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April 18, 2012

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[|//Night// Google Lit Trip] =3 tags.= =#13 because that is the authors name.= =#21 because the book takes place during the holocaust.= =#12 because there is alot of death in this book.= =Related Current Issues=

New Loyalties and Old Feuds Collide in Syria
media type="custom" key="10071401"Book page #1, Grace Byrd, This book is taking place around the end of 1941 and so on.

Page #2 Grace. He was the only son in the family. He had three sisters who worked at home while he went to school.

Page #3 Grace. He finnally found a teacher to help him be a cabbala. They banned the Jews from the Sighet and took some of them away on a train.

Page #4 Grace. One of the Jews who had been taken away excaped and came back to tell the people the horrible news of what happened but no one would believe them because the soldiers lied to them.

Page #5 Grace. Morshe said that he came back, not for pity, but to warn the other townspeople but no one was listening to him. The Jews heard about bomb attacks on the radio. The person telling the story is trying to stay focused on their studies. The book hasn't mentioned the gender or name of the narriater so far.

Page #6 Grace. Morche kind of gave up and the town seemed very silent. He asked his father if they could move to a farther away country and restart their lives but he ignored the request because he knew he was too old to start from scratch.

Grace Byrd 4/2/12 Qustion Stems - analyzing What can be concluded about the relationship between Morche and the narrirater? (a.) They are very close. (b.) They hate eachother. (c.) They look out for eachother.

Summery pages 6-12 They put all the Jews in the ghetto. Rumors went around that they were going to be deported the next day but no one knew to where except the Presedent of the Jewish Counsil but he counld not tell anyone. The German officers threatened to shoot him if he said anything. The people of the ghetto got ready to be deported the next day.

Grace Byrd 4/3/12 Question Stems - integrating Sumerize Morche's feelings towards the Jews in the town? (a.) He cares about them and he wants the best for them. (b.) He doesn't like them. (c.) He is mad and upset with them and the fact they didn't believe him.

Summery pages 12-14 The next morning came and all the people were rushing to get ready for the journey. All the children were trying to stay out of the way of the women and men because they were rushing around trying to get everyone and everything ready.

Grace Byrd 4/18/12 What did the man tell the boy and his father to do that saved them? He told them to lie about their age and occupation so they would be sent as workers and not into the fire.

5/2/12 What what the meaning or purpose of the screaming women on the train? (a.) The author was trying to emphisys how terrifying the journey was. (b.) This book is not fiction so this really happened. (c.) The author wanted to warn the reader of the terrble tragidies coming up in the next chapter.

5/3/12 Why didn't the author have his father lie the uncle about how the family was doing? (a.) He wanted him to have some relief because he was already under a bunch of stress. (b.) He didn't want to worry him. (c.) He wanted to make him happy. 5/8/12 Authors Pupose Choose a sentence that could be written in different ways, but the author chose to write it that particular way. -Write your question to focus on why the author chose those specific words. What message was he/she trying to convey? -4 answer choices

Sentence:

Question:

Why did the author. . . ?

Anser Choices: a. b. c. d.