English 2201 Night by Elie Wiesel Project
1)Final In-class Test(matching, T/F, Quotations) on Dec 12 or 13 (depends which day you have class)
2)You must submit the following Constructed Response Questions by it must be typed, Times New Roman, 12pt, single spaced, double space between answers, number your answers (if you submit by email, attach assignment as a Word doc.)
3)You must submit a title page (same font as above, center, title, submitted to, by, course name and number and submission date) 6%
4)You must use the RACE2S Format (reword & answer, citation, explain, x2, summary)
5)Each question is worth 6%
6)You may opt to do this project solo, with a partner, or trio (max) but only one submission (however you should all keep a copy for your own reference).
7)You may choose partners from either 2201 class (Huszar, Crane, Emiry)
8)DUE DATE: any time before Christmas Break, therefore last day to submit is Dec. 20. We need it to correct and return so you can have it back to help you study for your midterms.
Constructed Response Questions
Chapters 3-5 (approx. up to pages 84)Should have READ BY Nov. 29
1)In chapters 3-5, note the major events that occur from the arrival of the trains at Birkenau to the evacuation of Buna. Choose a scene, idea or feeling from the memoir that is unforgettable. Explain using two references from the text.
2)What are the conditions of the camps? Explain using two references from the text.
3)There is also a visible change in Eliezer’s perspective throughout these chapters. Explain using two references from the text.
4)The writer makes a thematic statement when he says “Terror was stronger than hunger.” Explain using two references from the text.
5)Given what you have read up to this point, what is significant about the title of the novel? Explain using two references from the text.
Chapters 6-9 (approx pgs. 85 to the end of the book)should have READ BY Dec. 11
6)Chapter six begins with yet another journey – the journey to Gleiwitz. For many of the prisoners, this was a symbolic journey. Explain this statement and the significance of what this journey might represent using two references from the text.
7)The thematic concepts of pain and suffering are present throughout the novel thus far. Explain using two references from the novel.
8)How does chapter nine function to provide an effective resolution to the journey motif that was developed throughout the rising action? Explain using two references from the novel.
9)Explain using two references from the novel, the significance of the author’s final comment: “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me.”