Over the break, remember that you should be working on your Of Mice and Men essay.

The question:

What is the relationship between loneliness, friendship, and the American Dream as evidenced by Of Mice and Men?

* Remember that you only need to focus on two of the three terms


You may find the following graphic organizer useful.  I encourage you to print it out and use it.  Although they don't mention the term "MEAL" you will notice that it is exactly that.

https://webersown.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/8/6/8986793/writing_literary_analysis_organizer.pdf


The paper is due at 11:59 on January 4th on turnitin.com

Step 1

Create a folder on Google Drive and name it "Your Last Name 9" (ex. Smith9, Williams9, etc)


Step 2

Type up the essay that I returned to you today in class, word for word, without edits and put in a Google Doc
Name this "Formative 1"
Place this inside the folder

Step 3

Create a new Google Doc, call it "Formative 1 Reflection" and answer the following questions:

1. Generally speaking, what strengths did you notice in your own writing

2. Generally speaking, what was one thing you need to work on in the next formative?

3. In terms of organization, were you able to complete 5 paragraphs?

4. Did you include MEAL paragraphs? If not, what did your parents lack?

Create a thesis statement that describes the relationship between loneliness, friendship, and the American Dream.

- You can use 2 out of the 3 terms


* This thesis statement will be the focus of your future essay - what you are trying to prove.

* Remember that your job is to ask yourself what John Steinbeck is saying about ______ + _______, and how does he achieve it

* Your thesis should not be longer than 1 sentence

Please read chapter 4 tonight, you homework will revolve mostly around Crooks


Please answer the following questions on a sheet of paper

1.  The idea of loneliness is a key part of this book. Write two lines spoken by Crooks where he directly talks about his feelings of loneliness (include the citation)

2. Why does Crooks have more items than most of the other men? Take a look at his belongings. Choose three specific items and explain what they show about this character.

3. Despite the racial segregation of the time, Crooks asks to join Candy and Lennie on the dream farm. Later, he says he was “jus’ foolin’. I would’ want to go no place like that.” Why do you think Lennie invites him? What causes Crooks' change of heart?

Complete Chapter 3

In a paragraph, explain the importance of Candy's dog as a symbol

(what does the dog represent generally and for Candy?)

Provide evidence with citations

Complete Chapter 2

- Identify 3 examples of direct characterization

- identify 3 examples of indirect characterization
(explain what we learn about the character from this description)


Remember:

Direct Characterization is when a writer tells
Indirect Characterization is when a writer shows through description

1. Read Chapter 1 in Of Mice and Men



2. Complete the questions on Google Classroom


*If you were absent today and did not get a book, you can find the pdf here:

http://www.stjohns-chs.org/english/nwixon_courses/english-9-111/of-mice-and-men.pdf

Choose 1 statement from the pre-reading activity and explain your answer throughly

- make sure that your response includes a counter-argument (please label it)

To be done in your notebook:

1. What scenes from Night do you remember the most vividly?  Why?

2. What lesson are you taking away from the memoir?

3. Why do you think Elie Wiesel called the book Night?  What do you think night is meat to symbolize?  Explain your answer

For those of you who signed up for extra credit, please remember to prepare and bring in notes

The Extra Credit Assignment Has Been Posted on Google Classroom

- Please sign up for one or two question.  I will try to give as many people their first choices as I can

For those of you who were absent today, please remember that you need to prepare for the Socratic Seminar which will begin on Monday.  If you look at the previous post, you will see your group number and the question (if you are in group 1, you should prepare for question ).

I will post the prep sheet that you need to complete and You must print it out on Google Classroom.  Please be advised that you are still responsible for completing the handout, printing it out, and preparing for the seminar whether or not you were here today.

You will notice while filling out the form, you need to write the main question on top of the paper, then:

Create 4 Questions (that reflect the larger question)

- A world connection
- A text to text connection
- An open ended question
- A universal theme question

The 5 quotes that you are collecting should also reflect the larger question you were assigned.



You may find the following links useful:

Transcript of Oprah's interview
http://static.oprah.com/pdf/201212-sss-elie-wiesel-transcript-v4.pdf

Hi everyone, tonight please complete the assignment on Google Classroom. It is Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize Speech.


