This is Elie Wiesel as a young teenager. He was just your age when he was sent to Auschwitz in 1944.Read chapters 1 and 2 in Mr. Wiesel's memoir, Night, for Thursday, Feb. 23rd. Be sure to complete the vocabulary and questions below. (You already have these worksheets, but just in case you can't find them or leave them at school...)
Directions: For chapters 1 and 2, please find a “Vocabulary” section (1 point each) and a “Reading Questions” section (2 points each). Each vocabulary entry should include the part of speech (noun, verb, etc.) and the definition. The reading questions should be completed while you read and should be answered in complete sentences.
Chapters One and Two – VOCABULARY (you may need to Google search some)
1. Judaism –
2. Hasidic –
3. shtibl –
4. Talmud –
5. synagogue –
6. Passover –
7. Zionism –
8. Kabbalah –
9. Rosh Hashana –
10. Shavuot –
11. edict –
12. expound –
13. pestilence –
14. pillage –
15. premonition –
16. truncheon –
Answer the following reading questions in complete sentences.
1. Describe Wiesel’s community at the beginning of the story. Describe Wiesel’s family life and his priorities.
2. What are some incidents that FORESHADOW the coming danger to the Sighet Jews? Why doesn’t the community believe it is in danger?
3. Describe the conditions of the Jews’ train journey. How do the passengers react to Madame Schacter’s behavior? Why do you suppose they react this way?
4. Even though it was 1944 and the Nazi extermination of the Jews had begun years earlier, the Sighet Jews had very few facts about it. Do you think it is possible in today’s world for a community to know so little, to be so unprepared? Explain your answer.
5. Write down a passage that you find very powerful, shocking, upsetting, etc. Give citation.
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