Nonfiction Article of the Week
8-11: Surviving the Holocaust
Informational Text
Skill Text Evidence
Finding Text Evidence
Make sure this is NOT in "Sideshow' mode or you won't see the colored rectangles on the next slide You need to place
the comectly colored rectangle over the evidence on that best matches these descriptions
the statement. Not all pieces of text evidence will be used
For items 1-4, you'll be citing textual evidence to support what the text says explicitly.
1. Find the sentence that explains why many concentration camp prisoners died after
liberation, Highlight it in blue.
2. Find the 3 sentences that reveal some horrors experienced by concentration camp
survivors. Highlight them in green.
3. Find the sentence that tells when Mauthausen concentration camp was liberated.
Highlight it in purple.
4. Find the sentence that tells where Sidney Shachnow was imprisoned. Highlight it in gray.
For items 5-8, you'll be citing one piece or multiple pieces of textual evidence to support
inferences drawn from the text.
5.
Find a piece of text evidence that explains why psychic numbing might be a negative trait
and highlight it in orange.
6.
Find one piece of text evidence that supports the idea that many Holocaust survivors had
difficulty sleeping Highlight it in yellow.
7.
Find one piece of text evidence that supports the idea that many Holocaust survivors did
not take the time to go to college. Highlight it in pink
&
Find a piece of text evidence to support the statement below and highlight it in red
Holocaust survivors care deeply about the well-being of others
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