HW Mr. Padilla 1-8-16

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*The next day brought really disquieting news: German troops had penetrated Hungarian territory…Finally, people began to worry….One of my friends, Moishe Chaim Berkowitz, returned … and told us, "The Jews of Budapest live in fear…and terror. Anti-Semitic acts take place every day, in the streets, on the trains. The Fascists attack Jewish stores, synagogues. The situation is becoming very s e r i o u s ... "

...In less than three days, German Army vehicles made their appearance on our streets.

ANGUISH. German soldiers—with their steel helmets and their death's-head emblem. Still, our first impressions of the Germans were         rather reassuring. The officers         were         placed in         private homes, even in Jewish homes. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant but polite… A German officer lodged in the Kahns' house across the street from us. We were told he was a charming man, calm, likable, and polite. Three days after he moved in, he brought Mrs. Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists were jubilant: "Well? What did we tell you? You wouldn't believe us. There they are, your Germans. What do you say now? Where is their famous cruelty?"

The Germans were already in our town…the verdict was already out—and the Jews of Sighet were still smiling.

**The next day brought really disquieting news: German troops had penetrated Hungarian territory…people began to worry….One of my friends, Moishe Chaim Berkowitz, returned … and told us, "The Jews of Budapest live in fear…and terror. Anti-Semitic acts take place every day, in the streets, on the trains. The Fascists attack Jewish stores, synagogues. The situation is becoming very s e r i o u s ... "

...In less than three days, German Army vehicles made their appearance on our streets.

…The officers         were         placed in         private homes, even in Jewish homes. Their attitude toward their hosts was … polite… A German officer lodged in the Kahns' house across the street from us. We were told he was … calm, likable, and polite. Three days after he moved in, he brought Mrs. Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists were jubilant: "Well? What did we tell you? You wouldn't believe us. There they are, your Germans. What do you say now? Where is their famous cruelty?"

The Germans were already in our town…the verdict was already out—and the Jews of Sighet were still smiling.

*** The next day … German troops had penetrated Hungarian territory…people began to worry….The situation is becoming very serious ... "

...In less than three days, German Army vehicles made their appearance on our streets.

…The officers         were         placed in         private homes, even in Jewish homes. Their attitude toward their hosts was … polite… A German officer lodged in the Kahns' house across the street from us. We were told he was … calm, likable, and polite. Three days after he … brought Mrs. Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists were jubilant: "Well? What did we tell you? You wouldn't believe us. There they are, your Germans. What do you say now? Where is their famous cruelty?"

The Germans were already in our town…—and the Jews of Sighet were still smiling.

Option 1: Yesterday we learned about Moishe the Beadle. No one in Sighet believed anything Moishe said he saw. Now there are more news about what is happening and still no one believes.

Task:

1.    Give examples of all the clues (or warnings) that should have warned people. 

2.    Why do you think people do not pay attention to the warnings? Give examples from the text.

Option 2:  Write a 2-3 sentence summary of this passage.

Define the terms: anti-Semitic  and fascist.

Option 3:  Answer the following questions. Make sure to use examples from the text to make your answer stronger.

1.    Why were people beginning to worry?

2.    Where were the German officers placed? How di they treat their hosts?

3.    Why were the people of Sighet suddenly jubilant?

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HW Mr. Padilla 1-7-16

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*THEY CALLED HIM Moishe the Beadle… He was the jack-of- all-trades … The Jews of Sighet—the little town in Transylvania …were fond of him. He was poor …As a rule, our townspeople, while they did help the needy, did not particularly like them. Moishe the Beadle was the exception. He stayed out of people's way. His presence bothered no one. …

…I met him in 1941. I was almost thirteen

Day after day, night after night, he went from one Jewish house to the next, telling his story and that of Malka, the young girl who lay dying for three days, and that of Tobie, the tailor who begged to die before his sons were killed.

Moishe was not the same. The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. … He spoke only of what he had seen. But people not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen. Some even insinuated that … that he was imagining things. Others flatly said that he had gone mad.

As for Moishe, he wept and pleaded:

"Jews, listen to me! That's all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!" …

**THEY CALLED HIM Moishe the Beadle… He was the jack-of- all-trades … He was poor …He stayed out of people's way. His presence bothered no one. …

…I met him in 1941. I was almost thirteen

Day after day, night after night, he went from one Jewish house to the next, telling his story and that of Malka, the young girl who lay dying for three days, and that of Tobie, the tailor who begged to die before his sons were killed.

