Night Chapter 5 stations

"Stations" provide you with more diverse options for responding to the novel. Follow the directions, and bring your completed work tomorrow to share with peers.

Directions: Please complete two of the three activities for tomorrow.  You will receive up to 10 points per assignment based on thoroughness, thoughtfulness, signs of effort and creativity. 

Unit: Night

Guiding Questions:

·        How do we live righteously when surrounded by suffering and cruelty?

—  How do people find strength and peace in concepts larger than ourselves?

Round 1: Chapter 5

English IV World Perspectives Stations

Station	Activity
1. Research	Find a credible source of information about the recent hurricanes that hit Houston, Florida, or Puerto Rico or about the shooting in Las Vegas that you think illustrates either (1) how people can be at their best in the worst situations or 2) shows how people find strength in concepts larger than themselves.  Provide the citation information for the source, summarize what it says in your own words, and then explain how it illustrates one of the points. (1 to 2 paragraphs)
3. Creative Response	Chapter 5 presents a picture of strong feelings experienced through everything from a sense of being deserted by God, to an attempt to create meaning and connection with something the uncertain horrors of war.  As we search for meaning in our lives, emotions are at the heart of the human experience; they are also at the heart of all art- both written, visual, and auditory.  Choose a central emotion or idea from the chapter, state where you feel it was found in the chapter, and then create an ode to that emotion.  It could be a poem, a piece of abstract art, a song, a rap, a mixed media piece- whatever you want.
6. Media Analysis	The Terrible Things Allegory www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KsAvtHsyY0 -        What is an allegory?  Find a definition online. Write the definition on a new sheet. -        Take notes during the movie in a 2-column format (see below) Describe a scene in video     What does the scene represents in the Holocaust  Write a paragraph in which you explain how this story is an allegory of the Holocaust

As a literary device, an allegory is a metaphor whose vehicle may be a character, place or event, representing real-world issues and occurrences. Allegory (in the sense of the practice and use of allegorical devices and works) has occurred widely throughout history in all forms of art, largely because it can readily illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible or striking to its viewers, readers, or listeners.

Writers or speakers typically use allegories as literary devices or as rhetorical devices that convey (semi-)hidden meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey.^[2]