Literature Log for Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 5 and 6
Instructions: Prepare for discussion of the reading each day by completing this literature log. You are to summarize, clarify, generate questions, present unknown vocabulary, select an important passage and respond to it, answer discussion questions, and name the chapter. We will be moving through this book quickly so use your time wisely in class and keep up with the homework.
Summarize and clarify: briefly summarize the chapter, including characters, conflict, and setting; also, write down some parts that need clarifying.
Generate Questions: come up with two open-ended questions that focus on the meaning of the text, and/or move beyond the scope of the text. Choose deep questions that others can engage in answering.
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Vocabulary: select five words that are unfamiliar to you; write them down and define them.
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Passage: select a passage that has a great deal of significance for the chapter, write it down, cite the page number, and elaborate in your own words as to why the passage is important.
Questions for Discussion: In groups, answer the following questions about the chapters.
Chapter 5
1. How do the prisoners celebrate Rosh Hashanah?
2. How do they celebrate Yom Kippur?
3. Why doesn’t Elie celebrate?
4. What advice does the block head give the men before selection?
5. What does Elie’s father give him when he thinks he has been selected?
6. What happens to Akiba Drumer?
7. What promise do Elie and his father make Akiba? Do they keep their promise?
8. Why does Elie go to the doctor?
9. Who does the prisoner next to Elie in the hospital think has kept the most promises?
10. Why do Elie and his father decide to leave with the evacuation?
11. Name the literary device that this decision is an example of.
12. Why does the head of the block order the men to clean the barracks before leaving?
Chapter 6
13. How do the men travel to Gleiwitz?
14. What happens to the men as they travel if they are slow? (2 answers)
15. What is Juliek’s broken violin a symbol of?
16. What happens to the men who fall asleep in the caved-in brick factory where they pause to rest on the journey?
17. What do the men do to make up for the fact that they have nothing to drink? What do the SS do when they see this?
Title the Chapter: come up with a clever title for the chapter and briefly explain why you titled it as such.