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Night Chapter 1 – 2

Review and Corrections

Target: Theme
RL 8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text.

Direction: Choose the CORRECTION prompt if you got it wrong in the chapter 1 handout. Choose the REVIEW prompt if you got it correct in the chapter 1 handout.

CORRECTION

What theme can readers learn from this excerpt? Use the A-F writing structure.

“These optimistic speeches, which no one believed, helped to pass the time. The few days we lived here went by pleasantly enough, in peace. People were better disposed toward one another. There were no longer an y questions of wealth, of social distinction, and importance, only people all condemned to the same fate – still unknown” (13).

REVIEW

What theme can readers learn from this excerpt? Use the A-F writing structure.

“We could stand it no longer…once more the young men tied her up and gagged her. They even struck her” (17).

Target – Multiple Meaning Words
L 8.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on the text using context clues and knowledge of roots and affixes.

Directions: Review the meanings of these vocabulary words by doing the exercises below.

The word used correctly in a sentence. / What do you infer the word means? Are you correct? Check. / Write a sentence of your own, using the word.
The winner humbly thanked his opponent at the end of the game.
The presidential candidate made a positive impression on the crowd.
The word used correctly in a sentence. / What do you infer the word means? Are you correct? Check. / Write a sentence of your own, using the word.
The spread of the Zika virus caused hysteria in the town.
The caged animals demanded freedom from constraint.
He was safe from the polluted air in his hermetically sealed car.
The priest lived a quiet, pious life of prayer.
Nothing we said during her mother’s funeral could console her.
Target: Argument
RW 8.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Argument should include a claim, data and warrant.

Directions: Choose the CORRECTION prompt if you got it wrong in the chapter 2 handout. Choose the REVIEW prompt if you got it correct in the chapter 2 handout.

CORRECTION

How did the people on the train respond to Madame Schachter? Was it right or wrong for them to do what they did? Explain your response using a claim, data, and warrant.

REVIEW

When Ellie was walking towards the barracks, what did he consider doing? Should he have followed orders or should he have revolted against the guards? Explain your response using a claim, data, and warrant.