Night: Multigenre Project

Night: Multigenre Project

“We Shall Not Forget”

After reading Elie Wiesel’s heartbreaking memoir; it is important that we honor those lives lost in the mass genocide during the Holocaust. You will create a project that embodies the theme “We Shall Never Forget”. Your project will be graded on its creativity, neatness, ability to communicate your epiphany and theme to your audience, and its overall impact or lesson learned from reading Night.

Required Writing Assignment-Prologue: At the beginning of your multigenre project, you will be required to write a prologue which positions your ideas and explains the main concept or overarching theme of your project, which would be an epiphany in this case. In this one page prologue you will:

· Explain why it is important not to forget the atrocities of the Holocaust

· Discuss some epiphanies you had while reading Night

· Explain three themes (life lessons) of the book

· Describe how your project will teach your audience your epiphany and theme (life lesson)

· Explain why you chose to represent Night with a certain genre

Genres: All poster must be on paper that is 16x20 or larger

1. Movie Poster: Night is going to be made into a full length movie produced by Steven Spielberg. You have been hired to design a movie poster that includes a title, catch phrase, and detailed picture. You must choose actors to play our main characters from Night. (Poster)

2. Timeline of Night: Create a Sequence Chain that contains 25 or more boxes with the plot of our memoir. These boxes should include a detailed picture with a sentence. You must also label the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. (Poster)

3. Map of Auschwitz: This requires research on the internet. You will draw out a detailed map of Auschwitz that includes, Birkenau, Auschwitz 1, and Buna. You need to label your map and come up with a title for the map that communicates the atrocities that occurred at the camp. (Poster)

4. Propaganda: Create a poster that convinces your audience that racism and discrimination is not acceptable. Your poster must reflect the theme of the project “We Shall Never Forget”. (Poster)

5. Gallery Paintings / Drawings: You are an up and coming artist. You have been invited to share your art on the Holocaust for the 20th anniversary of the new Holocaust museum in Los Angeles. Create two paintings or drawings that capture the mood of the memoir and the Holocaust. Your prologue must include a description of your artistic work. (Poster)

6. Movie Trailer: Night is being made into a full length motion picture. You work for a production company that has been hired to film a movie trailer. Create a movie trailer (video recording or iMovie) that gives sufficient background for Night and persuades your audience to watch go and watch the movie. The video must be a minimum of three minutes.

7. Jewish Resistance Pamphlet: Research three examples of Jewish Resistance. Create a pamphlet (computer generated) that explains who the resistance fighters are, where they are from, they type of resistance they are using, their goals, those members who have died as a result of their resistance, and their past accomplishments. The pamphlet must be entirely filled-in both front and back. Include images, pictures and graphics.

8. Letters: Write two letters. One letter to Elie Wiesel and another letter to a young German boy who is deciding whether he should join the SS when he is of age. The letters should each be one page long.

A. Write a letter to young Elie Wiesel during his stay in Auschwitz. Give him words of hope and faith. What questions do you have for Elie? What advice would you give him?

B. Write a letter to Elie Wiesel today as a survivor of the Holocaust. Tell him how his memoir impacted your perspective on life and human nature. Discuss the lessons you learned from his memoir. Tell how you appreciated his use of Figurative language, and other literary tools. Explain how those devices improved your reading experience. Ask him questions that are still unanswered.

C. Write a letter to a young German teen who is trying to decide if he should join the German army to become a member of the Waffen SS. Provide him with some information he may not know about the Holocaust. Convince him that Jewish people are not like the stereotypes he has come to believe. Let him know the horrible atrocities that happen in the concentration camps and how the holocaust changes not only the Jewish prisoners but also the SS officers themselves.

9. Obituaries: An obituary is a news article that reports the recent death of a person, typically along with an account of the person's life, family members left behind and accomplishments. You will write two obituaries for actual victims of the Holocaust. Write about their early life, young adult life, and adult life. Include how they passed away and the legacy they leave behind.

A. Write an obituary for an actual victim of the Holocaust. Include pictures, dates, a biography, and legacy.

B. Write an obituary for Racism. This assignment is a symbolic representation. Include a history of the results of racism which include the Holocaust, slavery, and other human atrocities. Include how the world would be different if racism did not exist.

10. Write Three Poems: Write three poems that have a minimum of three stanzas with three or more lines per stanza. Your poems must incorporate imagery, figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, symbolism) and theme.

11. Journal Entires: You are a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz. You have found pieces of scratch paper and a writing utensil. You have decided to write about your experiences in the concentration camp. Describe your day. What do you do? What do you eat? What kind of work do you do in the camp? How is your health? Where are you from? Do you have family? What happened to your family? Discuss your mental and spiritual state. Each journal entry should be one page or loner in length and include accurate dates.