…Moishe was not the same. The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. … He spoke only of what he had seen. But people not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen. Some even insinuated that … that he was imagining things. Others flatly said that he had gone mad.

As for Moishe, he wept and pleaded:

"Jews, listen to me! That's all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!" …

***THEY CALLED HIM Moishe the Beadle… He was the jack-of- all-trades … He was poor …He stayed out of people's way. His presence bothered no one. …

…I met him in 1941. I was almost thirteen

Day after day, night after night, he went from one Jewish house to the next, telling his story...

…Moishe was not the same. The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. … He spoke only of what he had seen. But people not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen…

As for Moishe, he wept and pleaded:

"Jews, listen to me! That's all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!" …

Option 1:

1.    How is Moshe the Beadle described?

2.    Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?

3.    What was the public reaction to Moshe's story?

4.    What was happening in Europe at this time (what was the historic context)?

Option 2: Write a summary highlighting the main idea of the passage you just read.  Bear in mind the 5 W’s. 

Option 3:

1.    How does Eliezer describe Moshe the Beadle?

2.    When did Eliezer meet Moshe?

3.    Why was Moshe not the same?

4.    What did he talk about now? How did people react?

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HW Mr.Padilla 1-6-16

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Option 1:

¨The door of the car slid aside. A German officer stepped in accompanied by a Hungarian lieutenant, acting as his interpreter. "From this moment on, you are under the authority of the23German Army. Anyone who still owns gold, silver, or watches must hand them over now. Anyone who will be found to have kept any of these will be shot on the spot. Secondly, anyone who is ill should report to the hospital car. That's all.” The Hungarian lieutenant went around with a basket and retrieved the last possessions from those who chose not to go on tasting the bitterness of fear. "There are eighty of you in the car," the German officer added. "If anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs.”

¨Write a paragraph in which you respond to this question:

¨1. What do you think this line means?

¨“…retrieved the last possessions from those who chose not to go on tasting the bitterness of fear. ”

Option 2:

¨The door of the car slid aside. A German officer stepped in …. "From this moment on, you are under the authority of the 23German Army. Anyone who still owns gold, silver, or watches must hand them over now. Anyone who will be found to have kept any of these will be shot on the spot. Secondly, anyone who is ill should report to the hospital car. That's all.”

¨The … lieutenant went around with a basket and retrieved the last possessions from those who chose not to go on tasting the bitterness of fear.

¨"There are eighty of you in the car," the German officer added. "If anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs."

1. Write a 2-3 sentence summary of this paragraph. Bear in mind the five W’s.  To help you be brief, pretend you are talking to a person who does not know anything about this topic. (don’t try to be fancy, just write as you would speak).

Option 3:

¨The door of the car slid aside. A German officer stepped in …. "From this moment on, you are under the authority of the …German Army. Anyone who still owns gold, silver, or watches must hand them over now. Anyone …found to have kept any of these will be shot on the spot. …anyone who is ill should report to the hospital car. That's all.”

¨The … lieutenant went around with a basket and retrieved the last possessions from those who chose not to go on tasting the bitterness of fear.

¨"There are eighty of you in the car," the German officer added. "If anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs.”

¨1. Who stepped into the train?

¨2. What did the deportees being asked for?

¨3. What threat was made for those who hid thee valuables?

¨4. What was the final threat made?

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HW Mr. Padilla 1/5/16

Homework:

Parents/guardians please assist your child with today’s homework.

—Option 1: Read this quote from night and answer the question below:

—“Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say. ..Man asks and God replies. But we don't understand His replies. We cannot understand them. …The real answers, Eliezer, you will find only within yourself.”

—Task: Do you agree with Eliezer’s father, that the answers to questions we do not understand we can only find within ourselves? Explain why or why not.

—Option 2: Today we read and discussed what happened to the Jew deportees when they arrived. You read how the gestapo treated them. Pretend your job is to draw for a newspaper and they ask you to draw something for the cover: What would you draw?  What would be the headline?

Option 3:

—The train with the deportees had crossed the Hungarian border and…had been taken over by the Gestapo. …The Jews were ordered to get off…The trucks headed toward a forest. There every- body was ordered to get out. They were forced to dig huge trenches. When they had finished their work, the men from the Gestapo began …shot their prisoners…. used as targets for the machine guns.

