World Literature

Class: English 10
Unit Focus: Elie Wiesels Night and The Holocaust
Time Frame: Three Weeks (12 lessons)
Lesson: #5

Objectives:
Students will be able to summarize major actions and conflicts in
Elie Wiesels Night in small group and whole class discussions
Students will be able to write clear, formal responses and use
proper writing conventions (syntax, grammar, spelling).
Students will be able to analyze the themes, issues, and authors
perspective in Night and use the text to support written and oral
responses
Common Core Standards:
English Language Arts Standards:
Reading: Literature: Grade 9-10:
Key Ideas and Details:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of
what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the
text.
Writing: Grades 9-10:
Production and Distribution of Writing:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development,
organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are
defined in standards 1-3 above.)
Range of Writing:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research,
reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting
or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Speaking and Listening: Grades 9-10:
Comprehension and Collaboration:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1
Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse
partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on
others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Language: Grades 9-10:

Conventions of Standard English:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

History/Social Studies: Grade 9-10:

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.10
By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies
texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and
proficiently.
Key Ideas and Details:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary
source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas
develop over the course of the text.

ISTE Technology standards:

6. Technology Operations and Concepts:
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology
concepts, systems, and operations. Students:
o Understand and use technology systems.

Materials: (digital and non-digital)

Digital
Laptops
iPad with Timer

Projector
Google Docs
Tagxedo

Non-digital
Class set of Night
Products:
Quick Write
Tagxedo Word Cloud

Lesson

Opening (7 min)
Greet the class and instruct students to get into their
teams and review what they read for their homework.

Review Activity (10 min)

Briefly review tone and Wiesels use of setting to convey
a specific tone. Have students identify passages in the
reading that convey a specific tone and share them with
a partner. Then, have students share their responses in
a group discussion.

Quick Write (25 min)

Have students open the novel Night and share
descriptive passages that stood out to them. Discuss
the tone used in sections 4 and 5 of the novel. Review
the Quick Write Rubric, then post writing prompt:
o How does the author use setting to convey a
specific tone? Support your response with
evidence from the novel.
Instruct students to share their responses with their
teammates, and then call on a few volunteers to share
their answers with the class.

Tagxedo Activity (15 min)

Students will go to Tagxedo (www.tagxedo.com ) and
create a word cloud using their Quick Write response.
Students will save their word cloud images, then share
these with two other students.

Closure (3 min)
Review the lesson and remind learners of their
homework assignment.

Homework
Read section 6 of the novel and answer reading
questions.

Quick Write Rubric

CATEGORY

Information
Accuracy and
Completenes
s

Wrote a full
paragraph
response (8-11
sentences) and
answered all
parts of the
prompt. Wrote
response using
complete
sentences.

Paragraph
response was
6 to 7
sentences.
Answered
most parts of
the prompt.
Wrote
response using
complete
sentences.

Paragraph
response was
4 to 5
sentences.
Answered part
of the prompt.
Wrote
response
using
complete
sentences.

Paragraph
response was
incomplete and
used less than 5
sentences. Did
not answer
prompt in
response, and
had several
incomplete
sentences.

Started
response with
a topic
sentence that
gave reader
some sense of
what would be
addressed in
the paragraph.
Finished with a
concluding
sentence.

First sentence
was vague
and gave
reader little
sense of what
would be
addressed in
the
paragraph.
Finished with
a concluding
sentence that
didnt tie in
with the main
point the
paragraph.

Didnt include a
topic sentence
in response.
End of the
paragraph did
not include a
closing
statement, and
felt unresolved.

Opening/Clos Started
response with
ing
a clear topic
Statements

sentence that
told the reader
what would be
addressed in
the paragraph.
Finished with a
strong
concluding
sentence that
tied up the
main point.

Content
Concrete
Details/
Commentary

Used strong
concrete
details as
evidence to
support
response and
demonstrated
the relevance
of examples in
commentary.

Used concrete
details as
evidence to
support
response and
included some
commentary.

Concrete
details were
vague and
didnt clearly
support
response.
Commentary
was sparse or
unfocused.

Grammar,
Spelling

Used proper
writing
conventions,
and had no
spelling or
grammatical
errors.

Only had 1 or
2 spelling or
grammatical
errors.

Had 3 or more Had 5 or more

spelling or
spelling or
grammatical
grammatical
errors.
errors.

Had 1 or 2
issues with
capitalization
or punctuation,
including
commas,
quotations, or
end marks.

Had 3 to 5
mistakes with
capitalization
or
punctuation,
including
commas,
quotations, or
end marks.

Punctuation, Used correct

Capitalizatio capitalization
and proper
n
punctuation,
including
commas,
quotations,
and end
marks.

Didnt include
concrete details
in response.
Included little
commentary
and didnt
address prompt.

Had major
mistakes (6 or
more errors)
with
capitalization or
punctuation,
including
commas,
quotations, or
end marks.