Night Chapter 2 - Interactive Lesson

🎯 Set Goals

I can engage in a vocabulary review to define unknown and previously learned words.
I can identify key plot details from Chapter 2 of Night.
I can be a critical thinker by analyzing literary devices and textual evidence.

🧠 Interactive Vocabulary

Drag the words from the word bank and drop them next to their correct definitions. Includes review words from Chapter 1!

Possession

Abominable

Ghetto

Deportation

Fascist

1. Causing moral revulsion; very bad, terrible, or unpleasant. (pg. 25)

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2. Something that is owned or controlled by someone. (pg. 21)

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3. (Review) The forced removal of people from their homes or country.

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4. (Review) A restricted, often isolated area of a city where Jews were forced to live.

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5. (Review) A dictatorial political regime characterized by extreme nationalism.

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📖 Comprehension Check

1) What were the young people doing on the train? (21)

Hint: Stripped of their inhibitions in the dark, cramped car, what did the young men and women begin doing?

A) Singing religious songs to keep hope alive. B) Flirting and caressing one another in the dark. C) Plotting a rebellion against the armed guards. D) Sleeping peacefully through the night.

3) What possessions did they have to give to the German army? (21)

Hint: The officers threatened to shoot anyone who kept valuables.

A) Only their food and water B) Gold, silver, and watches C) Their shoes and winter coats D) Books and family photographs

4) What was Madame Schachter yelling on the train? (22) A) "I am so thirsty! Give me water!" B) "Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!" C) "Let us out! We are going to suffocate!" D) "They are coming to kill us!"

🔍 Literary Device: Foreshadowing

Definition: A literary device where the author gives a hint or warning about an event that will happen later in the story.

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER)

Prompt: What do Madame Schachter's visions foreshadow?

1. Claim Sentence Frame: Madame Schachter's visions foreshadow...

2. Evidence (Choose the piece of evidence that best supports your claim) "She continued to scream and gasp for breath: 'Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!'" (24). "'Look! Look at this fire! This terrible fire! Have mercy on me!' Some of the men pressed against the bars." (25).

3. Reasoning Sentence Frame: This evidence proves my claim because...

💭 Critical Thinking Quote Questions

What questions come to mind when you read this quote? Write down two things you wonder about regarding this horrific moment.

Hint: Think about the deeper psychological impact, the author's choices, or how this moment connects to earlier events in the chapter.

For example: "I wonder if the prisoners finally realized Madame Schachter was a prophet rather than a madwoman?" or "I wonder how experiencing this horrific smell and sight permanently changed Elie's view of humanity?"

🎯 Set Goals

🧠 Interactive Vocabulary

📖 Comprehension Check

🔍 Literary Device: Foreshadowing

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER)

💭 Critical Thinking Quote Questions

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