SYED Application

In order to apply for Summer Youth Program, you must have:

1.     Proof of Identify

2.     Proof of Employment Authorization

3.     Proof of Age

4.     Proof of Social Security Number

5.     Working Papers [+Medical]

6.     Proof of Citizenship/Alien Status

7.     Proof of Address

8.     Proof of Family Income [SSI award letter or 2 consecutive pay stubs].  

9.     SYEP Application

10.  Proof of Selective Service if you are MALE and 18 YEARS or older http://www.sss.gov/default.htm

Parent Workshops from January-June 2015

Co-Op Tech Spring Calendar 2015

February 27

1. Who was Meir Katz? What happened to him?
   
2. How many men started out in the train? How many were left when they arrived at
   Buchenwald?
   
3. What happened to Mr. Wiesel, Elie's father?
   
4. What was Elie's only desire?
   
5. What happened on April 10, 1945? 

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please answer 3 of the 5 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

Option 2: Please answer 5 of the 5 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

February 26

1. While running, an idea began to fascinate Elie. What was the idea? What kept him from carrying out his idea?
   
2. What did Elie realize about Rabbi Eliahou and his son?
   
3. What was the name of the camp to which the men walked?
   
4. Describe Elie's meeting with Juliek.
   
5. How long were they at Gleiwitz? Where did they go next? 
   

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options. 

Option 1: Please answer 3 of the 5 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

Option 2: Please answer 5 of the 5 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

February 25

pages 63-80

1. What happened to the patients who stayed in the hospital instead of being evacuated?
2. What was the last thing the head of the block ordered the men to do before they evacuated? Why?
3. What was the weather like during the evacuation? 

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options. 

Option 1: Please answer 1 of the 3 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

Option 2: Please answer 3 of the 3 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

February 24

pages 63-80

1. What did the men do on the eve of Rosh Hashana?
   
2. How did Elie feel while the others were praying?
   
3. What was Elie's decision about fasting on Yom Kippur? Why did he make that decision?
   
4. What was Elie's "inheritance" from his father? Why was his father giving it to him?
   
5. Did the men remember to say the Kaddish for Akiba Drumer?
   
6. What did Elie dream of when he dreamed of a better world? 
   

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options. 

Option 1: Please answer 3 of the 6 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

Option 2: Please answer 6 of the 7 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

February 23

Pages 45-62    

1. Describe Elie's encounter with the dentist.
2. What did Elie Wiesel do when Idek hit his father? What was he thinking?
   
3. Who took Elie's gold tooth? Why did Elie give it up?
   
4. What were the only things in which Elie took an interest?
   
5. How did Elie describe the men after the air raid?
   
6. What happened to the young man from Warsaw? Why?
   
7. How did Elie say the soup tasted the night the pipel (young servant boy) was hanged? 

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options. 

Option 1: Please answer 4 of the 7 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

Option 2: Please answer 6 of the 7 questions. Please reference the text for evidence. 

February 23--Parent Support

February 16-20: Midwinter Recess--SCHOOL CLOSED

Please continue to read Night and complete a reading journal for each chapter you complete. 

February 13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk4ah-npTrk (Page 40)

AND 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtt1QA90mm4

AND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgXJqmJqQP8

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please identify the main idea of 2 of 3 audiobooks and provide evidence from the text. Please write at least 5 sentences. 

Option 2: Please identify the main idea of 2 of 3 audiobooks and provide evidence from the text. Please write at least 7 sentences.

February 12

Please be aware the images are graphic. But powerful and true to the accounts of Night by Elie Wiesel. The interview helps bring the words of Elie Wiesel to life. Please click on the link below to view Elie Wiesel retell the Holocaust. 

Oprah and Elie Weisel at Auscwitz

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please reflect of the video and write about how you felt as you watched. What did you learn? What questions do you have about the Holocaust? Do you think this can happen again? Please write at a minimum of 5 sentences. 

Option 2: Please reflect of the video and write about how you felt as you watched. What did you learn? What questions do you have about the Holocaust? Do you think this can happen again? Please write at a minimum of 7 sentences. 

February 11

Please catch up with the reading! Please listen to the audiobook--please follow the order of the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD66Wxa4zCY

 AND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnIuUyfUS2Q

AND 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE06PwpzLas

AND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxRTse5Pr04

AND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZCeclPjhDM

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please identify the main idea of 2 of 3 audiobooks and provide evidence from the text. Please write at least 5 sentences. 

Option 2: Please identify the main idea of 2 of 3 audiobooks and provide evidence from the text. Please write at least 7 sentences.

