2.12.16

Share out and turn in Found Poem Assignment with Artist Statement. If you completed this assignment online, let me know so I know to look in your folder.

Watch: Documentary about Elie W. visiting Auschwitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONfCP4NyQ4

Thesis development: For your final essay for //Night// will be a motif essay where you connect a motif that courses through the novel to a theme it reveals. This can absolutely be the same motif you tracked in your Found Poem or you can use a motif/theme you came up with in your reading journal. We did all of that work to help you get ready for this essay, so don't be afraid to use what you've come up with.

HW: Craft your introductory paragraph for your essay and save it in your google folder. Please title it: Night Essay Rough Draft. Remember, an introduction needs:

1) A hook--capture your reader's attention 2) A reference to the author's full name and type of work. Elie Wiesel, memoir. 3) 1-2 sentences of context--set up context that narrows toward your focus. 4) Your thesis: motif reveals theme. "The motif of ... reveals the theme of..."