Below you will find your group for next week's socratic seminar. Please let me know if you don't see your name.  I will be distributing your questions tomorrow


Period 1

Group 1

Villar, Jose Manuel

Jackson, Maxwell 

Abdi, Hodan

Nguyen, John 

Mendez, Geilyn

Titus, Ashleigh 

Leone, Nicole 

Group 2

Valenzuela Marvin 

Williams, Nivea 

Alonzo, Emily 

Byron, Omauri 

Teixeira, Mayra 

Martinez, Johana 

Kaba, Kain 

Group 3

Colon, Maria 

Sanchez, Lorraine \

Sena Nova, Perla 

Le, Thomas

McLune, Kenya 

Doolin, Lauren 

Rua Monsalve, Sara 

Group 4

Dejean Louis, Emmanuel 

Whiles II, Wayne 

Lem, Jeremy 

Isemond, Oliviamarie 

Perez, Christopher 

Passley Green, Kianna 

Gonzalez, Darius 

Period 2

Group 1

Bouabbana, Adam 

Le, Emily 

Pleitez , Yoana 

Sandoval, Zuany 

Israel, Libbah 

Elbeik, Hannah Nora

Mendes Jr, Manuel 

Soplata, Justin 

Group 2

Stallings, Alaya 

Soares, Karen 

Nunes, Manuel

Baez, Jason 

Fulcidor, Cedric 

Ramkissoon, Teresha 

Johnson, Triston 

Clark, Nathaniel 

Group 3

McEvoy IV, James 

Pizarro, Christian 

Gjezo, Lefteri 

Rowe, Kareem 

Ramirez Lorrenzo, Edgar Cristian

McRae, Tabatha 

Griffiths, Ghakai 

Group 4

Jeanty, Kerlens 

Alves, Thiago 

Slade , D'Juan 

Bailey, India 

Garufi, Anthony 

Leung, Jimmy 

Michaels, Jonbenet 

Period 5

Group 1

Canuela, Jayleen

Mendoza, Carlos 

Villarruel, Paula

Page, Taheim 

Owens, Kimberly 

Blue, Jasmine 

Romero, Jocelin 

Group 2

Xiao, Leheng

Hernandez, Leslie 

Crenshaw, Amara 

Pimentel,Jamily 

Zheng, Christina 

Huynh, Tran 

Scott, Dalys 

Group 3

Pimentel, Cherlin 

Chen, Shaohai 

Hernandez, Angie 

Vasquez, Cristina 

Joseph, Chayil 

Group 4

Perez, Jason 

Derilien, Aliyah 

Rousseau, Daejhele 

Brandao, Giovanni 

Valdez, Jeffrey 

Hilaire, Ericson 

Period 6

Group 1

Rosario, Edgardo 

Pham, Nick 

Tran, Brian 

Echavarria, Juliet 

Thomaswallace, JQ

Huynh, Kathy 

Jonespinnock, Sunaye 

Belizaire, Carmen 

Group 2

Weekes, Zcarri 

Monsour, Thomas 

Depina, Nathaniel 

Huda, Ali Rizwan

Cabral, Bryant 

Feliz, Denise 

Alves, Estefania 

Group 3

Vezie, Maria

Serpas, Lindsey 

Fontes, Gildo 

Deblas, Nataly  

Rivera, Wagner 

Le, Kelly 

Aguilar, Fatima 

Group 4

Aden, Sumeya  

Blake, Carli 

DePina, Leandro 

Polanco, Brianne 

Lyons IV, Robert 

Huynh, Steven 

Lerner, Andres 

1. While the majority of this memoir deals with man’s inhumane or brutal treatment of man, one could make the argument that there is much in this story to show us what makes a human being a human being.  Based on your reading of this memoir, what are the good qualities of a human being?  Use specific support from the story to support your ideas.

Make sure that you include:

Night

Oprah’s interview

Elie’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech

The Most Dangerous Game

2. Why would Elie Wiesel say that the most dangerous and destructive thing to mankind is NOT hatred, but rather indifference? 

Make sure that you include:

Night

The Hangman

Oprah’s interview

Elie’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech

3. Many characters in Night are transformed into brutal savages due to the inhumane treatment they experience. Is the same true for Elie? Does he remain morally and spiritually in tact or does he become a bestial creature?  Explain and support your views with specific quotes/ actions

Make sure that you include:

Night

The Hangman

Oprah’s interview

Elie’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech

4. In many ways, Night explains Elie Wiesel’s spiritual journey with faith and belief  Explain his relationship with God at the beginning of the book vs. the end.  Spiritually, how has he changed, if at all?

