Lesson Plan for Night Finale

Teacher: Peter Joyce

Grade: 10th
Content Area: ELA
Class Length: 45 minutes

1. Content and Standards:

CC.1.2.9-10.A:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the
course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details;
provide an objective summary of the text

2. Prerequisites:
 Students should have read the entirety of Elie Wiesel’s Night.
 Students should have completed the “Night Finale” graphic organizer for homework.
3. Essential Questions:
 What can we learn from the experiences of Holocaust survivors?
 Why do we read memoirs?

4. Materials and Equipment:

 “Night Finale” graphic organizer
 Google Jamboard

5. Instructional Objective:
 Students will be able to identify and analyze topics such as Familial bonds,
Perseverance, Faith, Inhumanity, and Identity in Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night.

6. Instructional Procedures:

Opening question:
Why do we read memoirs? What can learn from the experiences of others?

*Prior to lesson, students will turn in their “Night Finale” graphic organizers. The
worksheet asks students to note six details in the final section of the memoir (p.98-115)
and lists two questions for class discussion.

During:
-Before class, I will select 5-7 questions from students’ homework. Based on the number
of questions I selected, I will create the same amount of breakout rooms. My selected
questions will be posted on Google Classwork. Each group will respond to the question
with number that matches their group number.
-Groups will have 10 minutes to discuss and record their thoughts on a Google Jamboard.
-After 10 minutes, each group will present their responses to the question and lead class
discussion on the topic. This process should take 25-30 minutes to complete.

Closure (HW or exit ticket)

 What is Wiesel’s message to readers of Night? Respond in a paragraph. Include textual
evidence and/or specific details from the text to support your claims.

7. Assessment: Questioning during group discussion. Reviewing exit tickets for

understanding of theme.

8. Differentiated Instruction:
According to student’s need, I will provide the following options:
Type directions in the chat.
Students may respond in the chat during discussion or group activity.
Students may verbalize their responses at any point in the lesson.