10th Grade Applied Summer Reading Assignment ELCO High School 2014
Name: English Teacher:
“Why Elie Wiesel Can Never Forget” by Curt Schleier Close Reading 1. Elie Wiesel is a survivor of the ________________________ and also is a winner of the ________________________________. 2. What is the first thing one notices about Elie Wiesel and why? 3. According to John Silber, it is remarkable that one doesn’t see _____________ in Wiesel’s eyes. 4. What happened to Wiesel and his family in 1928? 5. What was Wiesel’s only goal while a prisoner of Auschwitz? 6. Wiesel believes his survival of the concentration camps is due to _____________. 7. Wiesel feels he needs to give his life ____________________ by teaching about the holocaust. 8. True or False, Night is a novel. 9. Why did Wiesel wait 10 years after the Holocaust to write Night? 10. Despite feeling a greater sense of pain for the past, Wiesel says that people must _______________________ in order to escape being a prisoner of the pain. 11. Wiesel seeks out _________________ where others only see the dark. 12. A student wrote, “From you I have learned to bear witness to the ___________________ so that the ____________________ will not be _________________________.
13. Wiesel is identified as a messenger to humanity. His message consists of _____________________, _____________________, and _____________________. 14. Nothing can be more gratifying than knowing something you’ve done has _________________________________. 15. What is the overall purpose of the article?
Vocabulary Choose 10 words from the article. For each word complete the following: 1. Write the paragraph number where the word appears. 2. Write the vocabulary word. 3. Write the definition for the vocabulary word as it used in the sentence (part of speech). 4. Write the sentence that uses the word. 5. Use the word in your own original sentence. EXAMPLE
Paragraph #
Vocabulary
Paragraph 1
Gaunt
Text Sentence
Original Sentence
Definition
Adj. – lean or haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age Eventually you notice he is dressed in a blue suit and tie; that he is just a few pounds above gaunt; and that when he speaks, it’s in a whisper so soft it’s as though the words are afraid to reveal themselves. The dog’s gaunt appearance suggested that he had not been fed in quite some time.
You may not use the above example as one of your 10 vocabulary words.
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1. Paragraph #
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Text Sentence Original Sentence 2. Paragraph # Text Sentence Original Sentence 3. Paragraph # Text Sentence Original Sentence 4. Paragraph # Text Sentence Original Sentence 5. Paragraph # Text Sentence Original Sentence
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Text Sentence Original Sentence 8. Paragraph # Text Sentence Original Sentence 9. Paragraph # Text Sentence Original Sentence 10. Paragraph # Text Sentence Original Sentence
Due to your English teacher on August 25th, 2015.
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