Make sure that you include:

Night

Oprah’s interview with Elie Wiesel

Nobel Peace Prize Speech

If you submitted your MEAL paragraph last night, please complete the peer review on turnitin.com


If you did not submit the paragraph on turnitin (for whatever reason - you were absent, you hand wrote it, etc), please make sure that you turn it in on turnitin by tonight at 6:00 pm.  You should submit to the assignment which says "Late Night Paragraphs."  Around 6:30 You Should See someone's paper in your turnitin account for peer review


**** Everyone is responsible for completing the peer editing by 11:59 pm tonight*****


In other news, please remember important dates for this week


Tuesday - Poetry
Wednesday - Documentary
Thursday - The Night Exam
Friday- You Will Have Time in Class to Work on Your Socratic Seminars
Monday and Tuesday - Socratic Seminars

Make sure that you have completed the graphic organizer that you started in class today.  Then, take the quote on the bottom/back of the handout and write a MEAL paragraph answering it.  (Remember to use quotes to support) and citations

To Be Collected After Thanksgiving Break

1. Finish Night

2. Answer ALL the questions on the Night Handout Distributed in Class on Monday ( Remember, you Started Answering One for Each Section Already.  You Do Not Have to Write MEAL Paragraphs for each of them

3. There is an Assignment on Google Classroom - Please Complete It


4. Remember to take 1 of the Body Paragraphs from your Frederick Douglass Essay and write it using meal.
    - If you were absent on Tuesday and didn't receive it, you will need to make up this assignment later
    - If you never turned in a Douglass essay, you should write a MEAL body paragraph as though you did write the essay


Wednesday (After the Break) There Will Be An Exam
Thursday and Friday (After The Break)  You Will Be Prepping for a Socratic Seminar


Have a Great Thanksgiving

1. Read p. 66-84

2. Using the handout that was distributed in class today and answer one question in each section (you can answer the question on the paper; you should have 4 questions answered total)

3. Chose any ONE question and expand your answer using a MEAL paragraph.

Please answer this on a separate sheet of paper


Remember:

M - Main Idea (this should directly answer your question)
E - Evidence (Use a quote)
A- Analyze the Quote
L- Last Sentence/Link to Main Idea


Remember, this should be between 8-10 sentences long

1. Read pages 47-65 in Night

2.  In a well-written response of a least 1 page explain whose death in this chapter effects Elie the most and explain why
         - you can use inference
         - explain how Elie's experience in the Holocaust is changing him

* your response should include at least 2 quotes.  However, your quotes should not be longer than 2 lines. (Remember to use citations


3. Remember part two of your independent reading projects are due tomorrow.  Please remember if you are writing the letter or the speech, they must be typed and printed and given to me tomorrow for full credit



* If you are doing a speech or a letter, please make sure that is 2 pages (12',  Times New Roman font, double spaced).

* If you are doing a poster, please make sure that it is on actual poster (not white lined paper or printer paper)

   -

- Complete the reflection on Google Classroom please

- Read p. 23-46 in Night
- Complete assignment posted on Google Classroom
- Be Ready to present IR projects in class
- Remember Part 2 of IR projects due Friday



Remember when you present tomorrow:

1. You will only have 5 Minutes.
2.  Make sure that you are focusing on the group of people, not the characters in the book specifically
3. Remember this project is about the American Dream - emphasize how this group faces challenges historically and in the present day
4. Do Not spend a lot of time providing a summary of the book
5. You may use flashcards to help you.
6. Be mindful of the time
7. Do Not read to us - know your material
8. To help with time management, practice going over your project. Make sure that the bullet points are minimal, the text is large, and the layout can be easily read
9. Include pictures
10. Remember this a project grade.  I expect to see that you have put effort into it.  It should not look like you threw it together this morning.
11. Dress up if you wish (for extra credit).  But don't feel you have to
12. Share your presentation with me at stamerat@bostonpublicschools.org




Here is the RANDOM Order That You Will Be Presenting In (FYI - This list was computer generated).  I apologize that your middle names are listed.  I took the list of names from ASPEN.



