Novel Questions:
Discuss each question as a group and allow each group member to offer their perspective on each question. Ask for clarification if a group member says something that you would like to know more about. After the discussion, have a group member record your answers on chart paper. You will be assessed on your speaking and listening skills, as well as your group’s critical analysis of the text.
I am David
Vocabulary:
Irresolutely Conspicuous disconcerted
1. David gives himself a good scrubbing. But he is doing more than just washing himself. Re-check the meaning of the word symbolic and explain what is symbolic about David cleansing himself. Why is it so important to him? What effect does it have on his relationships with his surroundings? 2. What things does David experience in the small town? What special qualities does David notice in the people? 3. Why is it that David cannot teach himself to smile? 4. David has been his own master ever since he arrived in Italy. He has been free to select a God, to travel as he wishes and to learn whatever he wishes. After saving Maria, the family insists that David come to their home so that the mother can thank him. David has never been inside a house before and he feels a "vague disquiet" (p.95). What explanations can you give for his fear? Novel Questions:
Discuss each question as a group and allow each group member to offer their perspective on each question. Ask for clarification if a group member says something that you would like to know more about. After the discussion, have a group member record your answers on chart paper. You will be assessed on your speaking and listening skills, as well as your group’s critical analysis of the text.
Night
Vocabulary:
Emaciated Manacle Queue
1. Describe the conditions first at the Birkenau reception center, then at Auschwitz, and later at Buna. How does Wiesel’s relationship with his father change during this time? 2. What are some ways that Wiesel and the other Jews at the camps try to observe their religion? 3. In the camps, Wiesel must struggle to stay alive and to remain human. In your opinion, how well does he succeed with his struggles?