Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Students turned in their Night essays today. On the back of the essay each student addressed the criteria for the assignment and argued for a grade they believed they earned. The criteria are:
3 Pages
Character Analysis
Summary / Paraphrase Evidence
Properly Embedded Quote(s)
Thesis
      supported by
Topic Sentences
     supported by
Body Paragraphs of Evidence
Transitions
Expansive Conclusion
Style & Interest

After turning the papers in we discussed teh film about Gerda Weissmann One Survivor Remembers. We focused ont eh questions about powerful scenes/ images; Nazi dehumanization of the jews (and others); the role of fantasy & delusion in survival; other examples of persecution; and hope and heroes -- both in Ms. Weissmann's story and else where in the Holocaust.

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