Encountering Evil: Night

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

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

Standards

RI.8.2RI.8.3

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.

The Diary of Anne Frank pp. 4–22

Standards

RI.8.3RL.8.3

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

The Diary of Anne Frank pp. 22–45

Standards

RI.8.3RL.8.3

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.

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

Standards

RL.8.5

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

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

Standards

RL.8.3

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

The Diary of Anne Frank pp. 86–101

Standards

RL.8.4RL.8.6

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

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

Standards

RI.8.3

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

Night pp. 11–22

Standards

L.8.5RI.8.4

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

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

Standards

RI.8.3

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

Night pp. 34–46

Standards

RI.8.3RI.8.4

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

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

Standards

RI.8.3RI.8.5

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

Night pp. 58–65

Standards

RI.8.4

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

Night pp. 3–69

Standards

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

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

Night pp. 3–69

Standards

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

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

Night pp. 69–84

Standards

RI.8.3

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

Night pp. 85–97

Standards

L.8.5RI.8.4

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

Night pp. 98–112

Standards

RI.8.3

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

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

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

“The Perils...”

Standards

RI.8.2

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.

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

Standards

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

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

Informational Writing Rubric (G8, U2)

Standards

W.8.7W.8.8

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