Period 1

1. Teixeira, Mayra Fonseca
2. Isemond, Oliviamarie NMN
3. Abdi, Hodan
4. Sena Nova, Perla Yamileth
5. Mendez Pena, Geilyn NMN
6. Leone, Nicole Evangela
7. Byron Edwards, Omauri Camron
8. Passley Green, Kianna Alay
9. Jackson, Maxwell William
10. Gonzalez, Darius Miguel
11. Doolin, Lauren Bridget
12. Lem, Jeremy NMN
13. Colon, Maria Lei
14. Nguyen, John Michael
15. McLune, Kenya Jahmya
16. Rua Monsalve, Sara NMN
17. Perez, Christopher Michael
18. Alonzo Cardenas, Emily Mariel
19. Dejean Louis, Emmanuel Junior
20. Martinez, Johana NMN
21. Le, Thomas NMN
22. Sanchez, Lorraine Yelidy
23. Kaba, Kain Jakiety

Period 2

1. Sandoval, Zuany Fernanda
2. Elbeik, Hannah Nora
3. Clark, Nathaniel Alexander
4. McRae, Tabatha Jeanny
5. Gjezo, Lefteri NMN
6. Ramirez Lorrenzo, Edgar Cristian
7. Gonzalez Baez, Sixto Alexander
8. Soares, Karen Michelle
9. McEvoy IV, James Joseph
10. Le, Emily Minh
11. Jeanty, Kerlens NMN
12. Garufi, Anthony Stefan
13. Baez, Jason Daniel
14. Alves, Thiago Rodrigues
15. Rowe, Kareem Stephen
16. Ramkissoon, Teresha NMN
17. Nunes, Manuel Cruz Silva
18. Pizarro, Christian Kai Yin
19. Soplata, Justin Thomas
20. Griffiths, Ghakai Gregory
21. Stallings, Alaya Marie
22. Johnson, Triston NMN
23. Israel, Libbah Habotyah
24. Mendes Jr, Manuel Socorrovaz
25. Pleitez Romero, Yoana Alexandra
26. Slade Peeples, D Juan Trukari
27. Bouabbana, Adam Deen
28. Leung, Jimmy Jie Ming
29. Bailey, India Camille
30. Fulcidor, Cedric Alexandre

Period 5

1. Owens, Kimberly Rachel
2. Scott, Dalys Alexas
3. Canuela, Jayleen
4. Hernandez, Angie Elizabeth
5. Hernandez, Leslie Gisselle
6. Chen, Shaohai NMN
7. Zheng, Christina NMN
8. Derilien, Aliyah Sarah
9. Villarruel Saavedra, Paula Fernanda
10. Crenshaw, Amara Arianna
11. Page, Taheim Lee
12. Xiao, Leheng
13. Hilaire, Ericson NMN
14. Huynh, Tran My
15. Brandao, Giovanni Jordan Pires
16. Rousseau, Daejhele Shaylanickole
17. Mendoza, Carlos Ernesto
18. Ruiz Lara, Leasly Doralice
19. Pimentel, Cherlin Anabelis
20. Perez, Jason Jose
21. Joseph, Chayil Destiny
22. Blue, Jasmine Monique
23. Pimentel Mejia, Jamily Marit
24. Valdez, Jeffrey Edward
25. Vezie, Maria Madeline
26. Romero, Jocelin Lizbeth
27. Vasquez, Cristina Lisseth

Period 6

1. Sumeya
2. Belizaire, Carmen Isabel
3. Huynh, Thien Steven Truong
4. Tran, Brian Dzung
5. Le, Kelly NMN
6. Rosario Capeles, Edgardo Luis
7. Thomaswallace, Jaquacarious Cimaures
8. Echavarria, Juliet NMN
9. Feliz, Denise Elizanel
10. Cabral, Bryant Osvaldo
11. Rivera, Wagner Starlin
12. Huynh, Kathy NMN
13. Michaels, Jonbenet Ashleigh
14. Deblas, Nataly NMN
15. Depina, Nathaniel Junior
16. Serpas Chavarria, Lindsey Emilia
17. Blake, Carli Olivia
18. Jonespinnock, Sunaye Latavya
19. Aguilar Ruiz, Fatima Guadalupe
20. Pham, Nick Noel
21. Lerner, Andres Seven
22. Weekes, Zcarri Nesta
23. Fontes, Gildo Lopes
24. Lyons IV, Robert Paul
25. Nunez, Norelia Jasmine
26. Monsour, Thomas Joseph
27. Polanco, Brianne NMN
28. DePina, Leandro Andrade
29. Alves, Estefania Pina
30. Huda, Ali Rizwan