February 10

Please click on link to view the viedo-->Shmoop Night Summary

Please be aware that some of the images are graphic. 

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 Options.

Option 1: Please write in your own words a summary of Night in 5 sentences. Please include details mentioned in the video.

Option 2: Please write in your own words a summary of Night in 7 sentences. Please include details mentioned in the video.

WORKSHOPS/PARENT ACTIVITIES

If you have any questions about the workshops and the location, please contact:

Carolina Velasquez

Parent Coordinator 
Manhattan School For Career Development, MTC (751M)
212.477.2090 ext. 2103

February 9

Please click on the link to view exhibition 

pertaining to the Holocaust

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Please select a permanent exhibit from the museum to explore and research. Here is the list of exhibits to choose from:

1. Permanent Exhibition: The Holocaust
2. Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration & Complicity in the Holocaust
3. Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story
4. A Dangerous Lie: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
5. From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide
6. The Nuremberg Trials: What Is Justice?
7. Genocide: The Threat Continues

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please select one exhibit. Write a summary of 5 sentences describing it and what you learned about the Holocaust.

Option 2: Please select one exhibit. Write a summary of 7 sentences describing it and what you learned about the Holocaust. Please provide specific examples from the website.

February 9--Parent Support

February 6

 Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please answer 2 of 3 questions.

Option 2: Please answer all three questions. 

1. What is your reaction to Moche the Beadle?  What do you think about his treatment by the villagers after his return from Poland?

2. Describe Wiesel’s community at the beginning of the story.  How does young Elie view the world and his place in it?

3. What are some incidents that suggest or foreshadow the coming danger to the Sighet Jews?  Why doesn’t the community believe it is in danger?

February 5

Fascist	noun	A person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.	Fascist leaders demand absolute obedience.	Synonym: authoritarian	A fascist is a person who believes a dictatorship is a good form of government.
Gestapo	noun	The German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and was notorious for its brutal methods and operations.	Gestapo tactics are similar to police brutality.	Synonym:  secret state police	“Gestapo tactics” in general are intimidating official procedures.
ghetto	noun	Formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live.	Mr. Murillo grew up in a New York City ghetto because he was poor most of his life.	Synonym:  a densely populated slum area of a city inhabited by a socially and economically deprived minority	Before the Jews were forced out of Sighet, they were moved to small, isolated areas of the city known as ghettos.
hermetically	adverb	so as to be airtight:	Some candy bars are hermetically sealed to preserve freshness.	Antonym:  unsealed	When the Jews were forced onto a cattle car of the train, the doors were hermetically sealed.
pious	adjective	Having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for god or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.	As a young catholic, Mr. Murillo was very pious.	Synonym:  devout, godly, reverent	In the beginning of the novel, Elie Wiesel seemed to be a very pious young man because he wanted to study the cabbala.
rabbi	noun	the religious leader of a congregation; the minister of a synagogue	Most rabbi leaders are very intelligent scholars.	Synonym:  priest	A rabbi is a type of Jewish religious instructor.

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please select 5 words and write sentences utilizing the selected words. Be mindful of punctuation and capitalization. 

Option2: Please select 7 words and write sentences utilizing the selected words. Be mindful of punctuation and capitalization. 

February 4

Word:	Parts of Speech:	Definition:	Example:	Other Info.:	Sentence Use:
abominable	adjective	Repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome: an abominable crime.	Most old trash produces an abominable odor.	Antonym:  likable, admirable. 2. delightful.	When Elie Wiesel arrived in Aushwitz, he smelled a(n) abominable odor of burning flesh.
anecdotes	noun	a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.	During road trips most friends and family share anecdotes to comfort each other.	Synonym: story, yarn, reminiscence.	While on the train to Aushwitz, some Jews may have shared anecdotes with each other in order to pass the time and comfort their spirits.
deportation	noun	The lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state.	Undocumented immigrants are deported by the immigration department.	Synonym: removal	When Jews were forced to leave their homes in Sighet, they experienced what was called deportation.
diplomacy	noun	Skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is little or no ill will; tact: Seating one’s dinner guests often calls for considerable diplomacy.	Most hard core thugs do not believe in practicing diplomacy.	Synonym: negotiation	The Jews were unable to negotiate with the Nazis about deportation; therefore, there was no diplomacy.

Homework: Please complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please select 5 words and write sentences utilizing the selected words. Be mindful of punctuation and capitalization. 

Option2: Please select 3 words and write sentences utilizing the selected words. Be mindful of punctuation and capitalization.