diary of Anne Frank pp. 4–22

Standards

RI.8.3RL.8.3

Lesson

Explain how the playwrights develop the reader's understanding of Anne as a character in The Diary of Anne Frank.

Materials

The Diary of Anne Frank pp. 22–45

Standards

RI.8.3RL.8.3

Lesson

Explain how text features and structures specific to dramatic works develop the reader's understanding of characters, plot, and setting in The Diary of Anne Frank.

Materials

The Diary of Anne Frank pp. 46–64
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl — 19 & 20 November, 1942

Standards

RL.8.5

Lesson

Explain how specific events and lines of text reveal aspects of characters and character relationships in The Diary of Anne Frank.

Materials

The Diary of Anne Frank pp. 65–86
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl — 29 March, 1944

Standards

RL.8.3

Lesson

Explain how the playwrights use specific words and phrases to develop mood, tone, and meaning in The Diary of Anne Frank.

Materials

The Diary of Anne Frank pp. 86–101

Standards

RL.8.4RL.8.6

Lesson

Explain how events in Night reveal aspects of characters and suggest larger truths about human nature.

Materials

Night pp. 3–11 — end after "Then came the ghettos."

Standards

RI.8.3

Lesson

Analyze the meaning and impact of specific words, phrases, punctuation, and symbols in Wiesel's writing.

Materials

Night pp. 11–22

Standards

L.8.5RI.8.4

Lesson

Draw conclusions about the passengers in the cattle car—and human nature more generally—based on the incident with Mrs. Schächter.

Materials

Night pp. 23–34 — end at "Do you remember Mrs. Schächter, in the train?"

Standards

RI.8.3

Lesson

Analyze how Wiesel makes connections between individuals, ideas, and events to convey the dehumanization he endured in the concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Materials

Night pp. 34–46

Standards

RI.8.3RI.8.4

Lesson

Evaluate and analyze how being imprisoned in concentration camps impacts characters' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Analyze what these changes reveal about human nature.

Materials

Night pp. 47–58 — end at "...to say yes for all eternity."

Standards

RI.8.3RI.8.5

Lesson

Explain how specific words and phrases develop meaning and tone in Night, and how they affect the reader.

Materials

Night pp. 58–65

Standards

RI.8.4

Lesson

Writing

Unpack a prompt, gather evidence, and outline a two-paragraph response.

Materials

Night pp. 3–69

Standards

RI.8.3W.8.1W.8.1.aW.8.5

Lesson

Writing

Draft and revise a two-paragraph response, including a transition sentence between paragraphs.

Materials

Night pp. 3–69

Standards

RL.8.3W.8.1W.8.1.aW.8.1.bW.8.1.c

Lesson

Explain how specific plot events in Night influence characters' thoughts, feelings, and decisions.

Materials

Night pp. 69–84

Standards

RI.8.3

Lesson

Explain how Wiesel uses figurative language and specific word choice to develop mood and meaning in Night.

Materials

Night pp. 85–97

Standards

L.8.5RI.8.4

Lesson

Explain how specific incidents in Night reveal aspects of characters, as well as larger truths about human nature.

Materials

Night pp. 98–112

Standards

RI.8.3

Lesson

Analyze the preface to Night to determine Wiesel’s purpose for writing.

Materials

Night pp. 113–115 — , pp. vii–x (end at "For, despite all my attempts to articulate the unspeakable, ‘it’ is still not right"); pp. xiv–xv

Standards

RI.8.6

Lesson

Explain how Wiesel develops central ideas in his speech, The Perils of Indifference.

Materials

“The Perils...”

Standards

RI.8.2

Lesson

Socratic Seminar

Demonstrate a deep understanding of the texts and topics in a Socratic Seminar by posing and responding to questions and providing evidence to support ideas.

Materials

The Diary of Anne Frank
Night
“The Perils...”

Standards

SL.8.1SL.8.1.aSL.8.1.cSL.8.4

Lesson

Writing

Unpack the prompt, study a Mentor Text, develop guiding questions, and begin to gather evidence for a research-based writing task.

Materials

Informational Writing Rubric (G8, U2)

Standards

W.8.7W.8.8

Lesson

Writing

Use search terms effectively, assess the credibility of online research sources, and continue gathering evidence in preparation for writing an informational essay.

Standards

W.8.7W.8.8

Lesson

Writing

Gather evidence from multiple sources, draft a claim statement, and create an outline for a multi-paragraph informational essay.

Standards

W.8.2W.8.2.aW.8.7W.8.8