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All questions are from Oyster Academy. Do you think that optimism or pessimism is a more useful emotion/perspective in the world? How would Wiesel respond to this question? I believe Wiesel would say that neither was more useful and that, though optimism might've helped people stay a little …
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All questions from Oyster Academy. Why does Wiesel use quotation marks around the word “normal” on page 11? What impact does this punctuation have on the reader’s understanding of the passage? Wiesel uses quotation marks around "normal" to show that things weren't actually normal. Things were …
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Reading Night pg. 23 — 28 Focus Consider the way that people responded to Moishe the Beadle’s warning and Mrs. Schächter’s. What conclusions can you draw about human nature based on their response? Support your answer with at least two pieces of specific evidence from the text. How to …
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Reading Night by Elie Wiesel pg. 11 — 22 Focus (Comment here) On page 12, Wiesel writes, “Night fell.” What might “night” symbolize based on this section of text (pages 12–14)? Support your answer with at least two pieces of evidence from these pages. Extension: Find other references to …
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All questions are from Oyster Academy. Knowing what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust, how does reading today’s text impact you as a reader? With my knowledge of what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust, reading today's text (pg. 3-11) is unsettling and sad. At first, it was …
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YOU MUST COMMENT ON THIS POST WITH THE LINK TO YOUR RESPONSE Writing (Reader's Notebook) How do the people of Sighet respond to Moishe the Beadle’s warnings? What does this reveal about the people of Sighet? Support your answer with two pieces of evidence from the text. Questions (Reader's …
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All questions from Oyster Academy. Question 1: Why is it so important to remember the specific details of people’s experiences? It's important to remember details of people's experiences because you learn certain events that happened to the victims that no one else may know about, or even be …
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Watch I'm Still Here: Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust 00:10 - 06:00 Questions Why did Klaus Langer most likely keep a diary? Who was his intended audience?In your own words, summarize each of the reasons Wiesel presents on page vii as a possible answer to the question …
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All questions are from O1: Encountering Evil. Question: Why does studying the Holocaust matter? What can studying the Holocaust teach us? Studying the Holocaust matters because we must learn about the mistakes humans have made in the past. Learning about the gruesome incidents that happened in …
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