1.     What does deportees mean?

2.     Where were the Jews taken to?

3.     What did the Gestapo force everyone to do when they got off the train?

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HW Mr. Padilla 1-4-16

Homework:

Parents: Please assist your child with today's homework. 

BACKGROUND SETTING INFORMATION ON NIGHT

·         Hungary was one of the last countries that Hitler conquered. Thus, the book begins in 1941. Although the beginning of the novel coincides with America’s involvement in the war, there has been persecution, legislation, and segregation throughout Eastern Europe for the past 5-6 years before the book starts.

·         Elie is being raised as a religious Jew, somewhat isolated from what was happening in the world since he is living in a small town in Hungary.

·         It is the plan of the Nazis to keep Jews and other persecuted groups like gypsies, homosexuals, differently abled, Jehovah Witnesses, and communists in the dark as to what would be their fate so that they would have less trouble controlling them.

·         Had Jews, especially young Jews, known about their fate, they would not have chosen to comply with the Nazis and would have put up greater resistance.

·         Much of the world stood by apathetically and did nothing to provide aid at this time.

Option 1:

Elie is being raised as a religious Jew, isolated from what was happening in the world since he is living in a small town in Hungary.

1.       Where does Elie live?

Fire symbolizes the Nazis power and destruction.  They destroy the Jews through fire within the crematoriums. 

2.       What does fire symbolize?

It is the plan of the Nazis to keep Jews and other persecuted groups in the dark as to what would be their fate so that they would have less trouble controlling them.

3.       Why did the Nazis want to keep Jewish people ‘in the dark’?

Option 2: Base responses on today’s lesson and readings.

1.       Where does the novel begin?

2.       Who are some main characters in the memoir Night?

3.       Why do you think Elie Weisel chose the title Night?

4.       Why is Elie isolated from the rest of the world?

5.       Why do you think keeping people uninformed (in the dark) makes them easier to control?

6.       What is one recurring motif in the novel?

Option 3: Base response on today’s lesson and background information reading.

Summarize the background information for the novel night.  Use the 5 W’s to help you organize your thoughts.  The summary should not be longer than 2-3 sentences. 

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HW Mr. Padilla 12-21-15

Homework

Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Topic:  The residents of Maycomb are so angry that Atticus is defending a black man that they formed an angry mob and threatened to hurt Atticus if he didn’t let them get Tom Robinson.  Afterward Jem and Atticus have a conversation:

Chapter 13

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“They were after you, weren’t they?” Jem went to him. “They wanted to get you, didn’t they?”

Atticus lowered the paper and gazed at Jem. “What have you been reading?” he asked. Then he said gently, “No son, those were our friends.”

“It wasn’t a—a gang?” Jem was looking from the corners of his eyes.

Atticus tried to stifle a smile but didn’t make it. “No, we don’t have mobs and that nonsense in Maycomb. I’ve never heard of a gang in Maycomb.”

“Ku Klux got after some Catholics one time.”

“Never heard of any Catholics in Maycomb either,” said Atticus, “you’re confusing that with something else. Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan, but it was a political organization more than anything. Besides, they couldn’t find anybody to scare. They paraded by Mr. Sam Levy’s house one night, but Sam just stood on his porch and told ‘em things had come to a pretty pass, he’d sold ’em the very sheets on their backs. Sam made ‘em so ashamed of themselves they went away.”

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“They were after you, weren’t they?” Jem went to him. “They wanted to get you, didn’t they?”

Atticus lowered the paper and gazed at Jem. “What have you been reading?” he asked. Then he said…, “No son, those were our friends.”

“It wasn’t a—a gang?” Jem was looking from the corners of his eyes.

Atticus tried to stifle a smile but didn’t make it. “No, we don’t have mobs and that nonsense in Maycomb. I’ve never heard of a gang in Maycomb.”

“Ku Klux got after some Catholics one time.”

“Never heard of any Catholics in Maycomb either,” said Atticus, “you’re confusing that with something else. Way back … there was a Klan, but it was a political organization more than anything. Besides, they couldn’t find anybody to scare. They paraded by Mr. Sam Levy’s house one night, but Sam just stood on his porch and told ‘em things …Sam made ‘em so ashamed of themselves they went away.”

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“They were after you, weren’t they?” Jem went to him. “They wanted to get you, didn’t they?”

