Night (1955)

Not as powerful as Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning but still amazing in its own way.
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Harrowing and necessary, perhaps the more so in the current political climate in the U.S. At the beginning of the timeline, the people really had no idea of the enormity of was coming even in the face of mounting fear, and sometimes I worry that the same is true of current U.S. citizens, that in 2 years, or 4, or ten, we'll find ourselves in a place we would never today have conceived possible. ( )

This isn't a fun read, but it's definitely a must-read.

Not only is this book heartbreaking because it's about the holocaust(in particular, Elie's experience), but I think the most heart-wrenching part of this book was the way the author described it: with small amount of shock and hardly any emotion. I just felt so bad for this poor boy. To be so used to this treatment that you finally acquiesce and describe it in flat language...I don't know, I guess it just makes me incredibly sad that he had to grow that "used to it". ( )

Night was written by Elie Wiesel, and won a Nobel Peace Prize for this book in 1986. (compound) This book is about Elie and his father's experiences and struggles with the Holocaust with concentration camps at Auschwitz. This book is very hard to get through, it is real and emotional. This book is filled with raw emotions and experiences with what they went through, what they saw, and what life was like. I would say the intended audience is 8th graders. I would allow my students to read it then answer questions about it at home, then do class discussions and activities in class together.

I would also consider reading this book aloud to your kids over the course of a period of time to check their comprehension skills.

This is an 8th grade tek that could match the activity!

(5) Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:

(A) establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;

(B) generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;

(C) make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;

(D) create mental images to deepen understanding;

(E) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;

(F) make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;

(G) evaluate details read to determine key ideas;

(H) synthesize information to create new understanding; and

(I) monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down. ( )

An incredible story. Simply written with simple words. Descriptive, but not overly so. The emotion implicit in the narrative is strong but subtle. The spare language, barely stated emotions and straight-forward narrative left me struggling to figure how to describe what I had just read. ( )