Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Night Name: Grace Shin

Content Area: English Grade Level: 11
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

Reading Standards for Literature

1.Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text
leaves matters uncertain.

2. Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to
produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

3. By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11 CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as
needed at the high end of the range.

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

Students will be able to comprehend the plot and central ideas in Elie Wiesels Night. They will identify the time era, and the historical context in which the novel was written
in, as well as information, about the Holocaust. Students should be able to connect and correlate the themes of the novel to the authors tone and historical time period of the
Holocaust. Students will answer why Wiesel wrote this novel, how it reflects the time period it was written in, the impact it has on its audience, and the tone of which the work
was written with. Students will be able to learn to form their own opinion and create an argument, along with counterarguments, to support their point with textual based
evidence.

Unit Summary:

Students will read, analyze, form arguments and recognize the significance of Elie Wiesels Night. They will use this information to correlate its impact this novel had on the
society and how it can analyzed and reflected on to our daily lives. They will identify the themes, plots, main ideas, and character developments in which the author uses his
tone to write a dramatic novel. Ultimately, students will read the novel, learn about the Holocaust and how the novel mirrors its time period through the authors use of written
language. In conclusion, students will form their own opinions on the impact of Night and how the Wiesel formed a work that is not only informative but powerful through his
personal narrative.

Assessment Plan:

Entry-Level: Formative: Summative:

Free-write Journals Reading Quiz Quote Analysis Presentation
Double-entry Journals Character Development Graphic Organizer In-Class Essay
Annotations Popplet Summary Graphic Organizer
Flashcards (Quizlet)
Socratic Seminar
Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:

Students will be able to
recognize the plot and themes
of the novel through the
learning of the historical
context (the Holocaust)
(Assessments): Students will listen to a lecture with a guided notes to expand the knowledge of historical context, the Holocaust.
- Guided notes Students will respond to a prompt by writing a freewrite journal at the beginning of class.
- Freewrite Journals Students will complete double-entry journals which formulate both quote identification and analysis.
- Double-entry journals Students will have time in class to go over certain passages to annotate and discuss important quotes together.
- Annotations

Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:

Students will be able to - Flashcards Students will create flashcards using Quizlet of unknown words or unfamiliar words with definitions.
identify the importance of the - Reading quizzes Students will be given a reading quiz to take at home, online.
novels historical context (the - Socratic Seminar Students will have chance to participate in class, discussing themes and plot in a socratic seminar in class
Holocaust) - Webercise Students will have to complete a webercise at home about a more detailed learning of the Holocaust

Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:

Students will be able to
identify the importance of
character development in
relation to the historical
context, while creating their
own comprehension of the
most prominent theme in their
novel.
- Character Development
(Graphic Organizer)
- Popplet Summary
- Quote Presentation
-Take Home Essay
Students will have a graphic organizer focused on the character development of Eliezer.
Students will have to complete a summary on the classrooms popplet as a part of their homework assignment.
Students will have a short but formal presentation on their important quote in front of the class
Students will have a take-home essay for an assessment

Unit Resources:

Novel: Night by Elie Wiesel

iPad
Google Docs
Google slides
Safari
Popplet
Quizlet

Useful Websites:

Schmoop - Quotations explained and in depth information about characters

Sparknotes - Themes, plots, and summaries about the novel
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Gives information about the Holocaust, in detail, and includes pictures
History - Various articles about the novel, Night and how its written in the event of the Holocaust; timelines included as well
Youtube - Interview about Elie Wiesel and the historical context of the Holocaust