Night Chapter 3

PreviewChapter 2

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5/2/23 QOD: Discuss with a partner:

Elie’s life is changed profoundly and forever once the
Germans arrive in Sighet and begin transporting Jews to
Auschwitz. What other events, such as a natural
disaster or a death in the family, can change people’s
lives unexpectedly? Discuss possible effects and emotional
reactions you and others might have to each event.

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Chapter Assignments: Vocabulary for Chapter 2

Write the definition of each word on the Night Word Log Chapter 2 and
copy/paste a photo or draw a picture to illustrate the word. If you use
an online photo, create a hyperlink using the URL for the source of the
photo.

constraint
hermetically
abyss
hysterical
stench

NIGHT: No one was praying for the night to pass quickly. The stars were
but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. Were this
conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but
extinct stars and unseeing eyes (Wiesel 21).

Conflagration - an extensive fire which destroys a lot of land and/or property
Consume - to destroy as by decomposition or burning
Extinct - no longer in existence; having ended or died out

Listen Carefully for:

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Information about the conditions on the locked cattle cars
in which Elie,his family and about 100 other people were
crammed.

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The story of Mrs. Schachter, what she saw, and how the
other prisoners reacted to her outbursts

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What Elie saw and smelled as he was herded out of the
cattle car at Birkenau.

Chapter 2 Quotation

“Jews, listen to me,” she cried. “I see a fire! I see
flames, huge flames!”

—-- Mrs. Schachter (Wiesel 25)

Chapter Assignments: Vocabulary for Chapter 3

Write the definition of each word on the Night Word Log Chapter 3, and
copy/paste a photo or draw a picture to illustrate the word. If you use an
online photo, create a hyperlink using the URL for the source of the photo.

colossus, improvised, harangued, Arbeit Macht Frei, camaraderie, eluded,
ration, notorious, devoid, devoured

Listen for: QLisuotation for Chapter 2