Homework:
Dear: Parents/guardians.
Monday we introduce February’s novel, Hiroshima,
by John Hershey. We will discuss how Hiroshima and the novel Night
connect to each other, as both relate to World War II and the theme of
survival. The overall theme this month is Time, Continuity and Change. In addition to studying the novel Hiroshima,
we will be learning a lot about Japanese culture, history, and about present
day life.
Option 3:
*On August
6, 1945, the American army decimates the city of Hiroshima with a bomb of
enormous power; out of a population of 250,000, the bomb kills nearly 100,000
people and injures 100,000 more… Hersey’s Hiroshima traces the lives of six
survivors—two doctors, two women, and two religious men—from the moment the
bomb drops until a few months later. In 1985, Hersey added a postscript that
now forms the book’s fifth chapter. In this chapter, Hersey reexamines these
six individuals’ lives in the forty years since the bomb.
Make a
prediction: Based on what you know about
the novel Night and the passage above, take an educated guess about what the
novel Hiroshima will be about.
**On August
6, 1945, the American army decimates the city of Hiroshima with a bomb of
enormous power; out of a population of 250,000, the bomb kills nearly 100,000
people and injures 100,000 more… Hersey’s Hiroshima traces the lives of six
survivors—two doctors, two women, and two religious men—from the moment the
bomb drops until a few months later. In 1985, Hersey added .. the book’s fifth
chapter. In this chapter, Hersey reexamines these six individuals’ lives in the
forty years since the bomb.
1. Who
dropped a bomb on Japan?
2. When did
this happen?
3. What city
was the bomb dropped on?
4. How many
people died?
5. Whose
lives will this novel follow?
***On August
6, 1945, the American army decimates the city of Hiroshima with a bomb…
1. Who
dropped a bomb on Japan?
2. When did
this happen?
3. What city
was the bomb dropped on?
….out of a population of 250,000, the bomb
kills nearly 100,000 people and injures 100,000 more…
4. How many
people died?
Hersey’s
Hiroshima traces (follows) the lives of six survivors—two doctors, two women,
and two religious men—from the moment the bomb drops until a few months later.
5. Whose
lives will this novel follow?
Parent
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