Atticus lowered the paper and gazed at Jem. “What have you been reading?” he asked. Then he said…, “No son, those were our friends.”

“It wasn’t a—a gang?” Jem was looking from the corners of his eyes.

Atticus tried to stifle a smile but didn’t make it. “No, we don’t have mobs … in Maycomb. I’ve never heard of a gang in Maycomb.”

“Ku Klux got after some Catholics one time.”

“Never heard of any Catholics in Maycomb either,” said Atticus, “…Way back … there was a Klan, but it was a political organization more than anything. Besides, they couldn’t find anybody to scare. They paraded by Mr. Sam Levy’s house one night, but Sam just … told ‘em things …Sam made ‘em so ashamed of themselves they went away.”

Option 1: Base your responses on what you learned and read.

1.     How do you think that Jem feels? Cite the text to back up your response.

2.     How does Atticus try to make Jem feel better? Cite the text to back up your response.

Option 2: Today we also learned about the ugly things that people will do when their hearts are filled with hate.  We also discussed how people can feel ashamed when they realize the error of their ways.

Write a paragraph discussing your feelings on why people sometimes can let hate get the best of them.  Do you think people have the ability to control themselves, or is hatred so strong that there is nothing they can do? Cite the text to back up your response.

Option 3:  Base response on the text.

1.     Do you think Jem is scared? Explain why or why not? Give evidence from the reading.

2.     What does Atticus say when Jem asked if the mob was a gang?

3.     What story does Atticus tell Jem about the Klu Klux Klan?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12-21-15

Parents/guardians, please assist your children with today’s homework.

*

Uncle Jack…was one of the few men of science who never terrified me, probably because he never behaved like a doctor. Whenever he performed a minor service for Jem and me, as removing a splinter from a foot, he would tell us exactly what he was going to do, give us an estimation of how much it would hurt, and explain the use of any tongs he employed. One Christmas I lurked in corners nursing a twisted splinter in my foot, permitting no one to come near me. When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressing-gown, smoking … and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by who desired spiritual comfort. I interrupted to make Uncle Jack let me know when he would pull it out, but he held up a bloody splinter in a pair of tweezers and said he yanked it while I was laughing, that was what was known as relativity.

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Uncle Jack…was one of the few men of science who never terrified me, … because he never behaved like a doctor. Whenever he performed a minor service for Jem and me, as removing a splinter from a foot, he would tell us exactly what he was going to do, give us an estimation of how much it would hurt, and explain the use of any tongs he employed. One Christmas I… twisted splinter in my foot, permitting no one to come near me. When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressing-gown, smoking … and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by…I interrupted to make Uncle Jack let me know when he would pull it out, but he held up a bloody splinter in a pair of tweezers and said he yanked it while I was laughing…

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Uncle Jack…was one of the few men of science who never terrified me, … because he never behaved like a doctor. Whenever he performed a minor service for Jem and me, as removing a splinter from a foot, he would tell us exactly what he was going to do…One Christmas I… twisted splinter in my foot…When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressing-gown, smoking … and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by…I interrupted to make Uncle Jack let me know when he would pull it out, but he held up a bloody splinter in a pair of tweezers and said he yanked it while I was laughing…

Option1: Write a 1-2 sentence summary of this passage. (Remember to include the 5 W’s)

Option 2:

1.  Explain why Scout means when she says using your own words: “one of the few men of science who never terrified me, … because he never behaved like a doctor”

2.    What example does she give in the reading that shows her point?

Option 3:

1.    Who is Uncle Jack? How does Scout feel about him?

2.    What did Scout like about him?

3.    How did Uncle Jack remove Scout’s splinter?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12-18-15

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

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Quote 1: “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Quote 2: "First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

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Quote 1: “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something…
“Your father’s right,” said Ms. Maudie, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Quote 2: "First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin…”

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Quote 1: “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something…
“Your father’s right,” said Ms. Maudie, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Quote 2: "First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…”

Option 1: In both passages Atticus and Scout are having a conversation.  Write a one sentence summary for each quote and then answer the following question.

Quote #1

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Quote #2

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What do these 2 quotes have in common?

Option 2:  Base responses on the reading.

1.     According to Atticus, why is it a sin to kill a mocking bird?

2.     What advice does Atticus give Scout in quote #2?

3.     What do you think Atticus means when he says: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…”

Option 3: Explain this quote in your own words. Give a real life example to support your argument.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

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