Due Thursday, May 22

1. Read and annotate “About the Book” packet about Night. I will check to see that you have filled the margins with notes.

2. We will have a speaker from Facing History and Ourselves who will speak about the Nuremburg Trials and how the Nazis were brought to justice there. His name is David Levy, and he is great.

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Due Friday, May 23–Wear PURPLE for FIELD DAY!  

1. Read Night pages 23-46 and answer questions on handout in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Remember to track your thinking as you read using sticky notes or by taking notes.

2. Begin your response to Frances Irwin–a letter, poem, or drawing/visual. How did Frances’s story affect you? What parts of her experience were most striking or difficult for you, or most inspirational and touching? What will you do now that you know this story, now that you are a messenger? How do you feel about Frances’s choice to bear witness?

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Remember that school is dismissed at 1pm Friday 5/23 and that there is no school Monday 5/26 in honor of Memorial Day!

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Due Tuesday, May 27

1. Finish reading your Civil Rights biography book.

2. Complete your response to Frances Irwin. We will send your responses off to Frances Tuesday afternoon–there will be no extensions or exceptions to this deadline!