Warm Up: (Journal #6, 9/17/2014)Elie Wiesel wrote: “’Never again’ becomes more than a slogan: It’s a prayer, a promise, a vow. There will never again be hatred, people say … Never again the suffering of innocent people, or the shooting of starving, frightened, terrified children. And never again the glorification of base, ugly, dark violence. It’s a prayer.”

Reflecting on last class, how do you consider Wiesel’s words in the context of current events in the world? Is this prayer of his ever truly going to be possible? Discuss.

What is it about the human condition that drives us toward violence like the type Wiesel describes? How do we combat or solve this as a society? Will we ever be able to truly “correct” this part of ourselves? Discuss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh3BbLk5UIQ

Human Rights Violations from the past year…

1. Unsafe labor conditions in Bangladesh -- building collapses, thousands die (company blamed Walmart and the Gap for exploiting workers for cheap labor and failing to provide adequate safety regulations.)

2. Egypt’s epidemic of violence and sexual abuse resulted in more than 600 deaths and 91 women assaulted in four days of riots at Tahrir Square.

3. Burma committed ethnic cleansing against thousands of Rohingya Muslims; 28 children hacked to death and mass graves uncovered.

Human Rights Violations from the past year…

4. North Korea’s large-scale human rights abuses revealed: 120,000 prisoners held in gulags, citizens starved and publicly executed by firing squad.

5. Uganda, India and Russia passed draconian laws against homosexuality. Uganda abolished the death penalty as punishment, but it passed an anti-gay law punishing “aggravated homosexuality” with life imprisonment.

6. Forced sterilization for disabled underage girls in Australia sparked outrage as attempts to reform the laws failed.

What is your hope for this generation that follows us?

“I would not want my past to become their future.”

(3B) Please sit with the following group…Group 1:AsmarHicksonMeeksShoemaker

Group 2:CombsHuangMelakuSanocki

Group 3:ChowTiedemanWoodallWhitt

Group 4:BernardFelsbergKiernanLin

Group 5:DavisHunteManginiQueen

Group 6:AdlerFarrellKimRadtke-Sartore

Group 7:BaileyKangMorganVeeravalli

Group 8:DeVriesJohnson-PostOgunmola

Group 9:DiehlGudlaPitman

(4B) Please sit with the following group…Group 1:AdamsHardingPalinkasTarry

Group 2:CohenHarrisHausmannPatel

Group 3:ChristianKendallRobbinsWalls

Group 4:AndrewsCyznerNichollsRamirez

Group 5:Boerio (Matt)HillMcKenzieRamdas

Group 6:DecramerHitchcockMattapallilStrugar

Group 7:CoferKelleyRosewaterSchachner

Group 8:FallattJampaniSistareBoerio (Maura)

THEMATIC THREADS IN NIGHT

• Remembrance and Forgetting• Dehumanization• Family• Struggle to Maintain Faith

Quick Vocabulary Review

5 minutes to review your workbooks with your group.

Let’s revisit an old friend!

REVIEW:

1.What is the narrator struggling with in the poem? How do we know ?

2.How does the speaker define himself? How does he answer the question “who are you?” Why does this matter to him?

With your group…

Complete the TWIST Activity.

Response: Write a complete statement describing how the author develops this element in the text.

Evidence: A direct quote (don’t forget “” & line #)

Writing for Literature

Let’s see what you can do…

What is the theme of “Theme for English B” and how does Hughes use language to develop this theme?

When we write responses to literature, we are ultimately creating an argument.

In order to write an effective argument, we have to be comfortable with the text we are writing about. This is why annotations, summarizing, and thinking critically about text before writing is important.

Homework Reminders:

•Night Ch. 2 (next class)•Vocabulary Quiz, Lesson 1 (next class)

• Resubmit “This I Believe” essays that received a C or lower by Monday 9/22 (max. revised grade is a B)

• Be thinking about…• Lit Circle preparation•Annotation Guide