Tuesday

 Today I will give you a few minutes to work on the following questions before we begin (and finish) reading chapter 2 today. If you are leaving you need to read through chapter 4 and do the study questions. These will be due on Monday after Thanksgiving. 

Chapter 2 is pages 23-28 and the study questions for it are below to videos on this page.

Night Study Questions (pages 3-22)

Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.):

Moishe the Beadle:

Elie:

Elie’s Father:

SETTING:

Detail the time and place the story begins:

When does the story begin?

What year is it at the end of Chapter One?

Where does Elie live?

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences):

Describe where Moishe the Beadle is taken and what happens to him.

Describe the treatment Moishe the Beadle is given when he returns.

Describe the condition of the synagogue when the Hungarian police brings the Jewish Community there.

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

ALLUSIONS:

The Destruction of the Temple (pg. 1):

The Kabbalah (pg. 4):

The Week of Passover (pg. 10):

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE FOUR EXAMPLES

IRONY:

The celebrating of Passover in their current situation (pg. 10):

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

Minimum 4-5 Sentences

Why don’t the Jews listen to the warnings of the danger to come? What explains their ignorant optimism?

 

Night Study Questions (pages 23-28)

CHARACTERS:

Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.):

Madam Schachter:

Elie:

SETTING:

Detail the time and place the story is presently at:

Where were the prisoners brought?

How were they transported?

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences):

Describe the treatment of Madam Shachter. Why is she treated this way?

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: THREE EXAMPLES INCLUDING THE FIRE MADAM SCHACHTER SEES AND WHAT IT MIGHT REPRESENT.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

Minimum 4-5 Sentences

Why is Madame Shachter screaming? What is she screaming about? What could she be predicting?