World Literature

1. World Literature Friday, May 11, 2012

2. Today’s Activities • Warm-up • Socratic Seminar make-up • Pre-write for Night essay • Due at the end of the period: Thesis and topic sentences

3. Warm-up Fire and Ice by Robert Frost (first published in 1920) Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. • Read the poem on the left. It uses the symbolism of fire and ice and their destructive power. • How do fire and ice also act as symbols in Night? • What does the fire represent? • What about the ice/snow?

4. Socratic Seminar Make-up • Write a paragraph on your first choice from seminar prep. • TS=argument about your issue selected • Provide specific evidence • Explain evidence • Closing statement

5. Pre-write phases • Select prompt • Brainstorm ideas • Write argument (thesis) and topic sentences • Identify relevant evidence

6. Literary devices (symbols and motifs) • Fire • Snow • Hanging pipel • Night • Violin

7. Cause and effect: How do his experiences in the camps affect Elie Wiesel?

8. Compare/Contrast Elie and his father Other father/son relationships

9. Make an argument • Issue = Abuse of power • Argument = An abuse of power inevitably leads to a downfall= argument • Thesis = Through the characters of El Patron, Rosa, and Matt demonstrates the damaging consequences of abusing power in House of the Scorpion.

10. Writing thesis statement for theme essay • Through the characters of El Patron, Rosa, and Matt demonstrates the damaging consequences of abusing power in House of the Scorpion. • Through the powerful imagery of the boneyard and “the thing on the bed,” House of the Scorpion shows how science should have ethical boundaries.

11. Topic Sentences • Thesis: The House of the Scorpion shows how abusing power has negative consequences through the characters of El Patron, Matt, and Rosa. • Not proficient topic sentence: El Patron abused his power. • Proficient: El Patron’s downfall demonstrates the negative consequences of his abuse of power.

12. No argument? • Not proficient: Loss is shown in Night through the loss of innocence, relationships, and faith. • Revised: The idea that the concentration camps brought about far more than a loss of life emerges as a dominant theme in Night through Wiesel’s loss of innocence, the severing of father/son relationships in the camps, and the prisoners’ loss of faith.

13. Night’s use of the imagery of the hanging pipel, Juliek’s violin, and the boy killing his father over a piece of bread show how the concentrations camps had the power to destroy innocence and beauty.

14. Night shows that will power is essential for survival in the Holocaust through the characterizations of Moshe, Elie’s father, and Elie himself.

15. Cause/Effect Thesis • The experiences in the camps caused Elie Wiesel to ______________, _____________, and _______________.