Night sections
Part 1: pgs 3-22 (18 pages)
Part 2: pgs 23-46 (23 pages)
Part 3: pgs 47-65 (18 pages)
Part 4: pgs 66-84 (18 pages)
Part 5: pgs 85-103 (18 pages)
Part 6: pgs 104-115 (11 pages)
Part 1: pgs 3-22 (18 pages)
Part 2: pgs 23-46 (23 pages)
Part 3: pgs 47-65 (18 pages)
Part 4: pgs 66-84 (18 pages)
Part 5: pgs 85-103 (18 pages)
Part 6: pgs 104-115 (11 pages)
Oprah Documentary
Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D, op. 61
Websites viewed in class with Chapter 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/auschwitz_map/index_embed.shtml
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30953301
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/auschwitz_map/index_embed.shtml
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30953301
On Wiesel’s Night
I cannot teach this book. Instead,
I drop copies on their desks,
like bombs on sleeping towns,
and let them read. So do I, again.
The stench rises from the page
and chokes my throat.
The ghosts of burning babies
haunt my eyes.
And that bouncing baton,
that pointer of Death,
stabs me in the heart
as it sends his mother
to the blackening sky.
Nothing is destroyed
the laws of science say,
only changed.
The millions transformed into
precious smoke ride the wind
to fill our lungs and heart
with their cries.
No, I cannot teach this book.
I simply want the words
to burn their comfortable souls
and leave them scarred for life.
Thomas E. Thorton
East Greenbush, New York
February, 1990
English Journal
I cannot teach this book. Instead,
I drop copies on their desks,
like bombs on sleeping towns,
and let them read. So do I, again.
The stench rises from the page
and chokes my throat.
The ghosts of burning babies
haunt my eyes.
And that bouncing baton,
that pointer of Death,
stabs me in the heart
as it sends his mother
to the blackening sky.
Nothing is destroyed
the laws of science say,
only changed.
The millions transformed into
precious smoke ride the wind
to fill our lungs and heart
with their cries.
No, I cannot teach this book.
I simply want the words
to burn their comfortable souls
and leave them scarred for life.
Thomas E. Thorton
East Greenbush, New York
February, 1990
English Journal
Unit Calendar
This schedule is not final and is subject to change. See the powerpoint in class for updated homework.
Schedule Change: Unit 1 Quiz/Test now Monday, October 24th
Schedule Change: Journal entries #1-8 due Monday, October 24th
Schedule Change: Journal entries #1-8 due Monday, October 24th