Read p. 1-22 in Night and Complete the Assignment on Google Classroom (Make sure that you complete the vocabulary and the questions)


If you have not completed the classwork today, please make sure that you do so and one person in your group should share the file with me at stamerat.blogspot.com
  - Remember that everyone must present
- Do not turn you backs to the audience
- Know your material.  Use the slides as a crutch/support. However, you need to expand on the bullets  when presenting
- Do not copy and paste any information from the internet
- Make sure that all questions are addressed
- Write in bullets.  Do not use small text and do not write in paragraphs.  Ideally, you will have short bulleted points
- Make sure to include pictures

CLasswork

Group 1

What was Kristallnacht (Crystal Night or “The Night of Broken Glass)?                                                                               

          Questions:

1.  When did Kristallnacht happen and what was Kristallnacht?
2.  What was the supposed spark that initiated this violence?
3.  What was the role of police on this night                                                                  
4.  What is a “pogrom?”
5.  After Kristallnacht, what happened to many Jews?
6.  Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to search:

Sites to search:

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/issues/k-night2.htm 

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/issues/k-night1.htm 

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/frame.htm 

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUiEBQ2ga4U

Group 2:

How did Hitler gain power and begin Nazi Rule?

Questions:

1.  How and when did Hitler gain power and what was the Third Reich?
2.  Who were the SS?
3.  What was “Nazi Propaganda” and how was it used?
4.  What is Euthanasia?
5.  What is “Anti-Semitism?”
6.  Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to Search:

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007669 

 http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4442915&ct=5851643 

 http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t024/t02404.html 

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/t4.html 

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005141

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005175

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007424

Group 3:

What was life like in a Concentration Camp?

Questions:

1.  What are some of the things that happened to the prisoners when they first got to the camps?
2.  What was “Selection?”
3.  What was the difference between death camps and labor camps?
4.  What happened to the personal items people brought with them?
5.  What were a crematorium and a gas chamber?
6.  Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to Search:

 http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007734

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007714

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007732

http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/camps/

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005145

http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/database.html

http://www.holocaust.com.au/mm/camps.htm

http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/TreblinkaEng.html

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/   (camps/liberation/survival)

Group 4:

Did anyone try to save the Jews?

Questions:

1.  How did some people try to rescue Jews?
2.  What was the “Resistance” movement?
3.  How were some children hidden?
4.  What happened during uprisings in camps?
5.  What happened during uprisings in the ghettos?
6.  Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to Search:

http://www.humboldt.edu/rescuers/index.html

http://www.rongreene.com/Sug.html

 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005185 

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005213

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hiddenchildren/stories_of_the_hidden/index.php?content=grunbaum

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hidden.html

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005407

http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_yad/magazine/magazine_new/jewish_resistance.html

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/  (survival/resistance/children/hiding/aid and escape)

Group 5:

What was a “ghetto?”

Questions:

1.  How was a ghetto formed?
2.  What kind of things did they have in a ghetto?
3. Who was in charge of a ghetto?  How did they run it?
4.   How did the Nazi’s keep the Jews in the Ghetto?
5.  What happened after Jews left the ghettos?
6.  Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to Search

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005059

http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206286.pdf

http://www.aish.com/ho/o/48959726.html

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007708

http://www.rossel.net/Holocaust07.htm

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/    (deportations/ghettos)

Group 6: 

What was the “Final Solution?”

Questions:

1.  What was the “Final Solution?”
2.  Who were implementers of the “Final Solution?”
3.  How was the “Final Solution” supposed to be carried out?
4.  How many Jewish lives were lost as a result of “The Final Solution” and the Holocaust?
5.  Add any other interesting facts you think would be

valuable to your research.

Sites to Search:

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005151

http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205851.pdf

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007328

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/killedtable.html

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Himorder.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERfinal.htm

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007710

* You should not have more than 10 Slides, No fewer than 7

* Make sure that you have an intro slide with your group members names

* DO NOT copy and paste.  Put everything in your own words (paraphrase)

* Write in bullets, Not paragraphs